{"id":30125,"date":"2023-03-12T09:21:31","date_gmt":"2023-03-12T09:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=30125"},"modified":"2023-03-12T09:21:33","modified_gmt":"2023-03-12T09:21:33","slug":"ukraine-buying-time-in-bakhmut-ahead-of-counteroffensive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2023\/03\/12\/ukraine-buying-time-in-bakhmut-ahead-of-counteroffensive\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine \u2018buying time\u2019 in Bakhmut ahead of counteroffensive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukraine\u2019s military repelled over 92 Russian assaults in five areas over the past day, the General Staff of Ukraine\u2019s Armed Forces claimed in its morning briefing on March 12,\u00a0by reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine is continuing. <br><br>The map below is the latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine \u2013 11 March 2023.<br><br>Find out more about Defence Intelligence&#39;s use of language: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q556veYzIS\">https:\/\/t.co\/Q556veYzIS<\/a><br><br>\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/StandWithUkraine?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StandWithUkraine<\/a> \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RTRuEc0HP5\">pic.twitter.com\/RTRuEc0HP5<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Ministry of Defence \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 (@DefenceHQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DefenceHQ\/status\/1634801422985314304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the General Staff report, Russian forces are concentrating their efforts on conducting offensives toward Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Mariinka, and Shakhtarsk in Donetsk Oblast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the past 24 hours, Russia launched five missiles, targeting the city of Zaporizhzhia, 12 airstrikes, and 56 MLRS attacks against Ukraine, targeting the city of Kherson, which resulted in civilian casualties, it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukraine\u2019s Air Force carried out six strikes on temporary Russian bases, while Ukraine\u2019s rocket and artillery forces hit four Russian temporary bases, one ammunition depot and two electronic warfare stations, it added<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ukrainian military warns about a continued high threat of missile attacks throughout Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The head of the Russian Orthodox church has asked Pope Francis and other religious leaders to persuade Ukraine to stop a crackdown against a historically Russian-aligned wing of the church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kyiv on Friday ordered the Ukrainian Orthodox church (UOC) to leave a monastery complex where it is based, the latest move against a denomination that the government says is pro-Russian and collaborating with Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Patriarch Kirill on Saturday urged religious leaders and international organisations to \u201cmake every effort to prevent the forced closure of the monastery, which will lead to a violation of the rights of millions of Ukrainian believers\u201d, said a statement posted on the church\u2019s website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kirill strongly backed Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. The UOC says it has severed its ties with Russia and the Moscow Patriarchate, and is the victim of a political witch-hunt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since October, the Security Service of Ukraine has regularly carried out searches at UOC churches, imposed sanctions on its bishops and financial backers, and opened criminal cases against dozens of its clergymen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the many leaders to whom the appeal is addressed are Pope Francis; the archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby; the head of Egypt\u2019s Coptic church, Pope Tawadros; as well as the UN secretary general, Antonio Guterres, and the UN human rights chief, Volker Turk, the church said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine\u2019s military repelled over 92 Russian assaults in five areas over the past day, the General Staff of Ukraine\u2019s Armed Forces claimed in its morning briefing on March 12,\u00a0by reports. According to the General Staff report, Russian forces are concentrating their efforts on conducting offensives toward Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Mariinka, and Shakhtarsk in Donetsk Oblast. 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