“In the Donetsk direction, assault detachments liberated a block in the northwestern part of the city of Artemovsk,” the defense ministry said, referring to Bakhmut by its Russian name.
The announcement came after the head of Russia’s Wagner paramilitary group, which is leading the assault for Bakhmut, claimed that regular Russian troops were fleeing the flanks of the town and exposing his forces in its center.
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A senior Ukrainian military commander said Saturday that Kyiv’s forces were advancing along parts of the frontline against Russian forces near the eastern town of Bakhmut.
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“The defensive operation in the Bakhmut direction continues.”