Ukraine ramped up counterattacks near Bakhmut as part of ongoing fighting in the city.
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Ukraine ramps up counterattacks near the city.
In tough, close-in fighting, soldiers from Ukraine's 3rd Assault Brigade, backed by T-64 tanks and M-113 armored personnel carriers, wiped out a chain of Russian defensive positions to the southwest of Bakhmut.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation recognized the liquidation of Colonel Vyacheslav Makarov, commander of the 4th motorized rifle brigade.
Russian Armed Forces attacked the command post in Klishchiivka near Bakhmut, eliminating Colonel Vyacheslav Makarov, Colonel Yevhen Brovko, and approximately 20 soldiers and officers.
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