Video posted on Telegram shows a Ukrainian assault on a Russian trench line somewhere around Bakhmut.

This video was posted on Telegram and Twitter on March 1st which shows Ukrainian troops assaulting a trench occupied by Wagner mercenaries around Bakhmut. It begins with what appears to be at least one Ukrainian soldier in the trench line on the left side of the screen and a team of Ukrainians appear to the bottom side of the screen. It appears that one of the Ukrainians approaching from the bottom is shot by the Russians in the trench but it seems like plates might have stopped it.

In the trench line it appears the Russians are recovering from some sort of explosion as you can see one is tossing debris off himself while others being to exit their bunkers. The Ukrainians have fire superiority in this situation and by the end of the video all but one Russian has been killed or incapacitated by gunshot or explosion.

Obviously the situation in Bakhmut is becoming tenuous at best for Ukrainian forces, with reports of all but one main road being cut off.

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