'The enemy failed to surround Bakhmut and they lost part of the dominant heights around the city,' Hanna Maliar, the Ukrainian deputy defense minister, said.
Ukrainian troops were able to semi-encircle the city of Bakhmut and fight Russian forces in the area, according to Hanna Maliar, the Ukrainian deputy defense minister, on Sunday.
"The enemy failed to surround Bakhmut and they lost part of the dominant heights around the city. This means that the advance of our troops in the suburbs along the flanks, which is still ongoing, makes it very difficult for the enemy to stay in Bakhmut.Our troops took the city in a semi-encirclement, which gives us the opportunity to destroy the enemy. Therefore, the enemy [Russia] has to defend itself in the part of the city it controls," Maliar wrote on Telegram.
The deputy defense minister added in her post that Ukrainian troops still have control over industrial and infrastructure facilities, and the private sector in the Litak area in Bakhmut. Bakhmut, a city in Eastern Ukraine within the country's Donetsk region, has been the site of a monthslong battle between Ukrainian and Russian troops, with both sides claiming victory in the city.
Ukrainian servicemen ride a T-64 tank towards a front line near Bakhmut, Ukraine, on May 7. Ukrainian troops were able to semi-encircle the city of Bakhmut and fight Russian forces in the area, according to Hanna Maliar, the Ukrainian deputy defense minister, on Sunday.
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