Heavy fighting continues on the flanks of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region. Russian occupation forces conducted unsuccessful offensive operations north of Donetsk in the area of Avdiivka and Novokalynove, as well as near Krasnohorivka

and near Marinka.

Analysts of the Institute for the Study of War spoke about the situation in Donbas in a new report.

Citing Ukrainian the General Staff, the ISW reports that Russian troops conducted unsuccessful offensive operations in the direction of Bakhmut and Ivanovske. Meanwhile, one p

An Osiya blogger said that the occupiers switched their attention to the highway T0504 Chasiv Yar-Bakhmut and O0506 Khromovo-Bakhmut. According to him, the Russians are trying to capture Ivanovo and Khromovo.

Geolocation footage released on May 22 shows that the Russians have made little progress to Polygrafichna Street in Marinka. It is alleged that

Ukrainian troops may hold positions south of Avdiivka near Opytne.

The situation in Donbas. ISW battle map.

Recall, the representative of the National Guard Colonel Mykola Urshalovich said that Ukrainian defenders have success on the northern and southern flanks of Bakhmut. National Guardsmen in the Bakhmut direction continue to conduct aerial and electronic reconnaissance to identify areas of accumulation of enemy manpower and equipment. The defenders also destroy radar stations and electronic warfare of the occupiers.

Meanwhile, the leader of the "Wagnerites" Yevgeny Prigozhin said that his PMC had begun to withdraw from Bakhmut. They say that "Wagner" transfers its positions to the regular army of the Russian Federation. The militants allegedly intend to completely withdraw from the city from the Ukrainian city by June.

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