Russia says two more its senior military commanders killed near Bakhmut
Two Russian colonels died in a day near Bakhmut (Photo:Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation)
The Russian Defense Ministry said two Russian army colonels had been killed near Bakhmut during the past day in its daily report about the so-called "special military operation" (a Russian euphemism for the full-scale war against Ukraine) for May 14.
The commander of Russia’s 4th motorized rifle brigade, Colonel Vyacheslav Makarov, and the deputy commander of the army corps, Colonel Yevgeny Brovko, were killed, the ministry report reads.
Russia claimed that Makarov allegedly "personally led the battle from the front," then he was seriously injured and died during the evacuation from the battlefield.
Brovko claimed to led the occupiers actions at another part of the frontline, where he died from multiple shrapnel wounds.
The Ukrainian army is pushing forward at some parts of the frontline in and around Bakhmut as part of its operation to defend the city, the Ukrainian military reported.
A successful Ukrainian military operation in Bakhmut was reported earlier this week. The enemy was pushed 250 - 1,500 meters back, Operational Command East spokesman Serhiy Cherevatyi said on May 12.
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