Continued Russian attacks the city accepts Bahamut in the east of Ukraine According to the commander of the ground forces of Ukraine colonel Alexander Shirsky the situation around the war city is “extremely tense.”

“Despite significant losses”in the battle for the eastern city, “the enemy threw the most trained Wagner assault units into the attack”he added.

At the same time, a pro-Russian official claims thatIt is only a matter of time before Bahamut falls. According to the adviser to the leader of the self-proclaimed, pro-Russian Donetsk People’s Republic, Russian forces control the routes to Bakhmut and it is only a matter of time before the city falls into Russian hands.

“Now the fighters are already working in the city, almost in the central district, they have approached it”Yan Gagin told Russian state broadcaster Russia 1 today, Tuesday.

“There is almost complete control of all routes along which either new fighters for rotation, ammunition or new equipment can be brought in”he said.

“It is already clear that Ukraine has lost Artemovsk, (the Russian name for Bakhmut). The only question is when it will happen.”Gagin added.

The Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky he said in his Monday night speech that the situation in the eastern Ukrainian city is becoming “increasingly provocative”.

“The enemy is constantly destroying everything that can be used to protect, secure and defend our positions,” Zelensky said.