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Clashes for Bakhmut have moved to the western edge of the town.
As of May 7, Russian forces have been finalizing the elimination of the remaining units of the Kyiv regime in the so-called ‘Gnezdo’ area around Chaikovskogo street. When this area is cleared, Russian forces will be able to reach Yubileinaya street from this direction and the only positions that pro-Kyiv forces would have in the town are those close to the village of Khromovo.
At the same time, Russian artillery continue to pound Ukrainian troops and equipment that try to move into the Bakhmut sector through the town of Ivanovskoe.
Fighting also continue between the Russian military and Kyiv’s forces in the areas of Avdeevka and Ugledar. However, no notable changes of the situation have been reported there.
On May 7, the Russian Defense Ministry published a fresh “Report by Press Centre Chief of Yug Group of Forces”:
Aviation of the Yug Group of Forces has destroyed an assembly area of the 81st Motorised Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Grigorovka and Serebryanka. In the same settlements of Lisichansk area, a Krab self-propelled artillery system and 120mm mortar of the AFU were destroyed during the counter-battery warfare.
In Soledar–Bakhmut direction, a missile unit of the Yug Group of Forces engaged one ammunition depot of the 54th Separate Mechanised Brigade and a temporary deployment area of the battalion of the 57th Separate Mechanised Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
An artillery crews of the Yug Group of Forces eliminated one 120mm mortar and up to 10 Ukrainian troops in Avdeevka.
In co-operation with special forces units, a tank crew of the Yug Group destroyed an ammunition depot and a group of enemy infantry near Belogorovka.
It should be noted that recently over ten Ukrainian drones were launched to strike the Russian Republic of Crimea.
The attack was repelled, according to local authorities and no damage was caused by the UAVs.
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In a Telegram message posted on May 7, Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhaev reported that one drone had crashed in a forest and two others were intercepted by air defenses.
“No objects in the city were damaged. All services continue to monitor the situation,” he added.
Earlier, Crimean officials reported that Ukrainian forces had launched at least two ballistic missiles toward Crimea. They were both taken down by air defenses.
The intensification of drone and missile strikes on Crimea as well as other Russian border territories came amid the continued speculations of the Kyiv regime and its foreign sponsors about the upcoming large-scale offensive by Kyiv in the regions of Donetsk and Zaporozhie. Media reports claim that such offensive may start in May.
In any case, it’s obvious that the battle of Bakhmut will become only one of many upcoming battles that would take place before the full collapse of the Western-controlled Kyiv regime on the battleground. Zelensky & Co do not really care about their people. So, they still have a lot of meat to throw into the fire of war.
