The summary of the 443rd day on Bakhmut Front, as of 22:00 – 12th May 2023 (Kyiv time).
Due to the changes in the area of Bakhmut, we’re releasing an extra summary solely focused on the Bakhmut Front. The classic summaries remain bi-daily.
Bakhmut Front
includes the vicinity of Bakhmut
- Elements of 21st Battalion Sarmat of Ukrainian 56th Motorized Brigade assaulted and recaptured previously lost positions north-east of Hryhorivka. (source)
Ukrainian General Staff reports repelled attacks in the vicinity of:
- Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Hryhorivka, Bakhmut, Stupochky
Bakhmut City
the city of Bakhmut
- Russian Ministry of Defense announced a withdrawal of its forces towards Berkhivske Reservoir, abandoning the attempt to seize Chasiv Yar – Bakhmut road. (source)
- Wagner mercenaries advanced in the western part of Bakhmut towards Khromove. (source)
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This summary and detailed maps are based on the following sources:
General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, official media channels of Ukrainian regional administrations, Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and geolocated footage.
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Are the Ruzzian claims of hitting a major Ukranian arme dump true?
At Khemelitsky
Probably not amunition depot. The video doesn’t show secondary small explosions but two big ones.
Maybe the Russians sent 2 big bombs/missiles that hit nothing, or 1 missile that hits some kind of rocket fuel storage.
So it’s the later: an old rocket fuel storage, dating back to the soviet era.
Once again, Russians are incapable of destoying any military targets, so they use their “long range precision weapons” to commit war crimes.
It seems that the disco reached the Bryansk region, judging by what is in the infospace. Two Mi 8 helicopters and Su 35 and Su 34 fighters were shot down.
Vatniks started fighting each other, the most spectacular friendly fire ever seen 😉 and add one more from Dzhankoy. Keep going, vatniks!
Wasn’t the 21st Battalion Samrat supposed to be the basis for the newly formed 41st Brigade? Or is it still with the 56th Motorized Brigade?
Seems only partly, while the rest remained with 56th Brigade.
always the same tactic.
RU have a problem with their ATGM ? Or troops of mobicks are not train to use them?
There is either an RPG or a ATGM fired in the video from Sarmat, if that is what you were referring to – which missed.
Rpg i think.
You dont stop mechanise assault with rpg.
Atgm are suppose to stop à large part of véhicule before they reach the first position. Or artillery or mine or aviation.
Here small group of véhicule can reach the défense lign. Its anormal.
Judging by the whining of some Russian bloggers, the Russian military has only small arms at its positions. You can’t fight with it especially against a tank.
Most have neither ATGMs nor Kornets in general.
Yes but its strange. BEcause in trophy, WE have see missiles for atgm. May be empty ?
The russians are spread really thing across the front line (which is huge). I assume that most of the anti-tank weapons are assigned to units stationed in Zaporisha oblast, in an effort to hold off a massive mech.counter assault there (if it happens).
Just a guess though.