MADRID, May 16th. (EUROPEAN PRESS) –

British Intelligence Services had highlighted this Tuesday that Wagner Group troops were “continuing to make gradual advances” in the central Ukrainian town of Bakhmut, where Ukrainian troops had made “tactical advances” in terms of “stabilizing the flanks”.

“Wagner Group Forces continue to make gradual progress in clearing Ukrainian positions in the disputed town center of Bakhmut and in the province of Donetsk,” they said, according to a statement published by the UK Ministry of Defense in a letter. account on the social network Twitter.

“Over the last four days, however, Ukrainian forces have made tactical progress in stabilizing Bakhmut’s flank, something to their advantage,” they said, before mentioning that “Ukrainian offensive has forced the Russians to delay the front line northwest of the town”.

As such, they have explained that “it may have been deprived of Ukrainian forces to re-establish safer use of the main supply route 0506”, while stressing that “Ukraine maintains the Russian advance in the western region on the Donets-Donbas channel line, turning this road into an obstacle.” as part of the deep defense zone around the city of Chasiv Yar.”

The Ukrainian government on Sunday reported new military advances in Bakhmut, including the capture of “more than ten enemy positions to the north and south” of the city. Meanwhile, the head of the Wagner Group, Yevgeni Prigozhin, on Friday demanded that Russia’s Defense Minister, Sergei Shoigu, go to the city to “assess the difficult operational situation” at the front.