In May, the Ukrainian army had to withdraw from Bakhmut, but the battle for this completely destroyed city in the Donbas region continues – as an important part of the counteroffensive. A visit to the Third Assault Brigade on the front.
The Third Assault Brigade is currently fighting in a seven-kilometer-wide sector south of Bakhmut. The vicinity of the Donbas town is the location of one of the three attack axes of the Ukrainian summer offensive. Further to the west, in the Zaporizhzhia region, the army has been trying for the past two months - thus far in vain - to break through the Russian defensive positions to reach the Sea of Azov. The ultimate goal there is severing the Russian land bridge to Crimea.
Back in the forest with the howitzer, Commander Viy requests that we hurry up and leave the position. The artillery has been rumbling non-stop this afternoon, with the hissing of rockets in between. Viy leads the way, running down a footpath toward the position's shelter, a makeshift bunker located beneath six layers of spruce wood and plastic tarps, the roof covered with grass.
The prospects for doing so are better here than they are in the Zaporizhzhia region. After capturing Bakhmut, the Russians didn't have several months to fortify their defenses and lay mine belts. That allowed the Ukrainians to advance several kilometers north and south of the depopulated city in recent months with comparatively poor equipment. They have reached high ground from where they can fire down at the occupiers.
The Ukrainians are trying to counter what Putin's army can muster in terms of mass and superior technology through better tactics – and better morale."We are fighting for the whole West here," Vij says."We are fighting for you, for freedom." Even though progress here has been slow, he says, the situation in recent weeks has improved over all."At least we're back on the offensive now.
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