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KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian forces made a significant advance near the embattled city of Bakhmut this week, Ukrainian military officials said Wednesday, pushing Russian forces back more than a mile, taking Russian prisoners of war and destroying combat vehicles.
The claimed Ukrainian advance came on the heels of Victory Day on Tuesday, when Russia commemorated the Soviet Union’s role in defeating Nazi Germany in World War II. Moscow had pledged to capture Bakhmut by the May 9 holiday and as it became increasingly clear that the objective would not be achieved, Yevgheny Prigozhin, who leads the Wagner mercenary group fighting in Bakhmut, posted videos railing against the Russian military for allegedly failing to provide him with enough ammunition to accomplish that goal.
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