On May 20, the head of Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin announced the full capture of Bakhmut city. The city of Bakhmut is considered as one of the key points in the Donbas region. Control over this city will determine the future of the battles in the Donbas region.
ISWNews Analysis Group – Finally, after months of fierce and bloody battles to capture the key city of Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast, Russian army and Wagner forces took full control of this city, and the battles over the Bakhmut city ended.
ISWNews Analysis Group – On the night of May 18, Russian Army launched another massive attack on Ukrainian facilities across the country. It was largely rated as one of the most massive recent attacks.
ISWNews Analysis Group – Despite Russia’s control over more than 90% of the city of Bakhmut, clashes continue in the northwestern areas of the city between Russian and Ukrainian forces.
ISWNews Analysis Group – Russian Army launched a missile attack on Ukrainian infrustructures in the cities of Ternopil and Kharkiv last night and this morning.
ISWNews Analysis Group – A quadrilateral meeting of the foreign ministers of Iran, Russia, Turkey and Syria was held in Moscow, and the attendees of the meeting emphasized on respecting the territorial integrity of Syria and designing a road map to boost Turkey-Syria relations.
ISWNews Analysis Group – On May 5, head of the Wagner PMC Yevgeny Prigozhin declared that Wagner fighters will leave the city of Bakhmut on May 10 and will hand over control of their positions to the units of the Russian Ministry of Defence.
ISWNews Analysis Group – Reacting to the last night strike of Russian kamikaze drones, the Ukrainian army attacked a military airport in Bryansk Oblast and fuel depots of Taman in Temryuksky District of Krasnodar Krai.
ISWNews Analysis Group – The residence of the President of the Russian Federation in Kremlin Palace in Moscow was attacked and hit by two unknown suicide drones.
ISWNews Analysis Group – Following the battles in the city of Bakhmut in southeastern Ukraine, the Russian armed forces and their allies have taken control of more than 90 percent of the Ukrainian city.
Azerbaijan Republic and Armenia have been trying for a long time to put pressure on peacekeeping forces of the Russian Federation through violating ceasefire, blocking Lachin Corridor and besiege Armenian nationals living in the Nagorno-Karabakh region; so, the Russian government has decided to dispatch another commander to the region in order to put in order the situation there.
ISWNews Analysis Group – Russian Army attacked Shkolny airport in Odesa with several Shahed-136 (Geran-2) suicide drones.
