Context

• Russia’s Wagner mercenary group claimed to have captured the eastern bank of Bakhmut, the industrial town in east Ukraine where fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces has raged for months.

Key Details

• Also known as Artemivsk or Artyomovsk is a city in eastern Ukraine.
• It serves as the administrative center of Bakhmut Raion in Donetsk Oblast.
• It is located on the Bakhmutka River.
• As the administrative center in Donetsk Oblast, it has been an important stronghold for Ukraine, but is now at risk of falling to Russian forces.

Source: TH

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