A sniper from the 'Ghost' group of the Presidential Brigade named after Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky eliminated a Russian occupier in Bakhmut from a distance of 960 meters.
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A sniper from the 'Ghost' group of the separate presidential brigade named after Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky eliminated an occupier from a distance of 960 meters in Bakhmut.
Footage posted by a Russian military blogger shows elements of the 57th Motorized Rifle Brigade operating near Kurdyumivka. The milblogger also claimed elements of the 83rd Guards Air Assault Brigade and 11th VDV Brigade are operating in the Bakhmut direction.
Heavy fighting continues in the area of Klishchiivka.
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