Ukraine LIVE: Zelensky’s troops ‘kill 910 Russians’ in day as Putin accused of wasting men

Heavy fighting along the Donetsk frontline in eastern Ukraine has descended into close-contact trench warfare reminiscent of World War 1, according to accounts from both sides.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces have killed 910 Russian soldiers in the last 24 hours, its General Staff suggested on Wednesday morning, as Putin’s war cabinet was accused of wasting troops to “capture fields”. The intense fighting in Donetsk, with Russian specialist VDV forces fighting alongside Wagner Group mercenaries to try to encircle the city of Bakhmut and cut off the Ukrainian forces within, appears to evince the beginning of Putin’s major offensive.

Source of data and images: daily-express