Ukraine - Russia raised the enemy's heavy losses in Bakhmut

Both Ukraine and Russia say their opponents have lost hundreds of soldiers in the fierce battle in Bakhmut over the past 24 hours, as fighting rages on.

Ukraine and Russia announced on March 11 that they had eliminated hundreds of enemy troops from combat in the past 24 hours in the Bakhmut region, Donetstk.

Serhiy Cherevatyi, a spokesman for the Ukrainian military, said that Russia lost 221 soldiers and more than 300 were wounded in Bakhmut. Meanwhile, the Russian Defense Ministry said that 210 Ukrainian soldiers were killed in the Donetsk front line in the past day.

Both sides admit to having suffered significant losses in Bakhmut, but according to Reuters, the exact number of casualties is difficult to independently verify as the fighting is fierce and both Russia and Ukraine may be using psychological/information warfare tactics to influence the opponent's will to fight.

British intelligence on March 11 said that the private Russian military group Wagner had control of most of the eastern region of Bakhmut. On the same day, Wagner claimed to be just over 1km from the administrative center of Bakhmut. The front has now moved west of Bakhmut and observers see it as more challenging for Russia as Ukraine still holds some of the high points in this area.

"In the heart of Bakhmut city, the Bakhmutka river has now become the front line," British intelligence said. Bakhmut center is located on the west side of Bakhmutka River.

Ukraine insists that it is holding on to Bakhmut and is resisting Russian forces to break the encirclement.

Moscow says that capturing Bakhmut will create a hole in Ukraine's defenses and be a step towards the larger goal of controlling the entire Donbass industrial region. Meanwhile, Kiev believes that fierce fighting is weakening Russia's best combat units.

British intelligence assessed that, with the river flowing through some open ground, "the area has become a fierce battle zone, potentially creating great difficulties for Wagner forces attempting to continue their attacks." directly to the west".

However, the situation is still very dangerous for Ukrainian forces. "Ukrainian forces and their supply lines to the west remain vulnerable to continued Russian efforts to dislodge Kiev forces from the north and south," the British Ministry of Defense said.

In a related development, Andrey Marochko, a retired lieutenant colonel of the Lugansk separatist militia, said on March 12 that the strike units of the Russian air force had obtained favorable positions. in the industrial zone of Bakhmut, thereby providing a stepping stone to further progress.

"In the town of Bakhmut, Russia has gained favorable positions in the territory of the industrial zone of the non-ferrous metal processing plant. From there, Russia has been able to control the movement of the opponent," he said.

In addition, retired colonel and military expert Eduard Basurin told Tass that Russia had gained control of the town of Krasnogorovka in Donetsk - a hotbed of hostilities recently.

Earlier, the separatist Donetsk region claimed to have captured almost all of the Krasnogorovka region. According to Mr. Basurin, this development paved the way for Russia to continue to close the siege of the neighboring Avdeevka area.

Krasnogorovka is located north of Avdeevka. Ukrainian armed forces regularly attack Donetsk and Yasinovataya from this direction.

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