Allegedly, the occupiers turned their attention to the T0504 route Chasiv Yar-Bakhmut.
On the flanks Baḫmuta heavy fighting continues in Donetsk region. Russian occupying forces carried out unsuccessful offensive actions north of Donetsk in the area of Avdiyivka and Novokalynovy, as well as near Krasnohorivka and near Maryinka.
About the situation in Donbas told analysts of the Institute for the Study of War in a new report.
With reference to the Ukrainian General Staff, the ISW reports that Russian troops have conducted unsuccessful offensive operations in the direction of Bakhmut and Ivanivskyi. Meanwhile, one rthe Ossian blogger stated that the occupiers switched their attention to the T0504 Chasiv Yar-Bakhmut and O0506 Khromove-Bakhmut highways. According to him, the Russians are trying to seize Ivanovske and Khromovo.
Geolocation footage published on May 22 shows that the Russians have slightly advanced towards Poligrafichna Street in Mariintka. It is claimed that Ukrainian troops can hold positions south of Avdiivka near Opytny.
The situation in Donbas. ISW battle map.
We will remind, the representative of the National Guard, Colonel Mykola Urshalovych, said that Ukrainian defenders have success on the northern and southern flanks of Bakhmut. National Guardsmen in the Bakhmut direction continue to conduct aerial and radio-electronic reconnaissance to identify areas of concentration of enemy manpower and equipment. The defenders also destroy the radar stations and means of radio-electronic warfare of the occupiers.
Meanwhile, the leader of the “Wagners” Yevgeny Prigozhin said that his PMC has started to withdraw from Bakhmut. They said, “Wagner” transfers its positions to the regular army of the Russian Federation. Militants allegedly intend to completely withdraw from the Ukrainian city by June.