Ukraine’s 93rd Mechanized Brigade released drone video on Saturday from Bakhmut, showing several explosions around the city, after Russia said it took three more districts there.
In its daily intelligence update on Ukraine, then British Defense Ministry said Saturday that Russia is “struggling to maintain consistency in a core narrative it uses to justify the war in Ukraine.” The narrative is that the invasion of Ukraine is similar to the Soviet experience in World War II.
Earlier this month, Russia cited safety issues as the reason for canceling the annual observance of the Immortal Regiment “Great Patriotic War” remembrance marches. “In reality,” the ministry said,” the authorities were highly likely concerned that participants would highlight the scope of recent Russian losses.”
Another part of the Russian narrative is the rallying cry that there are Nazis in Ukraine. But now, however, Yevgeny Prigozhin, who is the chief of the Wagner Group and also an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has publicly questioned the existence of Nazis in Ukraine, contradicting Russia’s justification for the invasion, the British ministry said.
In his nightly video address Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine was readying for a counteroffensive.
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