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Ukrainian Special Operations Forces published video footage showing their troops engaged in fighting to liberate Bakhmut.

Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast
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Ukrainska Pravda Ukrinform Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post Censor.NET

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Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (military_unit) Russia (organization) Wagner Private Military Company (military_unit) Ukrainian troops (military_unit) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization) Hanna Maliar (person) Serhii Cherevatyi (person) Eastern Group of Forces (military_unit) Yevgeny Prigozhin (person) Wagner Group (military_unit) Russian forces (organization) Ukrainian defense forces (organization) Grad MLRS (weapon_system) Valerii Zaluzhnyi (person) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Russian Ministry of Defence (organization) Ministry of Defence of Ukraine (organization) Khromove (location) Ivanivske (location) Wagner mercenaries (military_unit) Bakhmut (location) Russian Armed Forces (military_unit) Leonid Korin (person) Wagner (military_unit) Ukrainian army (military_unit) 3rd Separate Assault Brigade (military_unit) Avdiivka (location) Mariinka (location) Armed Forces of Ukraine (military_unit) Vadym Liakh (person)

Source Reports

Ukrainska Pravda →

Ukrainian Special Operations Forces published video of their troops liberating Bakhmut, describing intense fighting for every meter of the city.

Ukrinform →

More than 20,000 Wagner mercenaries were eliminated in Bakhmut

Kyiv Independent →

Ukrainian defenders control certain industrial and infrastructure facilities in the south-western part of Bakhmut.

Kyiv Post →

Russian screenwriter Leonid Korin was killed during fighting in Bakhmut while serving with the Wagner private army

Censor.NET →

Russians launched a missile attack on Kramatorsk, damaging two buildings of educational institutions and a depot building.

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Extracted: 2026-07-18T17:02:02.282Z

Source story: 7403057