💥 Attack

Wagner mercenaries engaged in house-to-house fighting against Ukrainian units led by the 72nd Mechanized Infantry Brigade in Bakhmut.

October 22, 2022 Bakhmut, Donetsk

Verified Independently confirmed by 5 sources

Stefan Korshak (Substack) Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent UNIAN Censor.NET

Multiple high-reliability sources confirm the core facts of this event.

Entities

Wagner Group (military_unit) 72nd Mechanized Infantry Brigade (military_unit) Bakhmut (location) Russian Armed Forces (military_unit) Ukrainian Armed Forces (military_unit) Russia (organization) artillery (weapon_system) Russian forces (military_unit) Donetsk Oblast Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko (person) Russian Federation (organization) Soledar (location) Russian troops (military_unit) Kurdiumivka (location) Avdiivka (location) Lyman (location) Russian military (military_unit) Uragan (weapon_system) Hrad (weapon_system) Smerch (weapon_system)

Source Reports

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) → Source tone: likely

Wagner mercenaries engaged in house-to-house fighting against Ukrainian units led by the 72nd Mechanized Infantry Brigade in Bakhmut.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Russian forces deployed tank guns and various types of artillery to fire on areas in and around Soledar, Bakhmut, Bakhmutske, Bilohorivka, Spirne, Zelenopillia, Klushchiivka and Maiorsk.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russian forces killed two civilians in Klishchiivka and Torske, and injured nine people.

UNIAN → Source tone: likely

Russian forces used cluster munitions to shell Bakhmut, causing injuries among Ukrainian defenders.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Russian forces shelled Kurdiumivka with artillery.

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

The shelling occurred during the night prior to October 23, 2022.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:31.100Z

Source story: day-241a-2023-02-14