{"id":4393,"date":"2023-03-01T18:40:11","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T18:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=4393"},"modified":"2023-03-23T18:39:43","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T18:39:43","slug":"russian-attack-meets-angry-resistance-at-bakhmut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/analysis\/defense\/russian-attack-meets-angry-resistance-at-bakhmut\/2023\/03\/01\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian attack meets ‘angry’ resistance at Bakhmut"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kiyv (AFP) The<\/span> situation<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> forces<\/span> defending<\/span> the<\/span> eastern<\/span> city<\/span> of<\/span> Bakhmut<\/span> has<\/span> become<\/span> increasingly<\/span> complicated<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> past<\/span> few<\/span> days,<\/span>\u00a0the<\/span> Russians<\/span> have<\/span> now<\/span> managed<\/span> to<\/span> surround<\/span> the<\/span> city<\/span> enough<\/span> to<\/span> attack<\/span> it<\/span> from<\/span> both<\/span> the<\/span> north<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> south.<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

The Ukraine’s<\/span> President<\/span> Volodymyr<\/span> Zelensky<\/span> has<\/span> said<\/span> his<\/span> army<\/span> will<\/span> defend<\/span> the<\/span> city<\/span> for<\/span> as<\/span> long<\/span> as<\/span> it<\/span> takes,<\/span> \u201cprivately,<\/span> a<\/span> lot<\/span> of<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> service<\/span> people<\/span> believe<\/span> it’s<\/span> only<\/span> a<\/span> matter<\/span> of<\/span> time\u201d<\/span> before<\/span> Bakhmut<\/span> falls.<\/span><\/p>\n

Russian<\/span> attack<\/span> meets<\/span> ‘angry’<\/span> resistance<\/span> at<\/span> Bakhmut<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

