💥 Attack

Russian forces conducted offensive operations along the Kupiansk-Svatove-Kreminna line, near Bakhmut, along the Avdiivka-Donetsk City line, and in western Donetsk Oblast but did not make any confirmed advances.

August 27, 2023 Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast

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Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post Censor.NET

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Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

Russian forces conducted offensive operations along the Kupiansk-Svatove-Kreminna line, near Bakhmut, along the Avdiivka-Donetsk City line, and in western Donetsk Oblast but did not make any confirmed advances

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russian attacks damaged nine houses and a mine building in Donetsk Oblast

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Russian forces conducted offensive operations along the Kupyansk-Svatove-Kreminna line, near Bakhmut, along the Avdiivka-Donetsk City line, in western Donetsk Oblast, and in western Zaporizhzhia Oblast but did not make confirmed advances

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

The enemy continues to attack our defenders. Over the past day, the enemy fired 590 shots at the positions of our defenders from various calibers of artillery systems, using MLRS, barrel artillery of various calibers, including cluster munitions. In total, 14 combat clashes took place.

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