Russian forces repeated assaults on Vuhledar at least once and likely multiple times during the week with the same results, suffering significant casualties against dug-in Ukrainian positions and artillery.
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Russian forces repeated assaults on Vuhledar at least once and likely multiple times during the week with the same results, suffering significant casualties against dug-in Ukrainian positions and artillery.
On the Bakhmut front, the Russians deployed tanks, mortars and artillery to fire on the settlements of Spirne, Berestove, Bilohorivka, Krasna Hora, Bakhmut, Klishchiivka, Kurdiumivka and Ozarianivka
British intelligence reports that Russian forces took small steps forward to encircle Bakhmut, placing M03 and H32 routes under direct fire.
Wagner paramilitary formations likely captured the route connecting Bakhmut with Siversk earlier in the week.
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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:31.276Z
Source story: day-353-2023-02-16