17 September 2023
![Soldiers hold flags as they speak in front of destroyed buildings in Klishchiivka](/assets/images/bakhmut/7200628016980612.jpg)
Soldiers hold flags as they speak in front of destroyed buildings in Klishchiivka, Ukraine, in a screengrab taken from a social media video released September 17, 2023.
— Photo by Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander of Ground Forces / via Reuters
![Ukrainian servicemen pose with Ukraine's national flag in front of a destroyed building in the village of Klishchiivka](/assets/images/bakhmut/9925829504241428.jpg)
Ukrainian servicemen pose with Ukraine's national flag in front of a destroyed building in the village of Klishchiivka, in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, September 17, 2023.
— Photo by Handout / Ukrainian Presidential Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak via AFP