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As battles grind on between Ukrainian and Russian forces for control of the eastern city of Bakhmut, Ukraine’s Border Guard Service released details Saturday about some encounters between Ukrainian troops and fighters from the Russian private military company Wagner.
Industrial plants in Bakhmut are shown in a video published on the Border Guard website. CNN was unable to specifically geolocate the video but doesn’t have a reason to believe the footage is not from Bakhmut.
“The other day, the border unit of the Luhansk detachment conducted a positional battle with enemy forces in the area of one of the industrial enterprises,” the Border Guard said in a statement. “The day before, the Ukrainian defenders withstood several assault attacks of the invaders.”
“To continue the offensive, the Russian mercenaries entrenched themselves in one of the workshops and gathered strength,” the Border Guard said, adding that at this point the guards launched a counterattack.
