Battle for Bakhmut. What is the significance of the city's defense and why the Armed Forces do not bring troops

Russian troops and "Wagnerivtsi" continue the constant storms of Bakhmut and the bridge around. Despite speculation in the media, the Ukrainian command stands for the continuation of the city's defense to weaken the enemy's offensive potential daily. All week in the Western media, information about what was happening in Bakhmut has changed. Some of the journalists and analysts wrote about the withdrawal of troops, the other - about the counter -offensive of the Armed Forces in the city.

As a result, the military command, on the contrary, moved to the Bakhmut direction of reinforcement. Focus has collected the latest news about Bakhmut fighting. After the seizure of Soledar, the Russian troops with the maintenance of Bakhmut became more complicated, in recent months the invaders' troops have created "claws" around the city. This complicates the logistics and defense of the city.

According to Deepstate, the defense forces have a corridor about 4 km, which allows you to keep in touch with the settlement. According to the Institute of War Study, the Russian invaders captured at least half of Bakhmut. However, local success for the Russian Federation is only symbolic - especially for Russian President Vladimir Putin. And there is no operational environment of the city, as reported in the Ukrainian command.

At the beginning of the week, the Western media actively wrote that between the Supreme Commander -in -Chief Vladimir Zelensky and the Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces Valery Zaluzhny allegedly there were differences as to what to do with Bakhmut. It is stated that Zaluzhny requires the withdrawal of troops to save the life of the personnel, but Zelensky advocates for the continuation of the defense.

On March 4, Russian troops undermined a bridge that was an important link in the supply of defense forces in Bakhmut. He was the last main route from Bakhmut during the ravine. Because of this, the speaker of the eastern group of troops Sergey Cherevaty stated that the Armed Forces was rebuilding the defense of the settlement. On March 6, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting of the Supreme Commander.

The Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces Valery Zaluzhny and the commander of the Land Forces Alexander Syrsky spoke in favor of the continuation of Bakhmut's defense. Later, journalists wrote that if Ukraine removes the troops from Bakhmut, it will significantly change anything. The same assumption was made by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on March 8. "We see that Russia is throwing more and more troops, more and more.

, - said Stoltenberg at a meeting of EU Defense Ministers in Stockholm. The commander of the Land Forces, Colonel-General Alexander Sirsky, visited the command of Bakhmut soldiers several times during the week to resolve current defense issues on the ground, as well as reward the fighters for courage and courage. It is worth noting that the situation in Bakhmut is dynamically changing, so the information is relevant on March 10, 2023.

The Ukrainian command considers all the options, including the withdrawal of Bakhmut troops. In an interview with CNN, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that if Ukraine withdraws troops from Bakhmut, Russian troops will have a direct road to Kramatorsk, and then Slavyansk. "We understand that after Bakhmut, Russian troops will be able to go further and get an open road to capture key cities in eastern Ukraine.

They could go to Kramatorsk, they could go to Slavyansk, it would be an open road for Russians after Bakhmut in Other cities of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction, ”the Ukrainian leader said. On March 9, the commander of the Land Forces Colonel-General Alexander Sirsky stated that every day of Bakhmut's defense allows you to destroy Russian offensive potential, as well as to prepare reserves for counter-offensive of the Armed Forces.

"Every day of the city's defense allows us to win time to prepare reserves and prepare for offensive operations. At the same time, the enemy loses the most prepared and capable part of his army in the battles for this fortress - Wagner's assault detachments," Syrsky said. The Ukrainian army keeps it under control. The US Air Force Colonel Sedrick Leiton believes that Bakhmut can be the last battle for Wagner PEC.

They suffer huge losses for the storming of Ukrainian positions in the settlement, and their weapons are likely to end. The New York Times states that the fighting in Bakhmut took a central place in the struggle for power between the Russian Defense Ministry and the owner of the Wagner PEC Yevgeny Prigogin. The latter repeatedly accused the military leadership Austin noted that Russia is storming Bakhmut poorly prepared troops.

"What do I really see It is that the Russians continue to introduce many poorly trained and poorly equipped troops, and these troops meet their death very quickly, "Austin said. The morning summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine dated March 10 indicates that the occupiers do not stop the assault actions in Bakhmut. Ukrainian defenders have repelled attacks in the areas: ISW states that the offensive of the Wagnerians in Bakhmut has partial success.

They probably managed to move northwest of Bakhmut, and the pace of offensive operations is increasing in the area. The Wagnerians managed to capture Dubovo-Vasylivka, they posted a photo that managed to geolok. The focus of attacks in the north may indicate that the Russian Federation prepares a bridgehead for further offensive operations around chrome. At the same time, analysts say that in the eastern part of Bakhmut, there was probably a tactical pause.