Russian sources predicted a Ukrainian counterattack using tanks and APCs in the vicinity of Chasov Yar to relieve pressure on Bakhmut supply roads.

Russian sources predicted a Ukrainian counterattack using tanks and APCs in the vicinity of Chasov Yar to relieve pressure on Bakhmut supply roads.

In Horlivka, Donetsk Oblast, it is planned to start another wave of mobilisation of residents to join the ranks of the Russian occupation forces on 5 March. All heads of educational institutions were given written instructions from the Russian occupation administration regarding the military registration of men born from 1995 to 2005.

Russian forces are unlikely to encircle Bakhmut soon.

Russian offensives have managed to push close enough to critical ground lines of communication from the northeast to threaten Ukrainian withdrawal routes in a classical turning movement.

Wagner had practically encircled Bakhmut with only one road remaining to be captured

The Russian occupation army is losing control on the battlefield over 'Cossack battalions', specifically the 'Step/Tiger' battalion in Vugledar which is dissatisfied with leadership.