In the past three days, Russia has likely shifted from probing attacks around the towns of Pavlovka and Vuhledar to a more concerted assault, UK Defense Intelligence Agency says..

The settlements are located 50 km southwest of the city of Donetsk, and earlier Russia used the 155th Marine Brigade to storm them, which unsuccessfully attacked in this direction in November 2022.

“Units of the 155th are once again participating in at least a brigade force that probably advanced several hundred meters beyond the small river Kashlagach, which marked the front line for several months,” British intelligence said..

Thus, the Russian command wants to advance on a new segment of the front in the Donetsk region and divert Ukrainian forces from the Bakhmut sector, which is causing serious controversy.

“There is a realistic possibility that Russia will continue to achieve local success in this sector. But it is unlikely that Russia has enough idle troops in the area to achieve an operational significant breakthrough,” analysts said..

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According to the Institute for the Study of War, Russian troops made several assaults in the direction of Ugledar, but units of the 72nd brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with reinforcement units held their positions. At the same time, the actions of the Russian troops are poorly organized and coordinated.. However, the APU is quite difficult on this sector of the front.