Bakhmut is one of the most intense spots of fighting in the war. Russian forces fighting in the region are being led by members of the Wagner Group.
Russia is running out of troops in the intensifying battle for Bakhmut in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region, while battalions are being split up, according to an assessment by the Institute for the Study of War .may be nearing"culmination"—the point at which an attacking military force can no longer continue its advance—as Russian forces in the southern Kherson region did in August.
The think tank noted that on Tuesday, Ukrainian Eastern Group of Forces Spokesperson Colonel Serhiy Cherevaty reported that Russian forces in the Bakhmut area are no longer operating as company and battalion tactical groups, but are instead operating in smaller groups of 10 to 15 service members, in squad-size organizations.
"The Russian military's rate of advance in the Bakhmut area has recently slowed amidst growing personnel and munitions constraints that will likely prevent it from maintaining a high pace of offensive operations in the area in the near term," the ISW said.
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