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Intense fighting continues around Bakhmut with Ukrainian accounts stating the city is holding hard while Russian media claims it is almost cut off.

Bakhmut, Donetsk
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Stefan Korshak (Substack) Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post Censor.NET

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Intense fighting continues around Bakhmut with Ukrainian accounts stating the city is holding hard while Russian media claims it is almost cut off.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Ukraine’s National Guardsmen have destroyed a Russian ammunition dump and killed up to a unit of Russian personnel on the Bakhmut front.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

The 3rd Operational Mission Brigade discovered the dump via aerial reconnaissance and fired mortars at the storage point containing grenade launchers, automatic grenade launchers, grenades and ammunition for small arms.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russian forces conducted 85 attacks in the Bakhmut area.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Russian forces were intensifying their offensive to capture Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

The Defense Forces of Ukraine repulsed enemy attempts in the Vuhledar, Vodiane, Nevelske, and Mariinka directions.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:31.247Z

Source story: day-336a-2023-01-26