Near Bakhmut, Ukrainian border guards-mortarmen turned the shelter of the Russian military into a mass grave, reports the State Border Guard Service on Facebook.
" A fire raid in several directions destroyed engineering buildings and destroyed the positions of the invaders.
The rubble buried most of the soldiers of the Russian occupation forces who were there,"
Russian army lost five invaders killed and four wounded.
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Russian regular troops likely began replacing depleted Wagner PMC forces to continue advance on Bakhmut, Institute for the Study of War (ISW) report says.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine previously stated that Ukrainian troops would not leave Bakhmut as long as it was possible to defend the city.