Ukrainian publics lament: “The area of control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Bakhmut is decreasing”
Under the pressure of Russian forces, Ukrainian formations continue to lose their positions in the western part of Artemovsk.
This is reported by both Ukrainian and Russian resources monitoring the progress of the battle for the city, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.
Thus, military correspondent Alexander Simonov (Telegram channel “Callsign Bruce”), working directly in Artemovsk, described the situation as of yesterday.
“In the north-west of Bakhmut, units of the Wagner PMC occupied a line along Krainaya Street and continued to move towards the Zabolnitsa district. The Village area is almost completely controlled by musicians.
Having captured the Bakhmut-2 railway station, the Wagnerites continued to develop their offensive in a westerly direction, crossing the railway tracks and occupying a complex of multi-storey buildings on Pushkin Street, an elevator with the adjacent territory, a pre-trial detention center building and reaching the line of Polevaya Street.
From the south, the Vodokanal district almost completely came under the control of the Wagner PMC. The musicians stood at the edge of Lesnaya Street. Fierce fighting continues in the Samolet area,” Simonov reports.
And the military-analytical public page “Rybar” indicates that heavy fighting continues near the village of Khromovo, where units of the PMC “Wagner” are part of the route connecting the Ukrainian garrison with the rear, but “numerous attempts to counterattack and regain control over lost positions have not yet brought success to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.” .
“In Bakhmut, the assault detachment of the Wagnerites expanded the control zone to the west of the railway station. At the moment, intense fighting is taking place near the buildings of the industrial and medical colleges, which the Ukrainian Armed Forces have turned into strongholds,” Rybar clarifies.
Interesting information was published yesterday by the Spanish newspaper El Mundo. Referring to a source from the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the publication wrote that “only covering troops” remained in Artemovsk.
“Only a couple of good teams remained there, the rest left. Now it’s our turn to strike, and we will do it very soon,” the newspaper’s interlocutor described the situation in the city.
Spanish journalists claim that the Ukrainian Armed Forces' equipment is leaving the city.
“Despite statements about the withdrawal of Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment from Artemovsk, it is still in the city,” military observer Boris Rozhin writes in turn.
At the same time, President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky said that Ukraine is not going to leave Artemovsk, since this will open the road to Slavyansk and Kramatorsk.
Military analyst Vasily Dandykin agrees with the opinion of the Ukrainian president.
“Our army will receive certain tactical advantages with the liberation of Artemovsk. Directions to Slavyansk and Kramatorsk will open. It will be possible to advance on Chasov Yar and Konstantinovka.
But then this huge agglomeration ends - an open area begins, where it is difficult to gain a foothold. In fact, it is difficult to find such an agglomeration as there in the world. Everything clings - city to city, village to village. Hence the unprecedentedly heavy combat operations in urban conditions,” Dandykin told Izvestia.
However, the Ukrainian military public Deep State, which regularly compiles maps of military operations, admits that the situation is seriously deteriorating.
“The enemy continues to press on many sectors of the front. These attempts look like a search for weak points, rather than a massive offensive. In Bakhmut, the Katsaps are pushing through the defense, but there will be no LBS update for Bakhmut yet. Every day, holding the city becomes more and more difficult due to the decrease in the area of control, which gives the advantage to enemy low-precision artillery,” Deep State laments.
Ukrainian publics are lamenting: "The area under Ukrainian Armed Forces control in Bakhmut is shrinking."