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.
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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.
Russian forces are continuing to conduct offensive operations on the Bakhmut front. Fierce fighting for the city of Bakhmut is ongoing.
As of April 19, approximately 87.9% of Bakhmut's urban area is under Russian control, with Ukrainian forces holding the railway line while Russians made breakthroughs in neighborhoods north and south.
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.
Ukrainian defenders repelled the enemy's offensive in the direction of the settlement of Stupochky.
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Source story: day-420a-2023-04-20