General Staff: Russia retreats from positions near Orikhovo-Vasylivka in Bakhmut direction.

'It's a lottery': How Ukraine's assault brigade counterattacks near Bakhmut

Editor's note: The Kyiv Independent spent a day with soldiers from the 80th Separate Assault Brigade in June, and the story is comprised of interviews with them about their experience near Bakhmut.

The soldiers are identified by their names or callsigns, and their deployment locations are not reveal...