According<\/span> to<\/span> Yevgeny<\/span> Prigozhin,<\/span> the<\/span> founder<\/span> of<\/span> Russia’s<\/span> Wagner<\/span> Mercenary<\/span> Corps,<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> forces<\/span> are<\/span> fiercely<\/span> resisting<\/span> a<\/span> Russian<\/span> attempt<\/span> to<\/span> capture<\/span> the<\/span> eastern<\/span> city<\/span> of<\/span> Bakhmut<\/span> and<\/span> are<\/span> throwing<\/span> additional<\/span> reserves<\/span> into<\/span> the<\/span> battle.<\/span> .<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Ukrainian<\/span> commanders<\/span> have<\/span> recently<\/span> warned<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> situation<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> ground<\/span> is<\/span> becoming<\/span> much<\/span> more<\/span> difficult<\/span> as<\/span> Russia<\/span> intensifies<\/span> its<\/span> attempts<\/span> to<\/span> encircle<\/span> Bakhmut.<\/span> ,<\/span> will<\/span> be<\/span> the<\/span> first<\/span> Grand<\/span> Prize<\/span> for<\/span> Moscow<\/span> in<\/span> more<\/span> than<\/span> half<\/span> a<\/span> year.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>China<\/span> and<\/span> Belarus<\/span> call<\/span> for<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> ceasefire,<\/span> talks<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The<\/span> presidents<\/span> of<\/span> China<\/span> and<\/span> Belarus<\/span> have<\/span> joined<\/span> forces<\/span> to<\/span> call<\/span> for<\/span> a<\/span> ceasefire<\/span> and<\/span> negotiations<\/span> to<\/span> bring<\/span> about<\/span> a<\/span> political<\/span> settlement<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> conflict.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>The<\/span> joint<\/span> call<\/span> came<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> meeting<\/span> in<\/span> Beijing<\/span> between<\/span> Belarusian<\/span> President<\/span> Alexander<\/span> Lukashenko,<\/span> a<\/span> close<\/span> ally<\/span> of<\/span> Russia,<\/span> and<\/span> his<\/span> Chinese<\/span> counterpart,<\/span> Xi<\/span> Jinping.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>That<\/span> amounted<\/span> to<\/span> an<\/span> endorsement<\/span> of<\/span> a<\/span> Chinese<\/span> 12-point<\/span> peace<\/span> proposal<\/span> issued<\/span> Friday<\/span> that<\/span> calls<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> territorial<\/span> integrity<\/span> of<\/span> all<\/span> countries<\/span> to<\/span> be<\/span> respected.<\/span> This<\/span> vague<\/span> proposal<\/span> does<\/span> not<\/span> give<\/span> any<\/span> details<\/span> about<\/span> what<\/span> will<\/span> happen<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> territories<\/span> that<\/span> Russia<\/span> has<\/span> occupied<\/span> since<\/span> the<\/span> invasion,<\/span> or<\/span> how<\/span> the<\/span> peace<\/span> process<\/span> should<\/span> proceed,<\/span> and<\/span> has<\/span> not<\/span> garnered<\/span> widespread<\/span> support.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Germany<\/span> increases<\/span> ammunition<\/span> production<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Chancellor<\/span> Olaf<\/span> Scholz<\/span> has<\/span> announced<\/span> that<\/span> after<\/span> a<\/span> year<\/span> of<\/span> military<\/span> aid<\/span> to<\/span> Ukraine,<\/span> Germany<\/span> will<\/span> expand<\/span> its<\/span> ammunition<\/span> production<\/span> while<\/span> the<\/span> defense<\/span> industry<\/span> has<\/span> sufficient<\/span> spare<\/span> parts<\/span> and<\/span> repair<\/span> capacity.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Finnish<\/span> parliamentarians<\/span> greenlight<\/span> NATO<\/span> membership<\/span>
\n<\/span>The<\/span> Finnish<\/span> parliament<\/span> voted<\/span> overwhelmingly<\/span> to<\/span> join<\/span> NATO<\/span> before<\/span> Hungary<\/span> and<\/span> Turkey<\/span> ratified,<\/span> increasing<\/span> the<\/span> chances<\/span> of<\/span> joining<\/span> the<\/span> alliance<\/span> before<\/span> Nordic<\/span> neighbor<\/span> Sweden.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> passage<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> law<\/span> does<\/span> not<\/span> automatically<\/span> mean<\/span> that<\/span> Finland<\/span> will<\/span> join<\/span> NATO<\/span> after<\/span> Turkey<\/span> and<\/span> Hungary<\/span> ratify<\/span> it,<\/span> but<\/span> it<\/span> does<\/span> set<\/span> a<\/span> deadline<\/span> for<\/span> waiting<\/span> for<\/span> its<\/span> neighbors.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>The<\/span> government’s<\/span> attorney<\/span> general,<\/span> Tuomas<\/span> Poisci,<\/span> said<\/span> that<\/span> once<\/span> the<\/span> bill<\/span> is<\/span> approved<\/span> by<\/span> Congress,<\/span> the<\/span> president<\/span> can<\/span> wait<\/span> up<\/span> to<\/span> three<\/span> months<\/span> to<\/span> sign<\/span> it.<\/span> Turkey<\/span> announced<\/span> on<\/span> Monday<\/span> that<\/span> talks<\/span> with<\/span> Finland<\/span> and<\/span> Sweden<\/span> would<\/span> resume<\/span> on<\/span> March<\/span> 9<\/span> after<\/span> talks<\/span> with<\/span> Sweden<\/span> were<\/span> suspended<\/span> over<\/span> a<\/span> series<\/span> of<\/span> protests<\/span> in<\/span> Stockholm,<\/span> including<\/span> a<\/span> Koran<\/span> burning<\/span> outside<\/span> the<\/span> Turkish<\/span> embassy.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span>Ukraine<\/span> ‘worst<\/span> winter<\/span> ever’<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ukraine’s<\/span> foreign<\/span> minister<\/span> said<\/span> as<\/span> he<\/span> celebrated<\/span> the<\/span> first<\/span> day<\/span> of<\/span> spring<\/span> in<\/span> Kiev<\/span> that<\/span> he<\/span> had<\/span> “survived”<\/span> the<\/span> months-long<\/span> onslaught<\/span> of<\/span> Russian<\/span> attacks<\/span> on<\/span> critical<\/span> infrastructure<\/span> during<\/span> the<\/span> winter.<\/span> Since<\/span> October,<\/span> Russia<\/span> has<\/span> bombed<\/span> major<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> power<\/span> plants<\/span> with<\/span> missiles<\/span> and<\/span> drones,<\/span> cutting<\/span> off<\/span> water,<\/span> heating<\/span> and<\/span> electricity<\/span> for<\/span> millions<\/span> of<\/span> people.<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

He added further,”We<\/span> survived<\/span> the<\/span> hardest<\/span> winter<\/span> in<\/span> history.<\/span> It<\/span> was<\/span> cold<\/span> and<\/span> dark,<\/span> but<\/span> we<\/span> were<\/span> unbreakable.”<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kiyv (AFP) The situation for the Ukrainian forces defending the eastern city of Bakhmut has become increasingly complicated in the past few days,\u00a0the Russians have now managed to surround the city enough to attack it from both the north and the south. The Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has said his army will defend the city […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[26,24,276,2425,2480,2482],"tags":[1374,1375,1376,1377,1378,154,302,1224,1227,1228,1235,1312,1314,1323,1372,1373],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/UKRE.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4393"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4393"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4400,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4393\/revisions\/4400"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}