According to Kiev sources, Ukrainian and Russian troops are still fighting in the Donbas industrial area in eastern Ukraine. Russia is concentrating its attacks on the cities of Avdiivka and Bakhmut in the Donetsk region, the Ukrainian general staff announced this evening. Elsewhere, the general staff spoke of an “active defense” of the Russian troops – so that’s where the Ukrainians are apparently attacking.
The places Kupjansk and Lyman as well as Novopavliwka and the front in the Zaporizhia region were named. The Russian troops fought back with tanks, mortars, pipe and rocket artillery.
The information provided by the Ukrainian military was initially not independently verifiable. According to the official report, Russian troops in southern Ukraine are strengthening their defense lines on the southern bank of the Dnipro River.
According to unofficial information, the Ukrainian artillery fired on this area in the direction of Crimea with their long-range artillery. Russian military bloggers reported on a successful Russian advance on the town of Marjinka near Donetsk.