Over the past week, Russia continued to achieve little success in its attempts to surround the city of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, is in the next summary of British intelligence.
Two main roads to the city for Ukrainian defenders – M03 and H32 are probably at risk of direct fire due to the offensive of the Russian military.
Earlier, this week of the formation of PMC “Wagner”, most likely, they captured a secondary route connecting Bakhmut with the city of Seversk.
For Ukrainian forces, several alternative supply routes through the whole country remain, and Bakhmut is becoming more and more isolated.