‘More than 200 Russians’ killed in Bakhmut as battle rages on

KYIV, MAR 12 (AGENCIES): Ukrainian military spokesperson, Serhiy Cherevatyi, on Sunday said that 221 pro-Moscow troops were killed and more than 300 wounded in the frontline city of Bakhmut.

Meanwhile, Russia’s defense ministry announced that up to 210 Ukrainian soldiers were killed in the broader Donetsk part of the front line, without specifying Bakhmut casualties, reports Press TV.

“In the city center, the Bakhmutka River now marks the front line,” the British Defense Ministry said in its daily intelligence bulletin on Saturday adding that Bakhmut has become a “killing zone.”

It said Russia’s Wagner military group has taken control of most of the eastern part of Bakhmut in recent days, while Ukrainian forces held its western parts.

Ukraine insisted that it was holding on in Bakhmut and was giving a “decent rebuff” to Russian forces,