Russian forces conducted unsuccessful offensive operations near Orikhovo-Vasylivka, 11km northeast of Bakhmut, and near Bila Hora, 12km southwest of Bakhmut, on June 1.
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Russian forces conducted unsuccessful offensive operations near Orikhovo-Vasylivka and Bila Hora
Bakhmut is in ruins and ashes, with not a single building left standing. The enemy has destroyed everything, ruining the lives of tens of thousands of people.
Ukrainian counterattacks in the area, part of the 2023 summer counteroffensive, pushed them back over the Siversky Donets-Donbas Canal running perpendicular between the city and Bakhmut.
SBU detained an alleged Russian agent serving in the AFU who is accused of feeding sensitive information to Moscow’s security services
The suspect was recruited by Nikita Klimovsky, a representative of Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) prior to the full-scale invasion
The suspect collected information on the number of personnel and available weapons in a Ukrainian military unit in Dnipropetrovsk region
The suspect tried to identify the locations of Ukrainian air defense systems and the latest Western weapons
SBU is checking information regarding the preparation of possible acts of sabotage against AFU officers
In the direction of Bakhmut during the day, the enemy carried out airstrikes in the districts of Khromove and Bila Hora of the Donetsk region.
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