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Ukrainian forces control the southwestern outskirts of Bakhmut while Russian troops continue shelling and conducting air strikes in the area

May 30, 2023 Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast

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Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post Censor.NET

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Entities

Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Russian troops (military_unit) Ukrainian defenders (military_unit) Russian forces (organization) Ukrainian 56th Motorized Brigade (military_unit) Grad rocket (weapon_system) 56th Motorized Brigade (military_unit) Russian Armed Forces (military_unit) Pavlo Kyrylenko (person) Russian infantry (military_unit) Wagner Group (military_unit) Ukrainian artillery (weapon_system) Hanna Maliar (person) Armed Forces of Ukraine (military_unit) Vuhledar (location) 72nd Separate Mechanised Brigade (military_unit) 155th Marine Brigade (military_unit) Serhiy Cherevaty (person) D-30 cannon (weapon_system) infantry fighting vehicle (weapon_system) electronic warfare station (weapon_system) Oleksandr Syrskyi (person) Ukrainian military (military_unit) Bakhmut direction (location) Serhii Cherevaty (person) Ukrainian 3rd Assault Brigade (military_unit) Russian Federation (organization)

Source Reports

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Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian troops control the southwestern outskirts of Bakhmut. The occupiers continue shelling and conducting air strikes.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Soldiers from the 56th Motorized Brigade set their target before firing a Grad rocket at Russian infantry in the Bakhmut direction.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

There were no firefights near Bakhmut in the last day and 80 withdrawing members of Wagner Group were killed by Ukrainian artillery, according to the senior spokesman for the Eastern Group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Serhii Cherevatyi.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Deputy Minister of Defense Hanna Maliar reported on Telegram that Ukrainian defense forces control the southwestern outskirts of Bakhmut.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

During the day on May 30, 2023, Russian forces did not advance in any direction.

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