Ex-Wagner fighters are participating in the Russian assault on Avdiivka, suffering heavy losses. The commander of the Arbat Separate Guards Special Purpose Battalion described their situation as "good but not great" due to large personnel losses.
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Ex-Wagner fighters are taking part in the Russian assault on Avdiivka with heavy losses
Commander described the battalion's situation as "good but not great" due to large losses of personnel
Ukrainian artillery of the 31st Separate Mechanised Brigade, 110th Separate Mechanised Brigade, 116th Separate Brigade of the Territorial Defence and the Separate Presidential Brigade named after Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytskyi destroyed a Russian column attempting to break through near Krasnohorivka
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