Battlefield Update - 2023-04-17 (1)

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situation as of 15.00 April 17, 2023

🔻 Fierce fighting continues in the central part of Bakhmut. Assault detachments of PMC "Wagner" are fighting for control over the railway station, most of the territory of which has been liberated.

▪️Nevertheless, Ukrainian formations are trying to counterattack and hold back the advance to the western outskirts. A little north of the railway station, the Wagnerites drove the Armed Forces of Ukraine out of the area of the Artemovsky elevator.

▪️On the northern outskirts, assault detachments of PMCs have entrenched themselves on one of the sections of Kraynaya Street and are attacking Ukrainian strongholds on Pobedy Street.

▪️Also, Russian units broke through from School No. 3 to the south along Levanevsky Street, approaching the garages in the Poselok area.

🔻To the north of Bakhmut, where Russian paratroopers hold positions, positional battles are taking place. Artillerymen of the RF Armed Forces delivered an accurate blow …