Liberation of Andriivka may improve situation on Bakhmut front – Eastern Group of Forces

The Defence Forces of Ukraine continue holding the initiative on the Bakhmut front, liberating the positions captured by the Russians, metre by metre.

Source: Serhii Cherevatyi, spokesperson of the Eastern Group of Forces, in the national joint 24/7 newscast and in a comment for Ukrainska Pravda

Details: Commenting on the combat actions near the village of Andriivka, Cherevatyi specified that a possible liberation of this settlement will once again improve the tactical positioning of the Ukrainian forces and allow further advances with the goal of encirclement or driving out the Russian forces from the city of Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast.

Quote: "Andriivka, like any settlement around Bakhmut that will be liberated, would allow for encirclement of Bakhmut or driving out the Russian forces from the city.

In general, the Defence Forces are holding the initiative on the Bakhmut front and continue to liberate hundreds of metres of the Ukrainian land every day. They manage to liberate several kilometres a week, and time will come when it will be dozens of kilometres. The main principle here is to move gradually and preserve manpower, while causing as much damage and losses to the Russians as possible."

Details: Cherevatyi added that yesterday 95 Russian occupiers were killed, 187 were injured and 3 captured on the Bakhmut front.

Why it is important: Some media outlets mistakenly interpreted Cherevatyi’s words in the newscast as a confirmation of a liberation of the village of Andriivka on the Bakhmut front by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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