The armed forces conducted a successful counteroffensive north of

, Donetsk region.

Ukrainian defenders managed to recapture part of the territory along the E40 highway.

This is stated in the report of ISW analysts.

Specialists of the Institute emphasize that the occupying Russian troops continued to carry out ground strikes in the city, as well as in its surroundings.

Geolocated footage dated March 25 shows the army advancing along the T0513 highway in Bakhmut towards the city center and partly in its southwestern part.

Russian bloggers also claimed that fighting continued north of Bakhmut, in the city center and to the southwest.

Geolocated footage released on March 24 shows Ukrainian forces retaking some territory along the E40 north of Bakhmut during a recent counterattack.

ISW battle maps.

Photo: ISW.

The situation in Bakhmut 

British intelligence reported that 

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The summary also states that the situation in the city is exacerbated by tensions between the Ministry of Defense of Russia and the Wagner group.

However, the Armed Forces have not yet confirmed such data.

They say that the information that the advance of Russian troops in the Bakhmut direction has slowed down needs to be clarified.

While

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According to the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhnyi, thanks to the titanic efforts of the Defense Forces,

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However, it remains the most difficult on the front. 

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