💥 Attack

Soldiers from the CODE 9.2 unit of Ukraine's 92nd Separate Mechanised Brigade destroyed three pieces of Russian equipment (T-80 tank, 2S1 self-propelled howitzer, and MTU-90 tank bridge layer) using a single strike drone near Bakhmut.

August 31, 2023 Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast

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Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post Censor.NET

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Entities

CODE 9.2 unit of the 92nd Separate Mechanised Brigade named after Ivan Sirko (military_unit) T-80 (weapon_system) 2S1 self-propelled howitzer (weapon_system) MTU-90 tank bridge layer (weapon_system) Special Operations Forces of Ukraine (military_unit) CODE 9.2 (military_unit) 92nd Separate Mechanised Brigade named after Ivan Sirko (military_unit) Hanna Maliar (person) Russian forces (military_unit) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization) Oleksandr Syrskyi (person) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Bakhmut (location) western Zaporizhzhia Oblast (location) Kupyansk-Svatove-Kreminna line (location) Avdiivka-Donetsk City line (location) Ukrainian Defense Forces (military_unit) Russian troops (military_unit) Armed Forces of Ukraine (military_unit) Russian Armed Forces (military_unit)

Source Reports

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Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian soldiers destroyed three pieces of Russian equipment worth over US$5 million using one drone near Bakhmut

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

In Donetsk Oblast, Russian attacks killed one person in Myrne, near Sloviansk, and injured one other.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian forces are slowly repelling Russian counterattacks, with the most intense engagements near Bakhmut, Kurdyumivka (12 km southwest of Bakhmut), Yahidne (directly north of Bakhmut), and Andriivka (9 km southwest of Bakhmut).

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

Heavy fighting continues in Klishchiivka, Kurdiumivka, Andriivka. There are certain successes, they are fixed at the achieved milestones.

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