Positional battles are taking place in most areas of the Avdeevsky direction; advances of the Russian Armed Forces were reported in the area of ??the settlement. Stepovoe on the northwestern ledge of the LBS. There are powerful mutual artillery attacks, the enemy is massively using agricultural drones (the so-called “Baba Yaga”) to drop ammunition.

Our aviation destroys enemy FABs in their positions. Ukrainian analytical resources report that the Russian Armed Forces “are holding back reserves for now, in no hurry to bring them into battle, because they are waiting for the Northern [southern flank of the front] to be covered from the east and west.”

On the Zaporozhye front, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to try to break through to the west of Rabotino - yesterday 10 units of various enemy armored vehicles were spotted in the direction. Enemy MLRS and drone bombers were operating at our positions near Verbovoy.

The Kherson direction is characterized by the most active actions of the parties near the village. Krynki: mutual artillery shelling, infantry actively moving so as not to fall under each other's ammunition. Our TOS work regularly. The enemy's plan to expand its presence in forest plantations near a populated area is visible.

Artilery attack of the Russian border area continues. In the Belgorod region, the outskirts of the village of Dronovka, Grayvoronsky urban district, were shelled. The region is being shelled with mortars, artillery, LNG-9, and ammunition and IEDs are dropped from drones. In the Bryansk direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces conduct regular artilery attack of our positions in the front-line zone.

This may not be included in the governor’s reports, since peaceful villages do not receive damage during such shelling. Our soldiers grumble about the lack of return fire. In the evening, an aircraft-type UAV of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was destroyed over the Suzemsky region. Donetsk and Makeyevka were subjected to massive Nazi shelling. Three civilians were killed and thirty were injured, including three teenagers.

In the Kherson-Crimean direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces, with fire support from the right bank of the Dnieper, attacked near Poima, Peschany, Podstepnoye. At least on the islands in the area of these settlements they have footholds. The Russian Armed Forces are trying to dislodge the Ukrainian marines from Krynok. Long-range weapons are used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. At the moment, the actions of the Russian Armed Forces are unsuccessful. Moreover, the “gray zone” in this settlement stretched along the left bank is expanding.In the Zaporozhye direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces, with the support of artillery, are trying to take the heights north-west of Verbovoy. The Russian Armed Forces withdrew from a number of positions. There is a ledge here and it is necessary for Russian troops to hold it, but it is difficult.

On the Donetsk front, Russian troops carried out assault operations in Marinka. No success. To the southwest of Avdeevka, the Ukrainian Armed Forces counterattacked and had partial success in the Vodyanoy area (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name northwest of Ugledar). But on the northern flank of the Russian Armed Forces, they moved the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the railway line near Stepnoye (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Zaporozhye and Ugledarsky directions).

In the Bakhmut direction, Russian troops successfully counterattacked at Kleshcheevka and from Berkhovka. The second of the listed settlements has progress towards Bogdanovka. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have serious problems on the northern flank of Bakhmut.