The UK became the first country to send such missiles to Kyiv earlier this month when it provided the country with Storm Shadows.
The West has been reluctant to provide long-range weapons to Ukraine in case they are used to target areas internationally recognised as Russian territory. They are also capable of destroying hardened targets such as bunkers buried deep underground. They can be used to hit high-value targets, troops or fuel dumps deep behind the front lines. They are built by European missile maker MBDA, which has divisions based in France, the UK, Italy, Germany and Spain. Taurus missiles are an air launched weapon with a range of some 310 miles (500km). In our previous post we told you Ukraine has asked Germany for Taurus long-range missiles.īut what are they, and why is the West hesitant to provide them to Kyiv? Here's the latest territorial situation around Bakhmut. It comes after Russia's mercenary Wagner group started handing over its positions to regular Russian troops earlier this week. She added that Ukrainian troops "firmly hold" the heights overlooking Bakhmut from the north and south, as well as a portion of the outskirts, but have not advanced during the past two days to focus on "other tasks".
"The enemy is trying to strengthen its own capabilities." "The decrease in the enemy's offensive activity is due to the fact that troops are being replaced and regrouped," Maliar said. "Yesterday and today there have not been any active battles - neither in the city nor on the flanks," she wrote, adding that Moscow's troops were instead shelling the outskirts and approaches to Bakhmut. In a statement on Telegram, Ukraine's Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said Russian forces have continued attacking but that "overall offensive activity has decreased".
Russian forces have temporarily eased their attacks on Bakhmut to regroup and strengthen their capabilities, a senior Ukrainian official has said.
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