Slowly but steadily, the Ukraine is making progress in the area around Bakhmut. The Institute for the Study of War reports this today. Aerial photos prove that the Ukrainian army was able to advance in the north, northwest and southwest of the devastated city. Ex-Wagner boss Prigozhin has warned for some time that Ukraine will surround the Russian-occupied city and the troops stationed there. Russian military bloggers report a “difficult” situation in the once hard-fought city.
The losing occupation of Bakhmut, mainly by Wagner mercenaries, was at the root of the conflict between the then Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigoschin and the Russian military leadership, which ended in an attempted coup. Prigozhin is persona non grata in Russia these days. His shops and possessions were confiscated. Should Bachmut fall back to the Ukraine, his entire work would be erased.
The area changes from last 60 days around Bakhmut
A comparison of the occupied territories of today and two months ago shows how the Ukrainian defenders are slowly but surely pushing back their occupiers at Bakhmut. 60 kilometers south of Bakhmut, in the town of Makiivka, a few kilometers behind the front lines, Ukraine dealt a painful blow on Tuesday with the destruction of an ammunition depot.
Spectacular drone footage of the Russian ammunition depot that was knocked out last night. You can clearly see the missiles from MLRS and the amount of them is breathtaking.
To store so much ammunition in the center of Makiivka/Donetsk just paraphrases how little attention is paid to the… pic.twitter.com/kvWyq2sgGI
— (((Tendar))) (@Tendar) July 5, 2023
Drone footage shows a huge destroyed residential area that served as a depot for the invaders. The attack in the middle of the night ignited the ammunition. The gigantic explosion could be seen from miles away.
The territorial changes of the last 60 days on the southern front
In neighboring Yasynuvata, Ukraine bombed a train station. Russia traditionally relies heavily on the railways to supply its troops. With these kinds of attacks, Ukraine has been trying to hit Russian logistics since the beginning of the offensive. According to British Chief of Staff Sir Tony Radakin, this is part of the “starve, stretch, strike” strategy Ukraine is using to retake its territory. Radakin thinks Ukraine’s offensive is not yet in full swing. It is also unfair to measure the quality of the liberation action with a stopwatch: “Ukraine, while making slow progress, has recaptured more territory in recent weeks than Russia took as a whole last year.” Russia is too weak for another counter-offensive: “The war is slowly but steadily developing in favor of the Ukrainians.”
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