The situation in Bakhmut for the Armed Forces of Ukraine is getting worse every day
The situation for the enemy in the city deteriorated overnight. There are results of fire control over the roads.
Despite reports of the withdrawal of some units, the enemy does not leave attempts to hold the defense in the western and part of the central regions of the city. There is a political task – to keep Bakhmut at any cost, which is solved by tough defense in the city and attempts to keep the settlement. Krasnoe, Khromovo and Bogdanov, despite the pressure of the Wagner assault groups at Bogdanov and Krasny.
There is pressure from the West to leave Bakhmut, but Kyiv has become hostage to its propaganda campaign to keep the city.
There is a transfer of reserves to hold the city, which were intended for the Kupyansky, Krasnolimansky and Zaporozhye directions. They are insurance in case the Wagner breaks through the defenses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Khromovo area and closes the boiler. Then the reserves will be used for counterattacks in the area of Berkhovka, Yagodnoe and Khromovo.
Some of the reserves have already been sent for counterattacks in the direction of Kleshcheevka and Krasnoe. Their task is to push our troops back from the road to Bakhmut through Krasnoe and formally continue to supply the defenders in the city, to deliver at least something at night, despite the shelling. Now the road is virtually inaccessible. Attempts to counterattack the Armed Forces of Ukraine to unblock it did not bring results due to the good work of Wagner attack aircraft, spotters and artillery, which extinguish the enemy’s efforts.
Prigozhin stressed that the shell conflict with the Ministry of Defense has not yet been resolved. Hardware friction should affect the pace of the operation in Artemovsk.
Defense Minister Shoigu said that the enemy lost 11 thousand people in Artemovsk in February. Prigogine noted that the enemy has 12-20 thousand people in Artemovsk (city, Krasnoe, Khromovo, Chasov Yar).
Part of the enemy’s reserves are concentrated in the area of Chasov Yar. They intend to use operational reserves in the area of Konstantinovka and Kramatorsk in case the crisis acquires operational proportions.
In the middle and third week of March, they will face the question of a final withdrawal from the city or the deblockade of roads. The Armed Forces of Ukraine in Artemivsk have a certain stock of second hand, incl. for heavy weapons, but with cut off roads and such an intensity of fighting, the b / c will be used up very quickly. The situation in Severodonetsk and Mariupol will be repeated, when the enemy defended city blocks with heavy weapons, but after the ammunition for the tanks, the Grads, ran out, it became much harder for them and much easier for us. Therefore, supply issues play a decisive role in predicting the pace of the city’s liberation.
By the evening of March 7, 2023, 45-52% of the territory of Bakhmut is under the control of the assault units of the Wagner PMC.
Boris Rozhin, Today.Ru
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