Over the past three days, Wagner PMC forces have almost certainly made small gains around the northern outskirts of the town of Bakhmut in the Donbas, including the village of Krasnaya Gora.. However, organized Ukrainian resistance in the area continues.. Russian tactical advance south of town making little progress, UK MoD analysts say.

In the north, in the Kremina-Svatovo sector of the Lugansk region, Russian troops are conducting continuous offensive operations, although each local attack remains too small to achieve a significant breakthrough..

According to British intelligence, Russia is likely seeking to reverse some of the gains Ukrainian forces made in September-November 2022: there is a realistic possibility that their immediate goal is to move west to the Zherberets River.

“In general, the current operational picture suggests that Russian forces are receiving orders to advance in most sectors, but they have not accumulated enough offensive combat power in any direction to achieve a decisive effect,” experts say..

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On the eve of the Russian Federation announced the capture of the Red Mountain from Bakhmut. However, the representative of the Eastern Group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Sergei Cherevaty, denied the statements of the Russians that they had taken control of the village and added that the fighting in the area continues..