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Ukraine claims that it has recaptured the village of Andriivka, near Bakhmut, in Donetsk Oblast. Russia denied the claim and said its forces remained in control of village.
2023-09-15

Russian forces shell Lyman in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, killing eight people and injuring 13 others, according to governor Pavlo Kyrylenko.
2023-07-8

A Russian missile strike on a restaurant in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, kills 13 civilians and injures 61 others.
2023-06-27

Wagner Group forces begin withdrawing from Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, transferring control over to the Russian Ground Forces.
2023-05-25

Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin says that they have captured all of Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast. The Ukrainian Defence Ministry rejects this claim, saying that its forces still control a district on the westernmost edge of the city.
2023-05-20

Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin confirms that Ukrainian troops have recaptured parts of Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast from his forces.
2023-05-11

Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin announces that, due to a lack of ammunition, his fighters will leave Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, on May 10 and hand over their positions to units of the Russian Defense Ministry.
2023-05-5

In the battle of Bakhmut, Russian forces are able to reach the centre of the city, according to Ukrainian and Russian sources.
2023-04-13

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner Group, claims "legal control" of Bakhmut, although Ukraine denies this, stating that its troops continue to remain in the city's western districts.
2023-04-3

Heavy street fighting takes place between Russian and Ukrainian troops in Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast. The city's deputy mayor Oleksandr Marchenko says that "not a single building" has remained untouched by fighting, and that the city is "almost destroyed".
2023-03-4