The Armed Forces captured more than ten Russian positions on the northern and southern outskirts of the city of Bakhmut, Deputy Minister of Defense Hanna Malyar reported in Telegram. They cleared a large area of ​​the forest massif in the Ivanovo district, capturing the occupiers, Ukrainian Pravda reports.

Ukrainian fighter in BakhmutPhoto: LIBKOS / AP / Profimedia

“We are continuing our advance in the suburbs on the Bakhmut front. Today, our units captured more than ten positions of the enemy on the northern and southern outskirts of Bakhmut and cleared a large area of ​​forest massif in the Ivanovo district. Enemy soldiers from different sides have been captured.”

“The occupiers have gathered all their forces there and are trying to advance, destroying everything in their path. Fierce battles continue,” she wrote.

Despite Russia’s claims that Ukraine made “massive” unsuccessful attempts to break through the defenses in Bakhmut in the last 24 hours, Kyiv forces regained about 17 square kilometers of territory in three days, reports the US Institute for Study. war

Two Russian colonels were killed while repelling Ukrainian attacks.

During the repulse of the attacks, the commander of the 4th separate motorized rifle brigade, Colonel Vyacheslav Makarov, and the deputy commander of the army corps for military-political work, Colonel Yevhen Brovko, were killed, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported, reports RIA Novosti.