We are making progress near Bakhmut – Ground Forces Commander

Oleksandr Syrskyi, the Commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, has said that the defenders are advancing on the Bakhmut front and showed the destruction of a mortar and an occupier's ammunition storage point.

Source: Syrskyi on Telegram

Quote from Syrskyi: "The 45th Airborne Brigade and 57th Separate Mechanised Brigade are at work. In the Bakhmut front, a Vasiliok mortar and an ammunition storage point were destroyed."

Details: According to him, the defence forces are making progress on the Bakhmut front, which is underway. "We are moving," the commander stressed.

Background:

• Earlier, Deputy Minister of Defence Hanna Malyar said that Ukraine’s defence forces were making gains in southern and eastern Ukraine, advancing by 1,300 metres on the Berdiansk front, 1,200 metres on the Klishchiivka front, and 1,500 metres on the Kurdiumivka front.
• The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine states that on the Bakhmut front, Russians conducted unsuccessful offensive operations near Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Bohdanivka, and Bila Hora. They launched an airstrike near New-York (Donetsk Oblast). More than 15 settlements, including Vasyukivka, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Markove, Khromove, Chasiv Yar, Ivanivske, Ozarianivka and Pivdenne were affected by Russian artillery fire.

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