ISW believes the risk of encircling the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Bakhmut has passed
The aggressor's MoD has likely abandoned this idea
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that the risk of encircling the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Bakhmut has passed.
This is stated in a report by the institute.
Analysts opine that the deployment of low-quality russian forces on the flanks around Bakhmut indicates that the russian Ministry of Defence has largely abandoned the goal of encircling a significant number of Ukrainian forces in the city.
"The MoD’s allocation of forces combined with changes in the geometry of the battlespace also suggests that the danger of a russian encirclement of significant Ukrainian forces in Bakhmut may have passed," the ISW explains.
At the same time, Wagner servicemen, in the opinion of the institute's experts, will likely continue their frontal assaults on Bakhmut, which will allow Ukrainian forces to conduct an organised retreat from threatening areas in smaller partial coverage, rather than facing a large encirclement.
Background. Mind previously reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine had recaptured 2 km of Ukrainian territory in the vicinity of Bakhmut. Prigozhin, meanwhile, asserted that "Bakhmut has no strategic significance".
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