On December 11 and 12, the Russian invaders continued to attack Ukrainian positions around

Bakhmut

.

The Wagner group and the Russian military are devoting significant resources to maintaining the intensity of fighting on this section of the front, but Ukrainian forces continue to control the city.

This is stated in

the message

of the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

Russian troops have changed their tactical approach to attacks in the Bakhmut area and are now using amphibious assault units for attacks instead of company-battalion tactical groups, Colonel Serhiy Cherevaty, spokesman for the Eastern Group of Forces of Ukraine, said.

In turn, the General Staff announced that during the last two days, Ukrainian troops repelled Russian assaults near Bakhmut and settlements northeast of the city of Bilogorivka, Verkhnyokamianske, Soledar, Bakhmutske and Pidgorodne.

In turn, Russian sources claim that they allegedly managed to advance near Opytny (3 km south of Bakhmut). 

"A Russian source claimed that forces of the Wagner group attacked unspecified settlements from the Andriyivka area (9 km southwest of Bakhmut) and claimed that fighting continued east of Bakhmut, noting that Ukrainian forces were not retreating from the city. Other Russian the source claimed that the forces of the so-called "DNR" are trying to advance eastward in the direction of Toretsk (23 km southwest of Bakhmut) with the support of artillery," the report said.

It will be recalled that earlier military expert Oleg Zhdanov believes that 

Russian propaganda will show the occupation of Ukrainian Bakhmut as if it was the "capture" of Berlin during the Second World War

.

Putin needs such a victory for a new wave of mobilization.

In turn, the head of the Center for Military and Legal Research Oleksandr Musienko

called the situation in Bakhmut a straw for the Russian occupiers

.

Read also:

  • "Up to the infantry company lies pieces of meat at height": soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the situation near Bakhmut

  • "The battery covered with accurate fire": the Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated the enemy DRG in the Bakhmut area (video)

  • Why is it so important for Russia, despite the huge losses, to capture Bakhmut: the explanation of a military expert

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