Russia invading Ukraine - The battle in Bakhmut | Ipse by Context

Serhiy Cherevaty

Inserted 2 months ago

“We conduct detailed and step-by-step planning on how to pass minefields and obstacles.”

Aljazeera

Spokesman for Ukraine’s eastern forces

19 Jul 2023 0 2

Hanna Maliar

Inserted 4 months ago

“Yesterday and today there have not been any active battles - neither in the city [Bakhmut] nor on the flanks. The decrease in the enemy's offensive activity is due to the fact that troops are being replaced and regrouped. The enemy is trying to strengthen its own capabilities.”

Aljazeera

Ukraine Deputy Defence Minister

27 May 2023 1 1

Igor Girkin

Inserted 4 months ago

“On the whole, the operation ended in a strategic failure of our troops. The enemy has NOT been ousted from the Donbas in all the main directions, in most directions - not moved at all. Russian military had exhausted weapon stockpiles, ammunition and manpower that will be necessary for further offensive operations. That's why Bakhmut was given increased attention for the last two months - it was necessary to achieve at least some result 'for propaganda' in order to 'take a breath' afterwards. And so we won, sort of.”

Aljazeera

Former Russian soldier and intelligence officer who led the original 2014-15 uprising of east Ukrainian separatists

21 May 2023 2 1

Yevgeny Prigozhin

Inserted 4 months ago

“There is not a single Ukrainian soldier in the village of Bakhmut, for the reason that we have stopped taking prisoners. There are a huge number of corpses of the Ukrainian military. Bakhmut is taken completely along all its legal boundaries, to the last centimetre. Vladimir Alexandrovich [Zelenskyy] is disingenuous, or he, like our military leaders, is simply not aware of what is happening on the ground.”

Aljazeera

Founder of Russia’s Wagner Group, a private mercenary force

21 May 2023 2 1

Yevgeny Prigozhin

Inserted 4 months ago

“Today on May 20, around midday, Bakhmut was taken in its entirety. By May 25 we will completely examine [Bakhmut], create the necessary lines of defence and hand it to the military. We ourselves will go into field camps.”

Aljazeera

Founder of Russia’s Wagner Group, a private mercenary force

20 May 2023 1 1

Yevgeny Prigozhin

Inserted 4 months ago

“We're pushing Bakhmut all the way to the end. Unfortunately, units of the Russian defence ministry have withdrawn up to 570 metres (1,880 feet) to the north of Bakhmut, exposing our flanks. I am appealing to the top leadership of the Ministry of Defence - publicly - because my letters are not being read. Please do not give up the flanks.”

Aljazeera

Founder of Russia’s Wagner Group, a private mercenary force

18 May 2023 2 1

Hanna Malyar

Inserted 4 months ago

“Ukrainian forces had taken back about 20 square kilometres (7.7 square miles) of a Russian pincer movement around Bakhmut - the epicentre of the current fighting. At the same time, the enemy is advancing in some measure inside Bakhmut itself and is completely destroying the town with artillery.”

Aljazeera

Ukraine’s Deputy Defence Minister

16 May 2023 1 1

Oleksandr Syrskyi

Inserted 4 months ago

“Our soldiers are moving forward in some areas of the front, and the enemy is losing equipment and manpower.”

Aljazeera

Ukraine’s commander of ground forces

13 May 2023 2 1

Yevgeny Prigozhin

Inserted 4 months ago

“Today, everything is being done so that the front line crumbles. Today, one of the defence ministry's units fled one of our flanks, abandoning their positions. Everyone fled. A soldier shouldn't die because of his leaders' absolute stupidity. The commands they receive from the top are absolutely criminal.”

Aljazeera

Founder of Russia’s Wagner Group, a private mercenary force

09 May 2023 0 1

Oleksandr Syrskyi

Inserted 4 months ago

“The Russians still hope to capture the city [Bakhmut] by May 9. Our task is to prevent this.”

Reuters

Ukraine’s commander of ground forces

07 May 2023 2 1

Gerhard Mangott

Inserted 4 months ago

“If Prigozhin really withdrew, this would be much too quick for the Russian regular armed forces to take over the positions of the Wagner fighters in and around Bakhmut. If he really means it … this would give the Ukrainian armed forces the opportunity to seize parts, or the whole of Bakhmut from the Russians. This would be a disaster for Putin and Shoigu.”

Aljazeera

Austrian analyst

05 May 2023 7 2

Hanna Malyar

Inserted 4 months ago

“The main emphasis of the Russian aggressors is on capturing multi-storey buildings and structures. It is in this way that they try to destroy our positions. The enemy has already used such tactics in Syria. He cannot fight in any other way, because he will lose to us in street battles.”

