During this day, Ukrainian defenders in the Donbas repulsed 13 attacks by Russian troops and destroyed 20 units of enemy equipment.
This was reported by the Joint Forces Group.
The Ukrainian military destroyed 2 Russian tanks, 6 artillery systems, 8 armored combat vehicles, 4 enemy vehicles, and 7 Russian Orlan-10 drones. Fighting is still going on at 2 locations.
The occupiers are firing along the entire line of defense. During the day, they fired on more than 25 settlements in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, destroyed and damaged 67 residential buildings, a public safety center, the AZOT enterprise, furniture, and central concentrators of factories and police stations. At least three civilians were killed and three others were injured.
- Almost 40 Russian invaders, two units of armored vehicles, two mortars, and one drone were destroyed in the area of responsibility of the Operational and Tactical Group "East" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
- The head of the Luhansk Oblast Military Administration, Serhiy Haidai, said that the Russians had occupied 80% of Sievierodonetsk, including the eastern quarters. On some streets, our defenders are succeeding — six Russians are already in captivity. Street fights continue. The whole free part of Luhansk oblast suffers from shelling. Lysychansk is under Ukrainian control, the cityʼs defense is strong.