来自巴克穆特北部前线的报道——更多的战争爆发——《旗帜报》

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从城市北面的前线出发

巴克穆特，更多的战争肆虐

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![](/media/202412//1733457110.1453302.jpeg)一名受伤的乌克兰士兵在接受a

前线稳定救护车，在俄罗斯对乌克兰的袭击中

在前线城镇克雷明纳附近的一个秘密地点。路透社

来自美国东部一个被严重轰炸的村庄里的一所不起眼的小房子 乌克兰，安德里 ·“ 图曼”，他的呼号是“雾 ”，

指挥他的营24小时守住加强的俄国人 攻击在海湾。

乌克兰军队长期以来在巴克穆特市所描述的是什么 在卢甘斯克地区，更多的俄罗斯军队，

莫斯科希望能产生一种严重的武器和侵略性战术 需要突破。

向图曼报告的医护人员描述了最近几周的重大伤亡， 这进一步证明了前线的艰苦战争

在乌克兰东部和南部，两者的代价都很高 侧

随着士兵们的加速，远处的炮击的隆隆声是一个持续的背景

在装甲运兵车上穿过村庄，而在他的基地上 窗户熄灭了，图曼呼吁进行炮击的坐标。

“ 自2月初以来，他们（俄罗斯人）就一直在进行行动

大约有40到50起未遂的袭击事件，”这位45岁的男子告诉记者 路透社在他的无线电中转发了一些信息。

“我们已经击退了他们所有人，”指认他们的指挥官补充说 他是伊克里安，使用俄罗斯南部的历史名字

他在车臣地区参加了两场战争。他拒绝莫斯科的 对领土的控制。

图曼，一个留着小胡子的矮人，害怕钳子的动作 俄罗斯军队正试图在巴赫穆特包围乌克兰

保卫它的部队可以在他的地区再次进行更大规模的防御 前面。

他说，俄国人最近已经改变了进攻的方向， 显然是想走一条通往莱曼镇的路

在乌克兰的控制下，位于克雷明纳的西部，从而形成 钳子的顶部。

在包围的底部似乎是索莱达，

这意味着比巴赫穆特大得多的地区将是脆弱的。这个 能让俄罗斯在几乎陷入困境后加速西方吗

月

“这是第二个主要的方向（继巴赫穆特之后），这是非常 敌人感兴趣，因为如果他们来到莱曼，

还有克拉马托尔斯克和斯洛维扬斯克。”

“这将构成‘钳子 ’威胁，这就是他们试图争取的原因 这个地区非常重要，这并不比巴克穆特那么重要。"

一些分析人士表示，虽然这可能是莫斯科的意图，但他们认为 考虑到俄罗斯所面临的困难，它怀疑自己是否有能力执行它

征服了几乎被遗弃和被严重毁坏的巴克穆特城。

“人口活动确实在增加，而他们（俄罗斯人）确实是这样 在试图向莱曼移动时，他们设法前进了4公里

乌克兰军事分析人士穆西年科说。

“敌人将需要大量的力量来夺取这条战线(斯洛维扬斯克- 因此，我认为这是不太可能的

俄罗斯军队已经遭受了这些损失。”

俄罗斯总统普京诬陷了莫斯科长达一年的入侵 乌克兰是对他眼中的敌对西方的防御性反击

决心向历史上由俄罗斯统治的领土扩张。

西方和基辅无视他的理由，他们说战争是一块土地

掠夺已经杀死了数万人，摧毁了城镇和 他们进入城市，迫使数百万人逃离城市。

图曼的第110营活跃在被俄国人占领的领土上 去年2月，普京对乌克兰发动了全面入侵

在乌克兰军队的反攻中再次占领 秋天

战斗的迹象，以及随后的炮兵决斗，无处不在。 房屋和商店被打碎，军用车辆被烧毁

周围的树林，大炮大声开火 俄国人的东北阵地。

尽管所有的大屠杀，战争实际上已经停止了。

俄罗斯在巴赫穆特方面只取得了额外的收益 试图抓了八个月，再往北。

图曼说，他认为2月份的袭击可能会发生更大

构成了俄罗斯对西方军事专家的进攻 期待着最早就会在冬天到来。

奥莱克桑德，图曼营的一个单位的指挥官

在前线战壕中与俄军作战，最后也出现了升级 月

“他们正在努力。他们在向我们投掷迫击炮弹 他周二对路透社说，他描述了俄罗斯人的进攻 如果有的话，消防队被派来代替他们

被杀死的

“晚上，他们总是步行攻击，我们坐着，透过我们的 热敏护目镜，然后拍摄它们。"

