Approximately 40 Wagner Group infantry attacked Ukrainian positions in Bakhmut but were repelled by small arms and artillery fire, with drone footage showing nearly the entire 20-man assault group and part of the support group killed or wounded.
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Approximately 40 Wagner Group infantry attacked Ukrainian positions in Bakhmut but were repelled by small arms and artillery fire, with drone footage showing nearly the entire 20-man assault group and part of the support group killed or wounded.
Artillery exchanges pounded war-scarred cities in eastern Ukraine on Friday despite Russian leader Vladimir Putin unilaterally ordering his forces to pause attacks for 36 hours
AFP journalists heard both outgoing and incoming shelling in the frontline city of Bakhmut after the time when the Russian ceasefire was supposed to have begun
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Source story: day-318a-2023-02-15