“Conflict in Impasse”
London sees stalemate in Ukraine war
01/21/2023, 11:11 am
In the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, no party can currently see any major gains. The British Ministry of Defense reports that the conflict is militarily deadlocked. In the still fiercely contested Bachmut, however, there are indications of Russian advances.
According to British assessments, there is currently a military stalemate in the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. “The conflict as a whole is at an impasse, the British Ministry of Defense said. “However, there is a realistic possibility of local Russian advances around Bakhmut.”
The city in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk has been the focus of fighting for months. There was heavy fighting on three front sections in particular, it said in London, citing intelligence information. Russian units, both regular military and Wagner’s private army, would redeploy in the recently captured small town of Soledar, north of Bakhmut.
Also in the east, Ukrainian troops made small gains near the city of Kreminna in the Luhansk region. In the south, both sides had drawn together considerable forces in the Zaporizhia region. There are artillery battles and minor clashes, but so far there has been no major offensive.
The British Ministry of Defense has been publishing daily information on the course of the war since the beginning of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine at the end of February last year, citing intelligence information. In doing so, the British government wants to both counter the Russian portrayal and keep allies in line. Moscow accuses London of a targeted disinformation campaign.