⚔️ Counterattack

Ukrainian forces conducted limited counterattacks pushing Wagner combatants away from the Konstantikivka highway to reduce Russian ability to shell western supply routes.

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

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Ukrainian forces conducted limited counterattacks pushing Wagner combatants away from the Konstantikivka highway to reduce Russian ability to shell western supply routes.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

In general, all attacks yesterday and overnight were repelled. No enemy advance has been observed there

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russian shelling of Bakhmut on Feb. 17 injured a 16-year-old boy.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: uncertain

his men might, theoretically, be able to capture Bakhmut in March or April, but only if all Russian forces in sector successfully surrounded the city first and cut off all supply

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

The Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled occupants’ attacks in the vicinity of 10 settlements in Donetsk region, 4 in Luhansk region and 2 in Kherson region.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:31.279Z

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