Ukrainian soldiers are fighting to reclaim the captured city in the eastern Donetsk region, and reverse Russia's one significant territorial gain in the war this year.
in May and quickly withdrew, turning over responsibility for holding it to regular Russian units.
Ukrainian troops have also encountered Wagner Group’s successors for the first time — a force known as Storm Z that is under the control of Russia’s Defense Ministry and includes a mix of reservists, conscripts and convicted criminals. To reach his position, Gerych, a 27-year-old sergeant, jumped on a quad-runner and blazed up a dusty road, bumping over ruts and swerving around mudholes. He roared by an armored personnel carrier ferrying troops to the rear before climbing a grassy ridge overlooking Klishchiivka, a settlement about four kilometers from Bakhmut on the city’s southern edge.
on Telegram that Klishchiivka had been liberated — a claim acknowledged with regret by Ivan Sladkov, a pro-Russian military blogger with more than 1 million followers. Lisnyk said his special forces unit sent out drones and recon patrols on foot — sometimes within 500 meters, roughly a third of a mile, of enemy lines — to hunt possible targets, such as ammo dumps, troop concentrations and armor.
Soldiers also complain — often privately, in a war where front line access is limited and public information officers try to shape the messaging — about ammunition shortages and insufficient training for combat. The terrain Ukraine is now struggling to reclaim also includes breakaway areas where the sympathies of local residents can be uncertain.
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