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The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported that Russian forces did not make any confirmed advances within Bakhmut on March 11, 2023.

Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast
Verified Independently confirmed by 4 sources
Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post Censor.NET

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Entities

Russian forces (military_unit) Bakhmut (location) Dmytro Kuleba (person) Chasiv Yar (location) Ukraine (organization) Russia (organization) Institute for the Study of War (organization) Russian Armed Forces (military_unit) Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) (organization) Oleksandr Matsievskyi (person) Yevgeny Prigozhin (person) Oleksandr Syrskyi (person) Hanna Maliar (person) Volodymyr Zelenskyy (person) Valerii Zaluzhnyi (person) Serhiy Cherevaty (person) Armed Forces of Ukraine (military_unit) Serhii Cherevaty (person) Eastern Group of Forces (military_unit) Jens Stoltenberg (person) NATO (organization) Oleksiy Danilov (person)

Source Reports

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Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

Russian forces did not make any confirmed advances within Bakhmut on 11 March.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Ukraine will continue to defend Bakhmut despite battle intensity, as withdrawal would enable Russian offensive against Chasiv Yar and surrounding areas.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

The fight for Bakhmut helps win time in preparation for a future counteroffensive, which is not far off

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Deputy Minister of Defense Hanna Maliar announced that Russian disinformation campaigns are spreading false claims about disagreements between President Volodymyr Zelensky, Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi, and Commander of the Ground Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi regarding military decisions in Bakhmut.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Maliar described the claims as an information attack aimed at sowing distrust in Ukrainian leadership and discrediting the military command.

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