Russia steps up assaults around Bakhmut, Ukrainian military says
The Russian military has launched heavy attacks on Klishchiyivka, near Bakhmut, having deployed numerous reserves to the area, Andriy Babychev, a fighter with the 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Brigade, said on Ukrainian national television on Nov. 14.
"The enemy is attacking Klishchiyivka from the northern side very hard; they have deployed a lot of reserves," Babychev said.
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Last week the Russian troops crossed the railroad tracks, reclaimed several Ukrainian positions and began to consolidate on the outskirts of Klishchiyivka, he said.
"But after we brought up our reserves, artillery units were urgently withdrawn, the enemy was knocked out and is now behind the railroad tracks," Babychev said.
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He said that for several days Russian invasion forces have not been able to advance further.
Ukrainian forces liberated Klishchiyivka in the Bakhmut sector in Donetsk Oblast on Sept. 17.
According to the head of the press service of the Eastern Group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Illya Yevlash, control of the village allows for the creation of a bridgehead for the further liberation of Russian-occupied territories in eastern Ukraine.
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