In the Bakhmut area, the occupants tried to improve the tactical situation, but the enemy's assault in the directions of Klinovo - Bakhmut and Myronivske - Semigorje was repelled by the AFU and forced the occupants to retreat.
This is reported on Facebook of the General Staff of the AFU.
Enemy troops are focusing their efforts on establishing full control of the territories of Luhansk and Donetsk regions, holding captured areas in Kherson and parts of Kharkiv, Zaporozhye and Nikolayev regions, creating favorable conditions for the resumption of the offensive in certain directions, as well as blocking the maritime communications of Ukraine in the Black Sea.
In the Volyn and Polessk directions, engineering equipment of the positions of the units arriving for rotation is recorded. Aerial reconnaissance by UAVs has been noted in order to clarify the positions of our troops.
On the Seversk direction, the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation is tightening its counterintelligence measures in the areas bordering Ukraine. The enemy carried out artillery fire near Nikolayevka in the Chernihiv region, as well as Tovstodubovoye and Ryasne in the Sumy region.
In the Kharkiv direction, artillery fire was recorded in the areas of Kharkiv, Dementievka, Mospanovo, Sosnovka, Udy, Cherkasskiye Tishki, Stary Saltov, Cirkuny, Protopovka, Zlochev, Russkie Tishki, Petrovka, Prishib, Prudyanka and Kalinovo. The enemy carried out an air strike near Russkiye Tishki.
In the Slavyansk direction, the occupants conducted assault actions in the directions of Dovgenkoye-Mazanovka and Paseka-Dolina, with no success. Artillery shelling was recorded in the areas of Andreevka, Nortsovka, Bogorodichne, Chepol, Bolshaya Kamyshevakha, Petrovske and Husarovka.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the Russian Federation troops were not active; they shelled the areas of Zakotnoye, Verkhnekamenskoye and Tatyanovka with artillery, as well as carried out an air strike near Serebryanka.
During the assault on Vershina, the enemy gained partial success and entrenched south-east of Vershina settlement. An attempt to advance in the direction of Vladimirovka-Soledar and Stryapovka-Soledar ended in failure for the Russian Army units.
The enemy carried out artillery fire in the areas of Belogorovka, Nikolaevka, Novaya Kamenka, Veselaia Dolina, Kodema, Semigorie and New York, and carried out air strikes near Yakovlevka, Pokrovsky and Soledar settlements.
On Avdeevka, Novopavlovsk and Zaporizhzhya directions the enemy did not conduct active operations. In order to strengthen the grouping of troops in the Zaporizhzhya direction, additional units were transferred.
Artillery shelling was recorded in the areas of Vremovka, Krasnogorovka, Marinka, Novokalinovo, Obrosnoye, Stepnogorsk, Belogorie, Vladimirovka, Bolshaya Novoselka, Nikolskoye, Malinovka and Pervomaiskoye. The occupants deployed aviation near Avdeevka, Marinka, Pavlovka, Kamenskoye and Malye Shcherbakov.
In the South Bug direction, the enemy concentrates its efforts on holding the occupied positions and regaining the lost positions in the Kriviy Rih direction.
In order to hamper our actions, the enemy is firing barrel artillery, multiple rocket launchers and tanks in the areas of Trudolyubovka, Potemkinoye, Posad-Pokrovsky, Andreevka, Blagodatnoye, Ternovka, Krasnaya Dolyna, Pribuzhsky and Luparevoye. Airstrikes were launched near Novopetrivka. Ukrainian soldiers repelled the assault in the direction of Bruskinskoye - Belogorka, the occupants suffered losses and withdrew.
As a reminder, Western officials believe that Russia has finally lost the initiative in the battle for Donbas and will not be able to capture the region within the next few months.
