Occupied new positions under Bakhmut: in ISW told about the successes of the Armed Forces (map)
In total, the territory of 16. 85 square meters was released. km in the Bakhmut area. Such data are less than those announced on May 13, the speaker of the Eastern AFSU Sergey Cherevaty. According to him, in three days the counterattack of the Armed Forces released 17. 3 square meters. kilometers, experts said.
ISW, citing Russian militarians-burses, reports that the Ukrainian forces have taken positions on the outskirts of Kurdyumivka (14 km southwest of Bakhmut) and pushed the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the area for the Siversky Donets-Donbass channel. The Ukrainian forces, as noted by Russian resources, were moving towards the Tickyevka (7 km southwest of Bakhmut) by the foremost (16 km southwest of Bakhmut).
The analysts of the Institute did not observe visual confirmations of the Armed Forces promotion southwest of the city, which were written by Russian military bloggers. The ISW gave an example of a statement by the Commander of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces Alexander Sirsky of May 13 on the promotion of the Ukrainian army in the uncertain areas of the front.
According to Russian bloggers, the Armed Forces were counteracted to Russian positions near Mayorsk (20 km southwest of Bakhmut), and the third brigade of the 1st DNR Army Corps allegedly repelled attacks. Recall that British intelligence on May 13 declared a sharp shortage in the ranks of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation of trained and experienced specialists for fighting in Bakhmut.