Berestove (Ukrainian: Берестове; Russian: Берестовое, romanized: Berestovoye; German: Birkenfeld or Neu-Nikolaifeld) is a village in Bakhmut Raion (district) in Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine, about 95.5 kilometres (59.3 mi) east-northeast from the centre of Donetsk city. It belongs to Soledar urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.
The village was taken under control by Russian forces on 25 July 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[2][3] The village was "essentially leveled" by Russian artillery during the fighting.[2]
Geolocated footage posted by a Russian soldier walking freely along a very damaged segment of the T1302 Bakhmut-Lysychansk highway in Berestove (25 km northeast of Bakhmut) shows that Russian forces took control of Berestove on July 25. The footage shows that Berestove has been essentially leveled by Russian artillery and is completely abandoned, which suggests that Ukrainian troops may have conducted a controlled withdrawal from the area. Russian forces will likely leverage this position to move southwest along the T1302 towards Soledar and attempt to assault Bakhmut from the Berestove-Soledar line. Russian forces are also fighting near Soledar itself.
Russian forces may have secured Berestove, moving closer to their objective of Bakhmut, which is crossed by two logistics highways.
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