The Ukrainian army retook areas northwest of Bachmout on Friday.
“Ukrainian forces won north-west Bakhmout during local counterattacks launched on May 12,” writes the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW, a nonpartisan, nonprofit public policy research organization) in its report released Friday.
“These images visually confirm claims by some Russian milbloggers that Ukrainian forces have made progress northwest of Bakhmout (Artemivsk on the map below) in the area between Bohdanivka and Berkhivka,” the report continues.
A Russian military blogger claimed that they were elements of the 200th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 14th Army Corps of the Northern Fleet had lost their positions between Hryhorivka and Dubovo-Vasylivka, about 6 km northwest of Bakhmut.
500 m from the city limits
Several Russian sources also fear that Ukrainian forces may attempt to do soorbit the Wagner group To Bakhmout. Zelenskyi’s troops are approaching Berkhivka and, according to the founder of the private militia, Yevgeny Prigozhinthey now occupy positions less than 500 m from the north-west border out of town.
Other Russian bloggers have continued to report on this Counterattack by Ukrainian troops to Khromove (3 km west of Bachmout), Bohdanivka (6 km northwest) and Klishchiivka (6 km southwest).
From the controversial information Russian Defense Ministry The company claims that all Ukrainian attacks in the Berkhivka region have been repelled, citing the “favorable conditions of the Berkhivske reservoir,” reports The Kyiv Independent.