The U.S.-based think tank assessed that Russia likely lacks the capability to continue its advance into Ukraine if its troops successfully take Bakhmut.
But according to an ISW assessment released later on Tuesday, Putin's troops"lack the capability" to capture Bakhmut and continue to advance toward other key cities in Ukraine.
Ukrainian servicemen on Sunday drive a tank in the village of Chasiv Yar near the city of Bakhmut, Ukraine. According to the Institute for the Study of War, the capture of Bakhmut could be"highly costly" for Russian troops."As ISW has previously assessed, Russian forces would have to choose between two diverging lines of advance after capturing Bakhmut," read the report.
The think tank noted that Kyiv has"heavily fortified both of these routes, which are supplied by numerous ground lines of communication running deep into the Ukrainian rear, and any Russian attempt to advance down these roads would likely be highly costly."
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