The Armed Forces of Ukraine have established control over the village of Yatskyvka, Donetsk region, located near the border with Kharkiv region on the left bank of the Oskol River.. This was announced at a briefing on September 23 by Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Aleksey Gromov.

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Gromov noted that the situation in the Bakhmut direction is difficult, but controlled.

The occupiers continue to try to push our troops back from their occupied positions and lines and fire, including at the liberated village.

According to Gromov, the invaders plan to cordon off Bakhmut, but the Ukrainian troops are holding back the opponents. Fighting continues west of Berestovoye, near Zaitsev, Vesela Dolina, Mayorsk.

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Recently, Ukrainian defenders raised the Ukrainian flag on a stele located along the highway connecting Kharkiv and Donetsk regions south of the city of Izyum.

At the same time, the situation in the Bakhmut direction is not simple.. Over the past day, Ukrainian servicemen repelled another attack by the Russian army in the areas of three settlements - Kupyansk, Zaitsev and Novomikhailovka.