Bakhmut on the brink as Wagner Group suffers heavy losses across region — ISW
—the point at which an attacking military force can no longer continue its advance.
On December 24, the ISW had said that the Wagner Group's reported heavy losses in the area in recent weeks had likely"strained" Russian forces' current operational capabilities in Bakhmut. Soldiers of a Ukrainian intelligence battalion drive to the frontline on December 28, 2022 in Bakhmut, Ukraine. Taking the city would be symbolic for Russia as it would enable Putin to show some form of military victory, said one expert.
The ISW said it has previously assessed that Wagner Group forces were mainly serving an attritional role around Bakhmut and had therefore likely become degraded to a"near-debilitating extent" and"needed reinforcement from more conventional Russian elements." "High rates of attrition amongst the forces responsible for the offensive on Bakhmut may expedite the culmination unless notable numbers of regular Russian military units are sent to sustain the offensive and delay or avert its culmination," it concluded.
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