A Wagner fighter was killed when a SU-24 aircraft was shot down on the Bakhmut front.
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One of the fighters’ instructors at the moment is Andrey Bogatov, aka 'Brodyaga' (Tramp), who is close to Prigozhin and until recently was the commander of the 4th reconnaissance assault company of the Wagner Group.
Russian forces killed two civilians and injured four in Bakhmut and Rozdolivka.
Nine communities in Donetsk Oblast were hit, damaging 18 homes and an agricultural warehouse.
Russian forces killed 7 civilians and injured 7 others in Donetsk region on Dec 15, with deaths in Bakhmut, New York, Chasiv Yar, Bila Hora, and Rozdolivka.
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