The General Staff in Kyiv announced that the Ukrainian forces repulsed the Russian forces advancing towards the towns of Bakhmut and Soledar in Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine.
Russian and separatist forces are reported to have made some gains in Vershinia, 10 km southeast of Bakhmut, while other attacks in the area were repulsed. Russian attacks north of Sloviansk were also repelled.
Dozens of Ukrainian positions in Donetsk and in neighboring Kharkiv came under artillery fire and air attack.
The Kyiv government sought to retake parts of the south, including Kherson.
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, more than 20 missiles were fired from Belarusian territory at night, hitting infrastructure in Vyshhorod, north of Kyiv, and the neighboring Chernihiv province.
