The U.S. think tank reports that Russia has claimed to be making inroads in the city of Bakhmut, but Ukrainian troops have held the line.
The Kremlin's recent report of advancement into Ukraine's eastern region has raised doubts, but even if true, would still be considered a"failure" for the Russian army, according to the Institute for the Study of War .released Friday night, the U.S.-based think tank said a"Russian information operation" was claiming troops had made significant progress in the city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine.
"Russian forces are likely falsifying claims of advances in the Bakhmut area to portray themselves as making gains in at least one sector amid continuing losses in northeast and southern Ukraine," read the report. A Ukrainian soldier stands in front of an armored personal carrier in the city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region on October 23, 2022. Russia recently claimed progress there, but the Institute for the Study of War reports that Ukrainian troops have held the line.Earlier in the month, Russian forces falsely claimed to have captured several towns near Bakhmut, reported the ISW, but Ukrainian forces"held their lines against those Russian attacks," the think tank said.
"Even the claimed rate of advance would be failure for a main effort in mechanized war," wrote the ISW."And the claims are, in fact, exaggerated."
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