Ukrainian artillery and mortars positioned 5-20km behind the line conducted fire missions, with journalist observing more outgoing Ukrainian fire than incoming Russian fire in the sector.
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Ukrainian artillery and mortars positioned 5-20km behind the line conducted fire missions, with journalist observing more outgoing Ukrainian fire than incoming Russian fire in the sector.
Russia's advance on Soledar was a supporting operation aimed at enabling the envelopment of Bakhmut
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Source story: day-329-2023-02-16