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Russian troops continued fighting to the east of Bakhmut around Komyshuvakha, Berestove, Nyrkove, Pylypchatyne, and Svitlodarsk to gain access to highways facilitating encirclement of the Severodonetsk-Lysychansk area.

Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast
Verified Independently confirmed by 4 sources
Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Post

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Entities

Russian shops (military_unit) Komyshuvakha (location) Berestove (location) Myrove (location) Pylypchatyne (location) Svitlodarsk (location) Russian forces (military_unit) Donetsk City-Avdiivka-Konstantinivka highway (location) Krasnohorivka (location) New York (location) Resident (person) Residents (person) Shaun Pinner (person) Aiden Aslin (person) Donetsk People's Republic (organization) Yehor Firsov (person) 104th Battalion (military_unit) Bakhmut (location) Igor Vorobyov (person) Maryinka (location) Lyman (location) Russian troops (military_unit) Nyrkove (location) Niu York (location)

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Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

Russian troops continued fighting to the east of Bakhmut around Komyshuvakha, Berestove, Nyrkove, Pylypchatyne, and Svitlodarsk

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Residents searched for their belongings in the rubble of their house destroyed by a Russian airstrike in Sloviansk on June 1

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

In early June 2022, the Moscow-controlled DPR sentenced to death Pinner and Aslin who fought in Donbas along with Ukrainian troops

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Yehor Firsov fought with the 104th Battalion in Bakhmut in 2022

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:36.908Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-30