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.
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Ukrainian forces repelled Russian assaults near Bakhmut and surrounding settlements
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
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.
Russian troops are trying to break through Ukrainian defenses in Bakhmut with little progress made.
Dmytro Rogozin was wounded in December 2022 during a shelling in the Donetsk region
Russian Pacific Fleet naval infantry units conducted failed assaults near Vuhledar from late 2022 to early 2023
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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