Russian troops fired at Bakhmut from artillery and "Grads": 5 people were killed (photos)

The shells were hit in the residential quarter, the offenses of the invaders continue. The plans of the Russians to capture the city before the anniversary of the Great War on February 24 are doomed to fail, analysts of the Institute of War Study. On February 16, the Russian soldiers fired at Bakhmut, Donetsk region, resulting in killed 5 people. This was reported by the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine (OGP) in Telegram.

The troops of the aggressor country used the artillery and jet systems of the Grad volley fire, and prosecutors added. The shells hit the residential quarter, 9 people were injured. The attack of the army of the Russian Federation took the lives of 3 men and 2 women, 9 more citizens were framed in varying degrees of severity, the message said. Many residential buildings have been damaged, the invaders continue to fire the city, said OGP.

The Donetsk Regional Prosecutor's Office initiated a pre -trial investigation into articles on violation of the laws and customs of war (Part 1 and 2 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). The General Staff of the Armed Forces confirmed the attack of the Russians on Bakhmut. The military reported the offensive efforts of the enemy in Bakhmut, Avdiiv, Shakhtar, Kupyansk and Lyman.

Analysts of the American Institute of War Study in the report of February 16 indicated the impossibility of capturing Bakhmut by Russian troops before the anniversary of the Great War in Ukraine on February 24. The experts called "Wagner" Eugene Prigogine's "realistic" assessments of the PEC "Wagner". He talked about the city's environment by the end of March or April. Recall that the American TV channel CNN showed exclusive shots of the Russian army on the car of volunteers in Bakhmut.

The rocket-managed rocket on February 2 hit the car, where the volunteer Pete Reed from the United States, who helped civilians, traveled. On February 15, Ukrainian border guards were able to seize the stronghold of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation near Bakhmut. In the process of fighting, they eliminated 5 invaders and captured 1 Wagner. According to the newspaper The Washington Post, the Armed Forces is built new defensive lines in Bakhmut in case of leaving the city.