The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) and other Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian forces conducted localized ground attacks west and south of Kreminna.
Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar stated that Ukrainian forces continue counteroffensive operations near Bakhmut, and Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian forces attacked on the northern and southern outskirts of Bakhmut.
The Russian MoD and other Russian sources also claimed that Russian forces repelled limited Ukrainian ground attacks on the Avdiivka-Donetsk City line.
Ukrainian forces continued counteroffensive operations south, southwest, and southeast of Velyka Novosilka near the administrative border between western Donetsk and eastern Zaporizhzhia oblasts.
Ukrainian forces also conducted counteroffensive operations southwest and southeast of Orikhiv in western Zaporizhzhia Oblast (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17).
Maliar also stated that Ukrainian forces advanced up to two kilometers in multiple unspecified directions in southern Ukraine.
Read also:
- Most intense combat focused in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, western Donetsk Oblast, and around Donetsk's Bakhmut - UK intel
- Frontline report: Ukrainian forces make gains in intense clashes in Zaporizhzhia’s Orikhiv direction
- Russia adopts defensive posture along entire southern front – Ukraine’s General Staff
- Evidence suggests Russia destroyed Kakhovka dam from within – NYT
- Russian Army fortifying Crimea against Ukrainian counteroffensive, satellite images reveal
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