According to their own statements, the Ukrainian armed forces are trying to ward off attacks by Russian units in several places. The Russian advance on the city of Slovjansk in the Donetsk region in the south-east of the country and on the small town of Barvinkove in the Kharkiv region, regarding an hour’s drive away, is said to be in the process of being stopped, according to the situation report of the Ukrainian General Staff, which was published on Tuesday night on Facebook became.
In the Luhansk region in the east of the country, attempts are being made to contain Russian attacks around the cities of Rubishne with 60,000, Lysychansk with 100,000 and Popasna with 20,000 inhabitants. The Ukraine reported regular fighting from the vicinity of all three cities. This is to prevent Russian troops from overtaking Ukrainian forces.
At the same time, the Ukrainian side is maintaining all-round defense of the embattled and besieged port city of Mariupol. In the Chernihiv region in the north of the country, efforts are being made to stem the Russian advance.
The forces responsible for defending the capital continued fighting around Kyiv and controlled the situation in the towns of Motyshyn, Lisne, Kapitanivka and Dmytrivka in western Kiev. According to Ukrainian information, Russian units have been repelled from the city of Irpin in north-western Kiev, which had been heavily fought over for a long time. This was announced by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Mayor Oleksandr Markushin in two separate video messages on Telegram on Monday. However, Markushin asked the residents not to return to the city just yet, as it was not yet safe there.
The Russian units are weakened, disoriented and a large part of the troops are cut off from logistics and the main armed forces, it said. That is why Moscow is trying to compensate for the declining combat effectiveness with artillery fire and rocket attacks. The information is not independently verifiable.