Information about the success of the defense forces near Bakhmut was confirmed by the commander of the Azov regiment Andrei Beletsky.
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As a result of the offensive actions of the 3rd separate assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, units of the 72nd brigade of the Russian Federation were defeated. In fact, the 6th and 8th companies of this brigade were completely destroyed, brigade reconnaissance was defeated, a significant number of armored combat vehicles were destroyed, and a significant number of prisoners were captured. The so-called 3rd assault detachment of the Wagner PPK suffered heavy losses.
The offensive operations were carried out in a strip 3 km wide and 2 km 600 m deep. This entire territory was completely liberated from the Russian occupation forces, Beletsky said in the video.
On May 9, Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner mercenaries, said that a motorized rifle brigade from the Russian Federation had escaped from Bakhmut. Ukrainian attack aircraft confirmed this information in the evening.
Prigozhin’s message about the escape of the 72nd separate motorized rifle brigade from Russia from Bakhmut and the “500 corpses” of Russians remaining there is true, the 3rd separate assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine noted.
Source: Racurs
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