The Russian occupiers plan to capture Bakhmut, Donetsk region, by the end of October. Russian generals in the Kremlin set this task for the soldiers.
This was reported by Deputy Minister of Defense Hanna Malyar in an interview with the "We - Ukraine" media platform.
"The Russians have given their troops - for the fifth time since the beginning of the full-scale invasion - a deadline for them to completely enter the administrative border of the Donetsk region. Now they have a plan to completely occupy Bakhmut by the end of this month," she said.
According to Malyar, the situation in the east of Ukraine is now "different". At the same time, the epicenter of the most difficult battles takes place especially in Bakhmut, where it is "very difficult". At the same time, according to Malyar, the armed forces continue to advance in Donbas, but the Russians do not stop advancing.
As reported, the Russian military is losing at least one company of soldiers and officers in battles every day in the Bakhmut district of the Donetsk region.
