💥 Attack

Wagner Group forces conducted offensive operations against Opytne and Soledar, engaging in slow house-to-house fighting with high casualties on both sides.

November 27, 2022 Kurakhove, Donetsk

Verified Independently confirmed by 4 sources

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

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

Entities

Wagner Group (military_unit) Opytne (location) Soledar (location) Armed Forces of Ukraine (military_unit) Russian Armed Forces (military_unit) Russian military (military_unit) artillery (weapon_system) Kurakhove (location) Pavlo Kyrylenko (person) civilians (organization) Russian occupation administration of Mariupol (organization) Myr Avenue, 85 (location) Ukrainian Armed Forces (military_unit) Stelmakhivka (location) Luhansk Oblast (location) Bilohorivka (location) Marinka (location) Verkhnokamianske (location) Spirne (location) Russian forces (military_unit) Russian Naval Infantry (military_unit) Pavlivka (location) Vuhledar (location) Ukrainian General Staff (military_unit) Bakhmut (location) Avdiivka (location) BM-21 Grad (weapon_system) Ukraine General Staff (organization) UK Defense Ministry (organization) Ukrainian forces (military_unit)

Source Reports

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) → Source tone: likely

Wagner Group forces conducted offensive operations against Opytne and Soledar, engaging in slow house-to-house fighting with high casualties on both sides.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Ukraine’s defence forces repelled Russian attacks in the vicinity of Bilohorivka, Marinka, Verkhnokamianske and Spirne (Donetsk Oblast).

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian forces repelled Russian attacks near Stelmakhivka in Luhansk Oblast and Bilohorivka, Marinka, Verkhnokamianske, and Spirne in Donetsk Oblast.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Units of the Defense Forces repelled the attacks of the occupiers in the areas of Yakovlivka, Soledar, Bakhmut, Andriivka, Novobakhmutivka, Opytne, Vodiane, Pervomaiske, Nevelske and Novomykhailivka settlements of the Donetsk region.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:31.162Z

Source story: day-278-2023-02-14