Press service of Ukrainian State Border Service reports.
They indicate that Ukrainian defenders of Bakhmut are actively using available heavy weapons for defense and counterattacks near this fortress city.
In addition, it is reported that yesterday, January 22, one of the border units, which had recently withstood a series of Russian assaults, moved forward and took the Russian troops' position. Fire support for counterattacks was provided by the border combat groups of mortars.
"Under the powerful influence of fire damage, Russian occupying forces abandoned their line and fled. Our fighters cleared the area and gained a foothold on it. Russian losses are being clarified," the press service said.
Analysts of the Institute for the Study of War claim that the complex defense of Bakhmut is an appropriate manifestation of the tactics of the Ukrainian Armed Forces tactics, which involves working to exhaust the Russian enemy.
71st hunting division of Ukrainian Armed Forces liquidates Russian occupying forces in Bakhmut. This time, Ukrainian soldiers managed to trap Russian troops with the help of the self-propelled installation Krab and destroy them.