该营已经逐渐扩大了兵力，增加了无人机队伍

还有一些重型武器，包括坦克，而且士气依然低落

高和图曼是一个受欢迎的领袖，指挥官们也说到成长 疲劳

“说实话，我们真的很累了，”塞尔希 ·帕夫洛维奇说， 43、负责心理支持的副司令。“这是

到目前为止，只有一个严重的问题。动机非常高。”

至于乌克兰试图采取主动，图曼认为这是一个反对意见

进攻可能很快就会到来。温暖的天气使铁轨减少到泥泞中 在许多地方，阻碍了重型车辆。

“他们（乌克兰当局）正在准备许多预备役营 他们将参与反攻。”“这是

春天，天气不是那么好，所以我相信四月是... 来临

图曼的成年生活已经被冲突蒙上了阴影。他说他拿了

参与了上世纪90年代俄罗斯军队和分裂分子之间的两场战争 在苏联解体后。

2007年，他从乌克兰军队退役，但又重新加入了乌克兰军队

2014年，俄罗斯支持的分裂分子进入乌克兰东部。他

在2020年的一次爆炸中受了重伤，但之后又报名服役了 全面的入侵开始了。

图曼是一名穆斯林，他在战争中失去了三个妻子中的一个 靠近首都基辅，接近入侵的开始。他唯一的

21岁的儿子也在北部城镇的战斗中丧生 苏米。

他的动机来自对俄国人的报复

支持他的数百名士兵。他拒绝了

指定他指挥了多少军队或允许这个村庄在哪里

路透社花了两天时间跟踪他和他的部队。

在他基地的另一个房间里，两名男子坐在笔记本电脑后面进行监控 无人机俯瞰俄罗斯位置的现场视频。

他们用这个来识别敌人的威胁，并用大炮瞄准他们。

在周围的树林里，在一条通往前线的土路上约8号

在一公里（5英里）外，一个两人的医疗后送小组等待着一个 在战斗中受伤的士兵被他的同志带到他们那里。

35岁的内科医生米哈伊洛 ·阿内斯特说，最激烈的战斗是

今年2月，该营有多达20名士兵参加了这次游行 我在一天内就受伤了。

“有很多大炮和迫击炮开火，”他说。

路透社周一看到五名受伤的士兵从前线赶来，

其中两个表面上。安内斯特用弹片稳定了一名士兵 他的右腿在救护车上受伤了，然后把他送到了a

附近的诊所。

图曼说，他需要更多的火炮火力，包括弹药，

以及多个火箭发射器来维持对俄罗斯人的压力。

目前，炮兵似乎掌握着防御阵地的关键

为双方压制敌人。

“我的人已经战斗了好几个月了，”他想。“他们快死了， 他们没有看到一个俄罗斯人，因为他们都受到了打击

火炮

路透社

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From the frontlines north of Bakhmut, more war rages

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A wounded Ukrainian soldier reacts as he is treated by medics inside a frontline stabilization ambulance, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in an undisclosed location near the frontline town of Kreminna. (Reuters)

From a small, non-descript house in a badly bombed village in eastern Ukraine, Andrii "Tuman", who goes by his callsign meaning "fog",

commands his battalion around the clock to hold intensifying Russian attacks at bay.

What Ukrainian forces have long described in the city of Bakhmut is

also playing out to the north in Luhansk region - more Russian troops, weapons and aggressive tactics that Moscow hopes will produce a badly needed breakthrough.

Medics reporting to Tuman described heavy casualties in recent weeks, further evidence that the grinding warfare along the front that runs

across eastern and southern Ukraine is coming at a high cost to both sides.

The rumble of distant shelling is a constant backdrop as soldiers speed through the village on armored personnel carriers, while at his base - its windows blacked out - Tuman calls out coordinates for artillery strikes.

"Since the beginning of February, they (the Russians) have conducted something like 40 to 50 attempted assaults," the 45-year-old told

Reuters in between relaying messages over his radio.

"We have repelled them all," added the commander, who identifies

himself as Ichkerian, using the historic name for Russia's southern

region of Chechnya where he fought in two wars. He rejects Moscow's control over the territory.

Tuman, a stocky figure with a wispy beard, fears the pincer movement that Russian forces are attempting in Bakhmut to surround Ukrainian troops defending it could be repeated, on a larger scale, in his sector of the front.

He said the Russians had switched the direction of attack recently,

apparently with the intention of taking the road to Lyman - a town

under Ukrainian control that lies to the west of Kreminna, thus forming the top of a pincer.

At the bottom of the attempted encirclement appears to be Soledar,

meaning an area far larger than Bakhmut would be vulnerable. This

could allow Russia to accelerate west after it has been virtually stuck for

months.

