🛡️ Defense

Ukrainian forces including the 93rd Mechanized Brigade and 1/3rd Assault Brigade continue defending Bakhmut along the rail line. The road to Chasiv Yar remains in use but dangerous.

Bakhmut, Donetsk
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Stefan Korshak (Substack) Kyiv Post

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Ukrainian forces including the 93rd Mechanized Brigade and 1/3rd Assault Brigade continue defending Bakhmut along the rail line. The road to Chasiv Yar remains in use but dangerous.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

The city looks more like ruins. There are almost no whole houses left. It's practically wiped out. There's shelling every day and every day there are more ruins.

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:26.213Z

Source story: day-420a-2023-04-20