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Commander Madyar stated that the city of Bakhmut will hold.

Bakhmut, Donetsk
Likely Reported by 2 independent sources
Stefan Korshak (Substack) Kyiv Post

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Entities

Madyar (person) Yevgeny Prigozhin (person) Wagner Group (military_unit) Andriy Yusov (person)

Source Reports

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) → Source tone: likely

Commander Madyar stated that the city of Bakhmut will hold.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Prigozhin said his troops had no serious chance of capturing the fortress city of Bakhmut, as Ukrainian assault infantry launched limited counterattacks.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

The conditions for encircling the enemy in the northern regions [around Bakhmut] do not exist.

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:26.205Z

Source story: day-357-2023-02-17