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.

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.

There have been 76 Russian attacks and 10 combat engagements on the axis of Soledar since 00:00 on January 7.

Ukrainian troops repelled Russian attacks near the settlements of Ozaryanivka, Soledar, Krasna Gora, Pidhorodne, Bakhmut, Klishchiivka, Sil, Pervomaiske, Maryinka, and Pobyeda in Donetsk Oblast.

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

Border guards destroyed an enemy dugout in the direction of Bakhmut, as reported by the State Border Guard Service.