The U.S.-based think tank said Friday that Russian advances towards the Donetsk city 'may be culminating.'
The bloody battle for Bakhmut is still ongoing even though progress by Russian forces is slowing, according to the Institute for the Study of War on Friday.
The ISW's daily update also added that the Ukrainian General Staff has said there were more settlements around the city that have become targets of Russian attacks."This inflection may indicate that the pace of Russian attacks around Bakhmut is slowing," the ISW wrote. Ukrainian servicemen drive an armored vehicle on the outskirts of Bakhmut in Eastern Ukraine on Friday. The bloody battle for Bakhmut is still ongoing even though progress by Russian forces is slowing, according to the Institute for the Study of War on Friday.The ISW also referred to a Russian milblogger's claim that Russian troops had taken strongholds near Pidhorodne, around 3 miles north of the city.