Russian forces have reached the centre of Bakhmut, where fierce fighting is taking place. According to the Ukrainian General Staff, after making a series of unsuccessful attempts to break through the defences to the northeast and south of Chasiv Yar, the invading forces will probably focus on seizing the town of Orikhovo-Vasylivka south of the M03 main road to Slovyansk. This has been the only site of Russian attacks in the Bakhmut area outside the town itself. The invaders have also failed to make any significant advances in the Avdiivka area or in the arc west of Donetsk. …read more
Source:: Centre for Eastern Studies (Poland)