"This is the second main direction (after Bakhmut) which is very

interesting to the enemy, because if they come to Lyman then beyond, there is Kramatorsk and Sloviansk," he said.

"It will pose a 'pincer'threat which is why they are trying to fight for this area so heavily -this is no less important than Bakhmut."

Some analysts said that while this maybe Moscow's intention, they

doubted its ability to carry it out given the difficulty Russia has had in conquering the virtually abandoned and badly ruined city of Bakhmut.

"There is indeed an increase inactivity and they (the Russians) are trying to move towards Lyman -they managed to advance 4 km in February," Ukrainian military analyst Oleksandr Musiyenko said.

"The enemy would need a lot of forces to take this line (Sloviansk-

Kramatorsk-Kostiantynivka) and therefore I think it is unlikely, given the losses the Russian troops are already suffering," he added.

President Vladimir Putin has framed Moscow's year-long invasion of Ukraine as a defensive pushback against what he sees as a hostile West bent on expanding into territories historically ruled by Russia.

The West and Kyiv dismiss his justification for a war they say is a land grab that has killed tens of thousands of people, laid waste to towns and cities and forced millions to flee.

Tuman's 110th Battalion is active in territory seized by the Russians

after Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February last year and retaken by Ukrainian forces in a counter-offensive last

autumn.

Signs of the fighting, and subsequent artillery duels, are everywhere. Homes and shops have been smashed, burned out military vehicles litter the surrounding woods and cannons boom loudly as they fire at Russians positions to the northeast.

For all the carnage, the war has ground to a virtual halt.

Russia has made only incremental gains around Bakhmut, which it has been trying to capture for eight months, and further north.

Tuman said he believed that heavier attacks in February probably

constituted Russia's offensive, which Western military experts had been expecting as early as the winter.

Oleksandr, the commander of a unit in Tuman's battalion that is

fighting the Russians in frontline trenches, also saw an escalation last month.

"They are pushing hard. They are lobbing mortar bombs at us," the 50- year-old told Reuters on Tuesday, describing the Russians advancing in fire teams with another wave behind sent to replace them if they are

killed.

"At night they always attack on foot, and we sit, looking through our thermal goggles, and shooting them."

The battalion has gradually expanded its strength, adding drone teams and some heavy weaponry including tanks, and while morale remains high and Tuman a popular leader, commanders also speak of growing fatigue.

"To tell you the truth, we are really exhausted," said Serhii Pavlovych, 43, deputy commander in charge of psychological support. "That's the only serious problem so far. Motivation is very high."

As for Ukraine's attempt to take the initiative, Tuman thinks a counter- offensive could come soon. Warmer weather has reduced tracks to mud in many places, bogging down heavy vehicles.

"They (Ukrainian authorities) are preparing a lot of reserve battalions and they will be involved in the counter-offensive," said Tuman. "This is spring, and the weather is not that favorable ... so I believe in April it's coming."

Tuman's adult life has been overshadowed by conflict. He said he took part in both wars in the 1990s between Russian troops and separatists after the breakup of the Soviet Union.

He retired from the Ukrainian armed forces in 2007 but re-joined in

2014 when Russian-backed separatists moved into eastern Ukraine. He was badly wounded in an explosion in 2020, but signed up to serve after the full-scale invasion began.

Tuman, who is a Muslim, lost one of his three wives in the hostilities

near the capital Kyiv towards the beginning of the invasion. His only

son, who was 21, also died around then fighting in the northern town of Sumy.

His motivation comes from exacting revenge on the Russians and supporting his battalion of several hundred soldiers. He declined to specify how many troops he commanded or allow the village where

Reuters spent two days following him and his troops to be named.

In another room of his base, two men sat behind laptops and monitored live footage being sent from drones overlooking Russian positions.

They use this to identify enemy threats and target them with artillery.

In the surrounding woods, on a dirt road towards the frontline some 8 km (5 miles) away, a two-man medical evacuation team waited for a soldier wounded in fighting to be brought to them by his comrades.

MykhailoAnest, a 35-year-old medic, said the most intense fighting was in February, when as many as 20 soldiers from the battalion were

wounded in a single day.

"There is a lot of artillery and mortar fire," he said.

Reuters saw five wounded soldiers brought from the front on Monday, two of them superficially. Anest stabilized a soldier with shrapnel

wounds to his right leg in an ambulance van before taking him to a nearby clinic.

Tuman said he needed more artillery firepower, including ammunition, and multiple rocket launchers to sustain pressure on the Russians.

For now, artillery appears to hold the key to defending positions and

pinning down the enemy for both sides.

"My guys have been fighting for months," he reflected. "They are dying, and they are not seeing a single Russian, because they were all hit by artillery."

(Reuters)