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Invaders occupy about 5% of Bakhmut over week, control 65% of the city – ISW
KYIV. March 29 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The Russian private military company Wagner, probably captured the AZOM industrial complex in the northern part of the town of Bakhmut, Donetsk region, continues to move forward within the town, according to a report of the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) for March 28.
“Russian milbloggers widely claimed on March 28 that Wagner fighters have captured the AZOM complex … These claims are relatively consistent with available visual evidence of Russian presence in the AZOM complex … Fighting has now moved to the industrial zone south of AZOM. Several Russian milbloggers also claimed on March 28 that Wagner fighters have advanced closer to Bakhmut’s city center, taken control of the city market, and reached the Palace of Culture. These claims are plausible considering geolocated visual evidence of Wagner’s advances towards the city center,” the message reads.
The ISW notes that the Wagner fighters are striving to consolidate their successes in the northern and central parts of Bakhmut in order to advance to the city center and expand the control zone to its western part.
“ISW assesses that Russian forces have advanced into an additional five percent of Bakhmut in the last seven days and that they currently occupy roughly 65 percent of the city,” the analysts note.
At the same time, it is reported that leader of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, is likely to use his influence on the main Russian media to present himself as a potential contender for participation in the presidential elections in the Russian Federation in 2024.
According to ISW, Russian troops on Tuesday continued ground attacks along Kupyansk-Svatove-Kreminna line in Kharkiv and Luhansk regions, and in Donetsk region continued offensive operations in addition to Bakhmut and its environs also along Avdiyivka-Donetsk front line. Russian sources also claim that Ukrainian forces conducted local ground attacks in Zaporizhia region, analysts say.