💥 Attack

Ukrainian artillery fire from the 45th Artillery Brigade killed 25 Wagner fighters in a single trench while thwarting an enemy attack on Ukrainian positions near Soledar.

January 17, 2023 Soledar, Donetsk Oblast

Likely Reported by 3 independent sources

Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Censor.NET

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Source Reports

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Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian soldiers of the Ground Forces killed 25 Wagner militants with artillery fire on the Soledar front, thwarting an enemy attack.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: uncertain

The kill zone contained 25 fighters in one trench, attributed to artillery aimed fire supported by the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian forces shot down a Russian Su-25 aircraft in the afternoon on Jan. 17 with surface-to-air missiles.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

In the Bakhmut direction, areas of the settlements of Verkhniokamianske, Vyimka, Bilohorivka, Vesele, Soledar, Krasna Hora, Bakhmut, Klishchiivka, Kurdiumivka, Druzhba, Zalizne, and New York of the Donetsk region were hit by enemy artillery fire.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:20:57.698Z

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