Bakhmut soon to be liberated?

The Russian Army is blocked in Bakhmut and the Ukrainian Armed Forces are broadly "content" with the counteroffensive.

Ukrainian soldier.

Photo: AA/ABACA/PAP

Though it is still too early to be sure, reports are coming in that Ukraine is regaining the upper hand in Bakhmut: "Bakhmut is coming back under control, Ukrainian intelligence is certain of that. If the current tempo of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is sustained in the direction of Bakhmut, the town will be liberated" - Mykola Volohov, the Commander of a reconnaissance unit. 

Bachmut wróci pod kontrolę #Ukraina , wywiad ukraiński jest tego pewien🇺🇦

Jeśli dynamika udanych działań Sił Bezpieczeństwa i Obrony Ukrainy na kierunku Bachmut będzie kontynuowana, miasto zostanie wyzwolone - powiedział Mykoła Wołochow, dowódca jednostki
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— Necroscope (@Necroscope_II) July 5, 2023

Ukraine has expressed its general satisfaction with progress in the counteroffensive:

At this stage of active hostilities, Ukraine’s Defense Forces are fulfilling the number one task – the maximum destruction of manpower, equipment, fuel depots, military vehicles, command posts, artillery and air defense forces of the russian army. The last few days have been…

— Oleksiy Danilov (@OleksiyDanilov) July 4, 2023

On Wednesday we reported that, according to Ukraine's Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Malar, Russian forces have lost confidence following the events surrounding the rebellion of 23-24 June. 

Sources: PAP, wyborcza.pl, Twitter, RadioPoland.pl

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