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Ukrainian forces repelled Russian assaults near Bakhmut; within 22km northeast of Bakhmut near Yakovlivka, Soledar, Bakhmutske, and Bilohorivka; and within 14km southwest of Bakhmut near Opytne, Mayorsk, and Kurdyumivka.

Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast
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Institute for the Study of War Ukrinform Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post UNIAN Censor.NET

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Entities

Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Russian forces (military_unit) DNR Sparta Battalion (military_unit) DNR Somalia Battalion (military_unit) Russian Ministry of Defense (organization) Oleksii (person) Oleh Apostol (person) Armed Forces of Ukraine (military_unit) Volodymyrivka (location) Bakhmut (location) Russian Armed Forces (military_unit) Avdiivka (location) Novopavlivka (location) Artan special unit (military_unit) 128th Separate Mountain Assault Zakarpattia Brigade (military_unit) Wagner Group (organization) Yuri Velikoklad (person) 223 Liotny Otryad (organization) Serhii Piatenko (person) Ukrainian Armed Forces (military_unit) Hryhorivka (location) Vyimka (location) Opytne (location) Klishchyivka (location) Kurdiumivka (location) Pivnichne (location) Pervomaiske (location) Krasnohorivka (location) Mariinka (location) Russia (organization) Pavlo Kyrylenko (person) Institute for the Study of War (organization) Serhii Cherevaty (person) Eastern Military Command (military_unit) Donetsk Oblast (location) Dmitry Rogozin (person) Sergei Shoigu (person) Valery Gerasimov (person) 40th Marine Brigade (military_unit) 155th Marine Brigade (military_unit) Pacific Fleet (military_unit) Andriivka (location) Soledar (location) Vremivka (location) Velyka Novosilka (location) 30th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after Prince Konstiantyn Ostrozky (military_unit) Vuhledar (location) Andrii Yermak (person) Ukrainian military leadership (organization) 79th Separate Amphibious Assault Brigade (military_unit) ATGM (weapon_system)

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Ukrainian forces repelled Russian assaults near Bakhmut and surrounding settlements

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Captain Oleksii, the company commander, a nuclear physicist by trade, and the man who led us in many victorious battles against the Russian invaders, had overseen the construction of an impenetrable fortification built into the side of one of the area's many imposing peaks

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Radio Svoboda clarified that the village near Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, is occupied by Russians, based on a photo provided by soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russian troops are trying to break through Ukrainian defenses in Bakhmut with little progress made.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Dmytro Rogozin was wounded in December 2022 during a shelling in the Donetsk region

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Russian Pacific Fleet naval infantry units conducted failed assaults near Vuhledar from late 2022 to early 2023

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Objects near Andriivka, Serebryanka, Verkhnokamianske, Druzhba, Spirne, Rozdolivka, Bilohorivka, Yakovlivka, Pivnichne, Soledar, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Kurdyumivka, Klishchyivka, Zalizne and New York in Donetsk region were shelled with tanks, mortars, cannon and rocket artillery.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:38.671Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-24