Ukraine reinforces positions west of the city of Bakhmut to protect vital Russian offensive lines [VIDEO]

Russian troops are stepping up their offensive in northwest Bakhmut, taking control of the eastern part of the city, while Ukrainian troops are strengthening their positions in the west to protect vital supply lines for survival on the battlefield.

Russia wants to take over the entire city with less than 4,000 inhabitants before Ukraine A counter-offensive will begin in the spring, which could begin in two months if Kyiv receives more ammunition and longer-range missiles from the West in time, presidential adviser Mikhail Podolyak told La Stampa newspaper.

Ukrainian troops are surrounded from the east, north and south, although the mercenaries of the Wagner group have not yet reached the center bahmutfor which they would have to force the Bakhmutka River from the east side.

Russia This direction of the front was considered controlled from the 8th, which was confirmed by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) as a result of geolocation images.

The Ukrayinska Pravda newspaper on Friday confirmed that military sources had confirmed the Ukrainian army’s withdrawal “a few days ago” from the eastern part of the river.

Temporary pause in East Bakhmut

ISW claims that the current offensive operation of the Wagner Group in the east bahmut “There appears to be a temporary tactical pause” as the fighters have been making “very exhausting” frontal attacks for nine months and are “probably not ready to cross the river”.

As the official representative of the Eastern Group of the Armed Forces Serhiy Cherevaty said today on Ukrainian television, the defense bahmut it has a military aspect – to wear down the Russians – and a moral one, because the second army in the world cannot take the center.

Despite gradual progress, the mercenaries of businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, who are in conflict with the political and military leadership of the Russian Ministry of Defense, admitted that they have problems in Bakhmut, especially with the supply of ammunition.

Wagner’s boss claimed that in Russia They blocked his communications and passages to decision-makers to prevent him from asking for ammunition, amid reports that Moscow is sending more conventional troops to the city to reduce the role of mercenaries leading Russian attacks in bahmut.

Northeast hotbed of hostilities

In the absence of attempts to reach the center, the mercenaries will focus on the northwest bahmut.

Prigozhin assured on Thursday that they had captured Dubovo-Vasilyevka, six kilometers northwest of bahmutalthough the Ministry of Defense Russia has not yet confirmed it and the General Staff Ukraine In his morning military report this Friday, he assured that the troops repulsed Russian attacks in this village.

“The likely capture of Dubovo-Vasilovka is in line with the potentially increased pace of Russian offensive operations northwest of Bakhmut in recent days,” ISW said today.

General base Ukraine The day before, he claimed that Russian troops carried out at least 30% of their attacks in the northwest, which created a new threat for Ukrainian troops, since from there they could attack neighboring Chasov Yar, further southwest, through Bogdanovka, strategic for defense bahmut.

This city, located a few kilometers west of bahmut and having before the war a population of 15,000 citizens, of which barely 1,500 remained, is located at a height and serves the Ukrainian soldiers not only for rest and regrouping, but also for supplying troops at the front and at the points where logistics and communications begin.

Complicates the west and southwest

The approach to Chasov Yar from the west was difficult, as the Ukrainian troops would have thrown the enemy back to Khromovo.

The Ukrainian military command has not reported any Russian attacks near the area since March 1.

Except, Ukraine would have been able to build pontoons in the area after the destruction of the bridge by the Russians.

This Friday it also became known that fighting was going on in the south-west of the city. bahmutwhere the Russians destroyed the symbol of the city, the MiG-17 fighter, installed on Friendship Square in memory of the cadets of the city aviation club, participants in the Great Patriotic War.

According to the independent Russian media outlet Meduza, Wagner mercenaries are trying to control this exit from the city, as if successful, they will cut off one of the supply routes for Ukraine through Ivanovskoye. (As reported by EFE)

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