Ukrainian Defenders Take New Positions in Bakhmut Area Amid Fierce Battles and Continued Russian Advances

The Russian occupiers have lost yet another position in the Bakhmut area of ​​the Donetsk region, but they continue to advance in the city. Fierce fighting continues in this direction. This is evidenced by the data of the interactive map. DeepState as of May 15th.

The Ukrainian Defense Forces manage to continue advancing near Bakhmut and drove the Russian occupiers out of positions they had occupied for a long time.

For example, near Bogdanovka, as you can see in the screenshot, the enemy lost more than a kilometer of their positions. Also, the Armed Forces of Ukraine pushed back the Russians in the Stupki tract.

But with regards directly to Bakhmut, the Russians have promotions in the city. According to the map, they went ahead along Levanevsky.

“The enemy still manages to have partial success in Bakhmut. Despite the problems in the vicinity, the militants of the illegal Wagner PMC continue fighting in Bakhmut. Two high-ranking Russian officers and a warehouse with ammunition were liquidated in Kleschievka,” analysts say.

The situation in Bakhmut: what they say in the General Staff

Po information Ukrainian side, the enemy continues to conduct offensive operations in this direction and heavy battles for the city continue. In addition, as of May 15, the Russian invaders were conducting offensive operations in the area of ​​​​the settlements of Grigorievka, Bogdanovka and Predtechina.

“Dealt air strikes near Ivanovsky and Stupochek. Grigoryevka, Bogdanovka, Bakhmut, Ivanovskoye, Chasov Yar, Krasnoye, Konstantinovka, Druzhba, Severnoye, Toretsk, Shumy Donetsk region suffered from enemy shelling,” the report says.

Recall that on May 9, a video appeared on the network of how Russian soldiers from the 72nd brigade of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation were scratching from positions near Bakhmut. Together with the regular army of the Russian Federation, the mercenaries of the PMC “Wagner” also fled.