AFU Knock Russians Out Of E40 Highway North Of Bakhmut

A successful counteroffensive of the Ukrainian troops.

The Ukrainian military carried out a successful counteroffensive north of Bakhmut, Donetsk region, and managed to regain part of the territory along the E40 highway.

This is stated in a report by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

Luhansk line: Russian troops unsuccessfully attacked in the direction of Nevske and Makiivka

Russian forces conducted limited ground attacks northeast of Kupyansk on March 25. Footage published on March 25 purportedly shows drone operators of the 138th Motorized Rifle Brigade (6th Combined Arms Army, Western Military District) striking Ukrainian positions in an unspecified location in the Kharkiv region. Ukrainian Eastern Group of Forces Spokesperson Colonel Serhiy Cherevaty stated that Russian forces are failing to make decisive advances along the Kupyansk-Lyman line despite using conventional units that act more cautiously, conduct reconnaissance, and use artillery.

Russian forces conducted limited ground attacks along the Svatove-Kremmina line on March 25. The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Russian forces conducted unsuccessful offensive operations near Dibrova (5 km southwest of Kreminna), the Serebrianska forest area (10 km south of Kreminna), Bilohorivka (11 km south of Kreminna), Spirne (25 km south of Kreminna), and Vyimka (26 km south of Kreminna).

Geolocation footage released on March 24 shows Russian troops conducting a limited offensive 10 km southwest of Svatove. A Russian milblogger claimed on March 25 that Russian forces unsuccessfully attacked in the direction of Terny, Nevske, and Makiivka (within 21 km northwest of Kreminna) and made marginal advances near Bilohorivka.

Donetsk line: AFU partly regained E40 highway north of Bakhmut

Russian forces continued to conduct ground attacks in and around Bakhmut. Geolocated footage posted on March 25 shows that Russian forces have advanced up the T0513 highway in Bakhmut towards the city center and marginally in southwestern Bakhmut.

Russian milbloggers also claimed that fighting is ongoing north of Bakhmut, in the Bakhmut city center, and southwest of Bakhmut, and that Russian forces gained ground in southwestern Bakhmut. Geolocated footage posted on March 24 shows that Ukrainian forces regained some ground along the E40 highway north of Bakhmut during a recent counterattack, however.

Southern axis: AFU hit Russian missile system south of Hola Prystan

Russian forces reportedly conducted a mass rotation of forces in Nova Kakhovka on the east (left) bank of the Dnipro River. Russian forces also conducted routine shelling in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions on March 25.

Geolocated footage published on March 24 shows Ukrainian forces striking a Russian fuel depot in Nova Zburivka (24 km southwest of Kherson City) and a Russian missile system south of Hola Prystan (21 km southwest of Kherson City).