Russian elite units including elements of 98th Division, 83rd Brigade, 11th Brigade, 31st Brigade, 106th Division, and 364th Special Forces Brigade have been deployed to hold defensive positions around Bakhmut.
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Ukrainian counteroffensive operations made a number of relatively elite Russian units and formations in the area stay there and hold the line, including the air assault forces of the 98th Division, 83rd Brigade, 11th Brigade, 31st Brigade, 106th Division and 364th Special Forces Brigade of the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU).
Ukrainian military announced on Sept. 17 that it had liberated Klishchiivka after more than three months of counteroffensive operations on the Bakhmut axis
Ukrainian forces destroyed Russia's 72nd Motorized Rifle Brigade, the 31st Airborne (VDV) Brigade and the 83rd Guards VDV Brigade during the critical recapture of Klishchiivka and Andriivka over the weekend.
Defense Forces successfully repelled 13 enemy attacks in the Klishchiivka area.
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