The UK’s Ministry of Defence has claimed in its daily intelligence briefing that Ukrainian troops have been forced to make ‘orderly withdrawals’ from positions they previously held in the highly contested town of Bakhmut, and that the last two days have seen an intense artillery bombardment from Russian forces.
Writing on Twitter, the ministry posted:
Russia has re-energised its assault on the Donetsk oblast town of Bakhmut as forces of the Russian ministry and Wagner group have improved cooperation.
The Ukrainian defence still holds the western districts of the town but has been subjected to particularly intense Russian artillery fire over the previous 48 hours.
Wagner assault groups continue to conduct the main advance through the centre of town, while Russian airborne forces have relieved some Wagner units securing the northern and southern flanks of the operation.
Ukrainian forces face significant resupply issues but have made orderly withdrawals from the positions they have been forced to concede.
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