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Vuhledar, a Ukrainian-held bastion at a strategic intersection
between the eastern and southern front lines, has seen some of
the bloodiest fighting of the 20-month-old full-scale war.
"There was an attempt by the enemy to advance in the Vuhledar
direction, but our soldiers stopped it, causing heavy losses to
the enemy: dozens of pieces of equipment, many killed and
wounded," he said on Telegram messenger.
Reuters could not independently verify his battlefield account.
The Ukrainian military has said the fighting has escalated along
the eastern front in recent weeks.
The military said Russia was trying to regroup and recover from
its losses near the eastern city of Avdiivka before launching
more attacks.
"The enemy continues to try to encircle Avdiivka, but now not so
actively - the enemy is trying to regroup and recover losses in
order to attack further," said Oleksandr Shtupun, spokesman for
Ukraine's Tavria military command.
Russia renewed a push to encircle the embattled town in
mid-October, trying to overwhelm Ukrainian positions with
constant barrages of artillery and waves of troops and fighting
vehicles, according to local and military authorities in
Ukraine.
(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk, Yuliia Dysa; Writing by Tom
Balmforth; Editing by Alison Williams and Christina Fincher)
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