The assessment comes as NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned that the war could spill over into a fight between Moscow and the alliance.
The Institute for the Study of War on Friday that Russian forces had conducted assault operations in Bakhmut itself and to the north and south of the city in the Donetsk oblast, which is the center of fierce fighting.
A building burns after shelling in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, on December 4, 2022. Ukrainian forces have suffered heavy losses in the fierce battle for the city, according to the Institute for the Study of War on December 9, 2022.The ISW cited reports from Russian Telegram accounts that Ukraine's forces had"suffered heavy losses" and that Moscow's troops had struck forward Ukrainian positions northeast of the city.
The ISW added that that Russian forces"continue to push through Ukrainian defenses near Spirne," a village that is around 20 miles northeast of Bakhmut., has said that Russian forces were pressing on Bakhmut with daily attacks, despite taking heavy casualties."You can best describe those attacks as cannon fodder," he added in televised comments."They are mostly relying on infantry and less on armor, and they can't advance.
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