The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) published a report on 21 January 2023 assessing that the Ukrainian defence of Bakhmut is a strategically sound operation despite high costs, noting it inhibits Russian offensive capabilities on other fronts.
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The ISW believes that the Ukrainian defence of Bakhmut is a strategically sound effort despite its costs for Ukraine.
McCaul stated that Ukraine needs tanks for the Russian winter offensive and ATACMS to hit Crimea where Iranian drones are located.
Russian troops were advancing and mercenaries controlling strategic heights near Bakhmut
The BND told parliamentarians in the Bundestag at a secret meeting that the Ukrainian army is currently losing a triple-digit number of soldiers every day in battles with the Russian occupiers.
The BND briefing stated that on the front near Bakhmut, Ukrainians are suffering huge losses, specifically three-digit numbers of dead per day.
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