Lost 100,000: snipers from the counter -terrorist unit of the Russian Federation arrived in Bakhmut - ISW

About it reports "Institute of War Study" in the summary for May 1. According to the speaker of the US National Security Council John Kirby, from January 2023 to May 1, the Russians lost 100,000 people under Bakhmut. Of these, 80 thousand are wounded, 20 thousand were killed. Kirby also appreciated the Russian offensive in Bakhmut as a failure.

Analysts refer to the speaker of the Eastern Group of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Sergei Cherevatov, according to which the Russians were brought to Bakhmut snipers from an unspecified counter -terrorist unit. Representatives of Ukraine noted that Wagner PEC and other Russian groups of troops are not able to maintain the offensive pace of operations in Bakhmut. Numerous attempts from the offensive do not lead to anything.

For their part, the Armed Forces were able to hold a number of counterattack and returned some positions. The Russian forces did not attack in the western part of the Donetsk region, which could be confirmed in the period from April 30 to May 1. Geolocated records showed that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation reached a slight promotion on the eastern outskirts of collet on April 29.

Russian sources continue to argue that the forces of Ukraine are raid across the Dnieper River, and the Russians are conducting echelorated defense and reflecting the attacks of Ukrainian forces. On geolokok personnel 126 Brigade of the coast guard of the 22nd Army Corps of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation conducted shelling of the Great Potemkin Island, where the Ukrainian troops were located. ISW analysts have also explained why the Kremlin is playing on massive shelling.