Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation about the battles north and south of Artemovsk (in the city itself, "Wagner" continues to storm the fortified area "Nest" on the western outskirts) During the reflection of enemy attacks, the commander of the 4th Brigade and the deputy commander of the corps were killed.
The RF Armed Forces repelled the attacks of the battalion tactical group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine south of the village of Krasnoe in the DPR
As a result of the attack, the nationalists lost about 200 troops killed and wounded;
The commander of the 4th Motorized Rifle Brigade, Colonel Vyacheslav Makarov, being at the forefront, personally led the battle;
Two enemy attacks were repelled. The servicemen of the brigade destroyed three tanks, four infantry fighting vehicles and two armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
During the reflection of the third attack, the brigade commander was seriously wounded and died during the evacuation from the battlefield;
Colonel Yevgeny Brovko, deputy commander of the army corps for military-political work, led the actions of the personnel, being in another sector of repelling enemy attacks;
During the battle to repel one of the attacks, Colonel Yevgeny Brovko died heroically, having received multiple shrapnel wounds.
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Motorized riflemen of the 3rd battalion of the 200th Motorized Rifle Brigade repelled six attacks east of Bogdanovka of the DPR The attacks involved assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine numbering more than 100 people, seven tanks, 14 infantry fighting vehicles, as well as other military and special equipment;
Seven tanks, 11 infantry fighting vehicles and more than 50 Ukrainian servicemen were destroyed;
In the zone of responsibility of the 6th division, an attack by enemy assault groups was repelled with the support of three tanks and four infantry fighting vehicles;
Enemy losses amounted to over 30 Ukrainian servicemen, two tanks and three infantry fighting vehicles.
(c) Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
The enemy has been saying in the morning that he continues to attack north and south of the city, along the way declaring that the situation for the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city itself is difficult. The tech graveyard to the west of town continues to grow.
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Russia says 2 commanders killed as Ukraine wages Bakhmut offensive
[NYPOST] Two Russian military commanders were killed in eastern Ukraine, Moscow’s Ministry of Defense said Sunday as Kyiv vowed its long-anticipated counteroffensive will free Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine.
The ministry said the commanders were fighting Ukrainian attempts to break through the frontline in Bakhmut.
Commander Vyacheslav Makarov of the 4th Motorized Rifle Brigade was maimed during the fighting and died while being evacuated off the battlefield, the ministry said.
Another high-ranking official — Col. Yevgeny Brovko, deputy commander of the Army Corps for Military-Political Work — died "heroically, suffering multiple shrapnel wounds," the ministry said.
According to the ministry, Ukrainian troops have waged attacks in the north and south of Bakhmut over the last day, but haven’t broken through Russian defenses.
"All attacks by units of Ukraine’s armed forces have been repelled," it said in a statement.