Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky previously said that Bakhmut was 'the hottest spot on the entire frontline.'
previously announced annexation of four Ukrainian regions which included Donetsk as well as Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson. Since his annexation, Ukraine has continued a counteroffensive attack in an attempt to retake control of these regions.traveled to Bakhmut and said that it was"the hottest spot on the entire frontline."
A crater is filled with water near a coffee shop on December 26, 2022, in Bakhmut, Ukraine. In inset, A Ukrainian Border Guard reacts in a frontline trench as mortar shells explode nearby on December 26, 2022, in Bakhmut, Ukraine. On Wednesday, December 28, 2022, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense shared a video of a helicopter flying over Bakhmut.
"Russian forces in Bakhmut may be nearing culmination as Russian forces in Kherson did in August 2022. Russian combat losses are likely forcing the Russian military in the Bakhmut area to use squad-sized assault groups,""The Russian military's rate of advance in the Bakhmut area has recently slowed amidst growing personnel and munitions constraints that will likely prevent it from maintaining a high pace of offensive operations in the area in the near term.
The ISW also said that Russian advancements in Bakhmut will likely decrease in the coming days and weeks"unless significant new reinforcements and supplies of artillery rounds arrive soon."
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