Russian forces appear to have captured the center of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine and are threatening a key supply line to the west, British intelligence officials said Friday.
‘s vital 0506 supply route, British military officials said in their latest assessment of the war.
“Russian regular forces, likely including airborne troops, have probably reinforced the area, and Russia is again using artillery more effectively in the sector,” U.K. military officials said in a Twitter post. “There is a realistic possibility that, locally,Bakhmut has been the main focus of Russian military activity in
for months. During a visit to Poland this week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his troops would pull back from the city if they came under the risk of being encircled and cut off.
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