Ukrainian forces have added MLRS-delivered butterfly mines (PFM-1) to their strikes against attacking Russian forces near Bakhmut, according to Russian officer Aleksey Sukonkin.

Ukrainian forces have added MLRS-delivered butterfly mines (PFM-1) to their strikes against attacking Russian forces near Bakhmut, according to Russian officer Aleksey Sukonkin.

Ukrainian troops repelled Russian attacks on Bakhmut and locations northeast and southwest of the city

Russian forces made slight advances northeast of Bakhmut near Krasna Hora and on the northeastern and eastern outskirts of Bakhmut

Wagner forces pushed Ukrainian forces three to four kilometers away from Blahodatne

On the Bakhmut front, the invaders shelled Verkhnokamianske, Spirne, Berestove, Bilohorivka, Bakhmut, Ivanivske, Predtechyne, Klishchiivka, Kurdiumivka, Druzhba and Maiorsk in Donetsk Oblast.

During preparations for the assault, Ukrainian forces discovered Russian troops gathering at an entry point and struck them with artillery.

At least three people were killed Wednesday and 20 wounded when a Russian rocket struck a residential building in the centre of Kramatorsk

Russian occupiers fired almost 200 artillery shells at Ukrainian positions in the area of Bakhmut, Donetsk region over the past 24 hours.

There were 42 combat clashes reported by Serhii Cherevaty, spokesman of the Eastern Group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.