AFU Smash Gazprom’s PMC ‘Potok’ Near Bakhmut: What Is Known
- Dmitry Snegirev
- 8.05.2023, 12:00
The Russian mercenaries fled.
The enemy continues to concentrate his main efforts on the Lyman, Bakhmutsky, Avdiivka and Maryinka front lines. Heavy battles are being fought for the cities of Bakhmut and Maryinka. Over the past day, the enemy conducted about 55 attacks.
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the enemy continues to conduct offensive operations in the Bakhmut direction. Fighting continues in the city of Bakhmut. The invaders fired on the city with incendiary and phosphorus ammunition. During the day, the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensive operations in the direction of the settlements of Khromove, Ivanivske, Chasiv Yar and Stupochki.
According to the commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky, in Bakhmut, the invaders increased the intensity of shelling from heavy weapons, began to use more advanced equipment, and are regrouping troops.
Despite this, the Ukrainian soldiers not only destroy the Wagner PMC mercenaries in the Bakhmut area, but also actually smashed another Russian private military company. This refers to the Potok PMC, which allegedly was supposed to cover the militants of Yevgeny Prigozhin in the Bakhmut direction, but fled to the rear.
Let me remind you the statement of the leader of the “Wagnerites” Prigozhin that it was in this area that the Ukrainian military actually defeated the “Gazprom” PMC “Potok”. Thanks to the successful attacks by the Ukrainian armed forces, the Potok mercenaries “ran away to the rear and forgot about their henchmen.” This, in turn, allowed our soldiers to maintain control over the track.
As for the pressure of the invaders in the Ivanivske area, this is an attempt by the enemy to take control of the Bakhmut-Kostyantynivka
highway, where the Armed Forces of Ukraine also firmly hold positions. Fierce fighting in the city itself. Fierce fighting in the area of Tchaikovsky, Yubileinaya and Poleva streets. Now the Armed Forces of Ukraine control the western districts of the city, which are a continuous line of defense, so the advance of the enemy is actually suspended. It is necessary to speak real things, the situation is difficult.
It is worth noting that the statements of the so-called “military correspondents” of the Russian Federation regarding breaking through the Ukrainian defense in the Khromove area do not correspond to reality.
But nevertheless, the Bakhmut-Khromove-Chasiv Yar route is under enemy fire control, the situation is rather complicated.
The capture of Bakhmut makes it possible to control the water intake. In addition to military and political tasks, economic tasks are also being solved — uninterrupted supply of drinking technical water to the occupied territories of the Donetsk region.
At the same time, the main factor, in my opinion, in this matter is the political component. And this is the most important thing. The Russian invaders need some more significant victories than the capture of the settlement of Sacco and Vanzetti, in which, like, three civilians lived before the war.
Let me remind you that fierce battles for Bakhmut have not stopped since August 2022. During this time, the Russian invaders almost fully destroyed the city, turning it into ruins. Despite such extremely difficult conditions, the Ukrainian military continue to heroically defend the city.
Dmitry Snegirev, Observer