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Russian forces launched their attacks in the area of ​​the Ukrainian towns of Orekhov in Zaporozhye Oblast and Ugledar in Donetsk, possibly only for reconnaissance purposes, but they are unlikely to have achieved any "significant successes", the British Ministry of Defense said in its daily summary of the fighting, quoted from Reuters.

On Wednesday, the head of the Russian-controlled part of Ukraine's Donetsk region announced that units of the private military company Wagner were advancing on the city of Bakhmut.

Russian troops are advancing towards the town of Ugledar

According to a senior Ukrainian official, the fighting for the city is getting fiercer