#Donetsk Oblast:
#Ukrainian forces may be withdrawing from their positions on the eastern bank of the #Bakhmutka River given recent geolocated footage of the destruction of the railway bridge over the river in northeastern #Bakhmut. isw.pub/UkrWar03052023
#Ukrainian forces may be withdrawing from their positions on the eastern bank of the #Bakhmutka River given recent geolocated footage of the destruction of the railway bridge over the river in northeastern #Bakhmut. isw.pub/UkrWar03052023
https://twitter.com/TheStudyofWar/status/1632580392594075648
2/ #Russian war correspondents and milbloggers claimed that Russian forces captured eastern, northern, and southern parts of #Bakhmut on March 5 and claimed to be reporting from positions in eastern Bakhmut, but @TheStudyofWar cannot independently verify these claims at this time
3/ Geolocated footage showed that #WagnerGroup forces continued to make advances in northeastern #Bakhmut and advanced near the Stupky railway station on March 5.
4/ A #Ukrainian serviceman told a Ukrainian outlet that #Russian forces have yet to cross the Bakhmutka River into central #Bakhmut as of March 4, and Russian milbloggers claimed that the #Wagner Group pushed Ukrainian positions back to central Bakhmut.
5/ It is unclear if #Ukrainian forces are planning to hold positions on the western bank of the Bakhmutka.
6/ Ukrainian forces are unlikely to withdraw from #Bakhmut all at once and may pursue a gradual fighting withdrawal to exhaust #Russian forces through continued urban warfare. isw.pub/UkrWar03052023
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