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The Armed Forces of Ukraine (VSU) advanced 2 km in the Bakhmut region, Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said, quoted by the Ukrainian news agency UNIAN.

The enemy is spreading false information to justify its failure in the battle for Bakhmut, the Ukrainian representative said.

"Bakhmut and the events related to it remained the leading topic in the Russian Telegram channels and in the media all week long. The analysis of the information shows that for the enemy this city has a great importance of an almost sacral nature," Malyar pointed out.

According to the Ukrainian deputy minister, Russia is deliberately spreading false information about a shortage of weapons to justify its failures on the front. 

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Malyar noted that the week for Russia in the Bakhmut area was marked by four fundamental problems: the failure of its own offensive plans, the heavy loss of manpower, the advance of the VSU by 2 km near Bakhmut, and the fact that for the week the VSU did not retreat from either a position of its own in Bakhmut.

According to the Ukrainian General Staff, Russian forces continue to actively attack both in Bakhmut itself and in its surroundings, notes UNIAN.