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1. BobsonDugnuttHB (bobsondugnutthb@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 11-May-2023 03:26:16 JST BobsonDugnuttHB
   Some sort of mess going on on the flank south of Bakhmut. Heavy Ukrainian attack down there, currently hotly contested:
   
   Armored groups from the 3rd Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine went on the attack in the Kleshcheevka area southwest of Artyomovsk.
   
   After the artillery preparation, the UAF threw tanks and infantry fighting vehicles into battle, correcting their attacks from drones.
   
   Under the onslaught of the enemy, one of the Russian units left their positions, "exposing a front almost 2 km wide and 500 meters deep. Well, we blocked it somehow," Prigozhin said.
   
   According to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 3rd assault detachment of PMCs was sent to stop the breakthrough, which stopped the advance of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
   
   It is reported that fierce fighting continues in the area, the Russians are returning their positions, squeezing out the enemy.
   
   Edit: Added map for context. That little blue rectangle to the southwest of Bakhmut / south of Chasov Yar is where the fighting is occurring:
   • BobsonDugnuttHB (bobsondugnutthb@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 11-May-2023 03:26:15 JST BobsonDugnuttHB

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     • Some German Guy
     @Some_German_Guy Probably, yeah. The March offensive became the Spring offensive, became the Summer offensive, and now it's "There's no rush for the summer offensive, and also don't expect it to retake massive territory in one fell swoop."
     
     So far this is the heaviest counterattack the Ukrainian forces have been capable of in the past 6 months, and they couldn't send it against Bakhmut directly because the Russians have turned it and the staging point in Chasov Yar into a killing field.
     
     If the Ukrainians can't even exploit this breakthrough, it doesn't really bode well for any of their grander ambitions, since Russian defenses are far greater on the southern fronts.
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   • BobsonDugnuttHB (bobsondugnutthb@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 11-May-2023 03:26:16 JST BobsonDugnuttHB

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     If the Russians manage to squeeze out the Ukrainians from this breach in under a day, it lends credence to the belief that even in the event of a Ukrainian breakthrough, they no longer have the capacity to exploit one and sustain any momentum.
     
     We'll see how this shakes out.
   • Some German Guy (some_german_guy@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 11-May-2023 03:26:16 JST Some German Guy

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     @BobsonDugnuttHB the heavy bombing of the last week very likely broke the spine of any grand offensive ambitions they had.
     just to much equipment, ammo and fuel was lost for them to do anything other then a human wave with light vehicle support.