 Last situation on Bakhmut, muddy conditions and short-range combat. Short-range combat is ongoing in the vicinity of the city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, with Ukrainian forces ground lines of communication disrupted by muddy conditions. British Defence Intelligence announced it. UK Defence Intelligence reported that heavy, short-range combat was ongoing in the western district of Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast. The report stated that fighting on Bakhmut's outskirts, in particular near the village of Kromov, was one of last week's key developments. Ukraine is attempting to maintain control over its main supply route in the area, road number 0506. Other ground lines of communication available to Ukraine are likely to be disrupted by muddy conditions on unsurfaced tracks. With the town having now been under attack for over 11 months, the Ukrainian defences of Bakhmut have now been integrated as one element of a much deeper defensive zone, which includes the town of Chasiv-Yark to the west, the UK Defence Intelligence said.