The Ukrainian military in Bakhmut describes the deteriorating situation:

“The situation in Bakhmut is very difficult now. It's much worse than officially reported," a military man from the front told CNN on Tuesday. 

“We have to add 100% more complexity to the official reports. In all directions. Especially in the northern direction, where the Russians have made the greatest advance.

“Khromovo [village] is a key point for defense. When it falls, only one road Bakhmut - Konstantinovka will remain to supply the city, ”for which there are battles, the military explained. “It is already under enemy fire control, and if the enemy captures it, supplies will be impossible.”

Another military man with the call sign Kievlyanin described a similar situation in a video posted on social networks.

“As of the morning of February 28, the situation around the defense of Bakhmut is rather complicated,” he said, according to fighters inside the city. A third soldier who stood with the Kievite described the fighting at Bakhmut as "hellish".