The Ukrainian General Staff did not report fighting in Bakhmut in its situational report for the first time since December 2022, leading analysts to suggest Wagner Group forces may have made advances within the city.
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The Ukrainian General Staff did not report fighting in Bakhmut for the first time since December 2022.
ISW suggests that Wagner Group forces may have made further advances within the city due to the silence.
Ten months after Russia’s assault on the once-flourishing city in Donetsk Oblast began, Bakhmut has now been effectively occupied by Russian troops.
Bakhmut has been captured with no Ukrainian soldiers remaining; huge number of corpses and no prisoners taken
Russian forces are in a dangerous situation in Bakhmut and their offensive has run out of steam.
The Ukrainian army may have the opportunity to launch new counterattacks on weakened Russian flanks near Bakhmut.
Wagner PMC founder Yevhen Prigozhin announced the withdrawal of his units from Bakhmut to the rear within a few days.
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