Col.-Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi reported that the fiercest battles are ongoing in the Kupyansk, Lyman, and Bakhmut sectors, with Russians concentrating their main efforts around Bakhmut using the most combat-capable units including marines and Storm Z/Storm V convict units.
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The fiercest battles are ongoing in the Kupyansk, Lyman, and Bakhmut sectors
Russian forces carried out two airstrikes on Toretsk at 12:00 on 21 December, killing three men aged 41, 42 and 45, and injuring six others aged between 33 and 54
Two bombs hit the premises of one mine in Toretsk, killing 1 and injuring 2; two more bombs hit another mine, killing 2 and injuring 3
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