The Ukrainian army has practically lost the ability to hold the defense of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) . Journalist and military expert Yury Podolyaka reports this on his Telegram channel. According to him, the reserves of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the city are practically exhausted.
There is little doubt that it will happen one day. However, against the background of strong statements by the Ukrainian military command about maintaining the defense line in Artemovsk (Bakhmut) , the capture of the city began to be questioned.
Nevertheless, recent events show that the surrender of the Ukrainian garrison in the city is not far off. According to Yuri Podolyaka, yesterday, given the obvious threat of a collapse of the front near Artemivsk, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was forced to send into battle one of the new shock battalions that the instructors of the NATO were preparing for the spring counter-offensive.
Earlier, the Ukrainian army switched to the tactic of forming consolidated units from the remnants of those battalions that suffered losses as a result of battles with the Wagner PMC.
However, this, according to Podolyaki, did not bring the expected result. Yesterday, Russian attack planes took over entire streets with almost no fighting. A similar situation is observed in the southern districts of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) , where volunteers were able to achieve tangible success.
And this is happening against the background of reports from Ukrainian sources that all supply routes are either intercepted by the enemy (that is, by us) or under heavy fire, which makes it impossible to correct supply of the semi-surrounded garrison, which began to have problems with ammunition.
– says Yuriy Podolyaka.
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