Aljazeera

Ukraine’s Deputy Defence Minister

04 May 2023 3 1

Oleksandr Syrskyi

Inserted 5 months ago

“Ukrainian units are not just defending but also counterattacking Russian forces in the city. This gives us the opportunity for several months to contain the enemy's offensive and not increase the front in this direction, to destroy his best units and buy time.”

Aljazeera

Ukraine’s commander of ground forces

26 Apr 2023 (approx) 2 1

Dmytro Zovorotnyuk

Inserted 5 months ago

“The Russians attack mainly in small groups of five to six people who, under the cover of artillery, try to penetrate the battle formations of the Defence Forces of Ukraine and engage in close-range shooting battles.”

Aljazeera

Colonel who commands a Ukrainian battalion in Bakhmut called the Teronoron Force

20 Apr 2023 3 1

Serhiy Cherevatyi

Inserted 5 months ago

“Bloody battles unprecedented in recent decades are taking place in the middle of the city's urban area. Our soldiers are doing everything in bloody and fierce battles to grind down [the enemy's] combat capability and break its morale. Every day, in every corner of this city, they are successfully doing so.”

Aljazeera

Spokesperson for Ukraine’s eastern military command

15 Apr 2023 1 1

Hanna Malyar

Inserted 5 months ago

“If we had not defended Bakhmut all this time, the enemy would have advanced deep into the territory of Ukraine, so the importance of defending the city must be understood in this context.”

Aljazeera

Ukraine’s Deputy Defence Minister

12 Apr 2023 1 1

Oleksander Musienko

Inserted 5 months ago

“Russian forces were exhausted and cannot maintain the same pace of attacks that they launched in February. It's clear now that the Russian army's ability to attack is stalled. And for all their bravado about taking over Bakhmut, it is just not true. The Russian forces are preparing to organise defensive positions. The idea is to bring the war into a positional phase, essentially a stalemate.”

Reuters

Ukrainian military expert

06 Apr 2023 3 1

Andriy Yermak

Inserted 5 months ago

“(Battles) are underway in the streets, enemy attempts to encircle the city are failing. Our command fully control the situation.”

Reuters

Senior adviser to Ukrainian President Zelenskiy

06 Apr 2023 1 1

Serhiy Cherevatiy

Inserted 6 months ago

“Bakhmut is Ukrainian and they have not captured anything and are very far from doing that, to put it mildly.”

Aljazeera

Spokesperson for the Ukrainian eastern military command

03 Apr 2023 1 1

Yevgeny Prigozhin

Inserted 6 months ago

“From a legal point of view, Bakhmut has been taken. The enemy is concentrated in the western parts.”

Aljazeera

Founder of Russia’s Wagner Group, a private mercenary force

03 Apr 2023 2 1

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Russia invading Ukraine - The battle in Bakhmut

“We conduct detailed and step-by-step planning on how to pass minefields and obstacles.”

“Yesterday and today there have not been any active battles - neither in the city [Bakhmut] nor on the flanks. The decrease in the enemy's offensive activity is due to the fact that troops are being replaced and regrouped. The enemy is trying to strengthen its own capabilities.”

“Today on May 20, around midday, Bakhmut was taken in its entirety. By May 25 we will completely examine [Bakhmut], create the necessary lines of defence and hand it to the military. We ourselves will go into field camps.”

“Our soldiers are moving forward in some areas of the front, and the enemy is losing equipment and manpower.”

“The Russians still hope to capture the city [Bakhmut] by May 9. Our task is to prevent this.”

“The main emphasis of the Russian aggressors is on capturing multi-storey buildings and structures. It is in this way that they try to destroy our positions. The enemy has already used such tactics in Syria. He cannot fight in any other way, because he will lose to us in street battles.”

“Ukrainian units are not just defending but also counterattacking Russian forces in the city. This gives us the opportunity for several months to contain the enemy's offensive and not increase the front in this direction, to destroy his best units and buy time.”

“The Russians attack mainly in small groups of five to six people who, under the cover of artillery, try to penetrate the battle formations of the Defence Forces of Ukraine and engage in close-range shooting battles.”

“If we had not defended Bakhmut all this time, the enemy would have advanced deep into the territory of Ukraine, so the importance of defending the city must be understood in this context.”

“(Battles) are underway in the streets, enemy attempts to encircle the city are failing. Our command fully control the situation.”

“Bakhmut is Ukrainian and they have not captured anything and are very far from doing that, to put it mildly.”

“From a legal point of view, Bakhmut has been taken. The enemy is concentrated in the western parts.”

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