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Ukrainian border guards repulse enemy assault near Bakhmut, destroy 2 Russian observation points

3 January, 2023 Tuesday
00:08

On Monday, January 2, Ukrainian border guards fought two heavy battles on the outskirts of Bakhmut and in the city itself

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Ukraine's State Border Service wrote about this on Telegram. 

One battle lasted more than four hours, from 12:30 pm to 4:50 pm. It took place in the area of ​​the Pidhorodne settlement. A group of about three dozen Russian soldiers tried to storm a Ukrainian stronghold. The assault was repulsed. According to preliminary data, 7 Russians were killed and 9 were wounded. Ukrainian border guards suffered no losses.

On another site, in the area of ​​the Bakhmut landfill, Ukrainian border guards, together with a unit of the Special Operations Forces, destroyed two of the Russian military's observation points between 4:00 pm and 5:00 pm. 

Air reconnaissance of the Special Operations Forces confirmed the Russian forces' losses: five soldiers were killed, and three more were wounded.

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