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Analyses |
| Jakub Ber, Piotr Żochowski
The situation on the front has not changed significantly, and damp fields and muddy roads are significantly limiting the invaders’ ability to conduct offensive operations outside the town centre. Wagner Group troops are constantly storming…
Analyses |
| Jakub Ber, Piotr Żochowski
There have been no major changes on the front line in recent days, and the main areas of fighting remain Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Marinka and the forest complex near Kreminna. In Bakhmut, the Ukrainian forces are defending themselves in the…
Analyses |
| Andrzej Wilk, Jakub Ber
The main Ukrainian defence line in Bakhmut runs along the railway line separating the centre from the western part of the town. One of the most important points of defence is the Bakhmut-2 train station; the Bakhmut-1 train station,…
OSW Commentary |
| OSW team
31 March 2023 saw the publication of a joint letter by the prime ministers of Poland, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia, and the president of Bulgaria, to the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen on the measures they…
Analyses |
| Andrzej Wilk, Jakub Ber
Russian forces have probably captured the more important facilities in the centre of Bakhmut (including administration buildings and the train station) and linked up the subdivisions attacking from the northern and southern parts of the…
Analyses |
| Andrzej Wilk, Jakub Ber
Ukrainian forces have improved their tactical situation as a result of their counterattack on the western side of the Donetsk-Donbas canal in the Ozarianivka area, and the seizure of some areas in the strip of no-man’s-land in the…
Analyses |
| Andrzej Wilk, Jakub Ber
Russian forces have reached the centre of Bakhmut, where fierce fighting is taking place. According to the Ukrainian General Staff, after making a series of unsuccessful attempts to break through the defences to the northeast and south of…
Analyses |
| Andrzej Wilk, Jakub Ber
On 25 March, President Vladimir Putin announced that the construction of a storage facility for tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus would be completed by 1 July, and the training of personnel to handle the nuclear weapons stored there…
Analyses |
| Sławomir Matuszak
On 21 March 2023 the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced that it had reached a preliminary agreement with Ukraine on an Extended Fund Facility (EFF) programme, under which the country will receive a total of $15.6 billion in…
Analyses |
| Jakub Ber, Piotr Żochowski
Bakhmut and Avdiivka are still the main areas of fighting, as Russian forces (including units of the Wagner Group and the 1st Donetsk Army Corps) continue their operations to encircle both towns. Around Bakhmut, clashes are mainly taking…