- Ukrainian forces conducted counteroffensive operations on at least three sectors of the front and made claimed advances in some areas. Ukrainian military sources reported that Ukrainian forces are achieving small successes on the southern flank of Bakhmut and are gradually advancing in the Berdiansk (western Donetsk-eastern Zaporizhzhia Oblast area) and Melitopol (in western Zaporizhzhia Oblast) directions.
- Ukrainian forces conducted offensive operations southwest and northwest of Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, and made claimed gains in this direction.
- Ukrainian forces continued offensive operations in western Donetsk Oblast and western Zaporizhzhia Oblast and claimed marginal advances.
- A Russian milblogger claimed that Ukrainian forces had advanced northeast of Robotyne (10km south of Orikhiv) in the Verbove direction (17km southeast of Orikhiv), Zaporizhzhia Oblast, in the past week.
- Russia expands combat power without conducting general mobilization. A milblogger also says Russia is offering up to $760/month to local students to assemble Shahed drones at a plant in Tatarstan. Students must reportedly undergo tests and sign non-disclosure agreements to qualify for drone assembly work.
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Kremlin attempts to portray Ukrainian counteroffensive as failure, overstating Ukrainian losses – ISW
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Ukraine reports strike on Chonhar bridge, connecting Crimea with southern Ukraine