In the battles near Bakhmut during the performance of a combat mission, a former hockey player and coach Oleksandr Khmil died, the press service of the Hockey Federation of Ukraine reports..

42-year-old Khmil has been at war since the first days of a full-scale invasion. First, Khmil defended the capital in the Kyiv territorial defense detachment, and then, in the status of a serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, he performed combat missions in hot spots.

Khmil is the champion of Ukraine as part of ATEK (2007), in 2005 he became the silver medalist of the national championship with the Dnipro Wolves, and in 2006 and 2009 he won bronze.

Khmil also played for Ukraine at the youth and youth world championships.

In 2005, Alexander, in the ranks of the student team of Ukraine, performed at the World Universiade.

Bakhmut is now one of the hottest spots on the front, and Ukrainian heroes continue to defend the city and even locally counterattack.

Updated maps of the Deep State interactive map indicate that the Defense Forces have recaptured new territories near Bakhmut from the Russian invaders. These are positions south of Ivanovsky and Khromovsky, as well as southeast of Stupok.

According to preliminary data, the defenders managed to advance 2 kilometers without losing a single position this week.. This was recently reported by the commander of the Ground Forces Alexander Syrsky.

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Earlier it was reported that the former Shakhtar player went missing near Bakhmut.