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Actual information about the situation on the front line: May 19 (updated)
2023-05-20
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFrontInfo] 22:00 VK "Wagner" is close to taking Bakhmut, 0.6 km is left behind the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but the enemy is pulling up reserves.

Evening summary from E. Prigozhin: Heavy heavy bloody battles continue in Artemovsk.

“Today, Wagner PMC units have advanced up to 500 meters and occupied an area of 330,000 square meters. 0.6 square kilometers remain under the control of the enemy (yesterday it was less than one square kilometer),” Prigozhin.

We are close to completing the task, the fighting is still going on, the enemy is pulling up reserves.”

21:52 In Mariupol recorded several explosions. According to preliminary information, several missile strikes were carried out in the area of the old airport of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Earlier, evidence of air defense work appeared on the network.

21:28 Video– Arrival of the FPV-drone on the airfields.

21:04 Video- Detachment "Nevsky" with the help of 122mm D-30 and UAVs repels the attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Sacco and Vanzetti in the Bakhmut direction.

20:48 Ukrainian formations continue remotely mine Donetsk with anti-tank mines

On one of these, in the Kuibyshevsky district of the city, a local resident was blown up. Doctors are now fighting for the life of the wounded.

20:33 Video– Teamwork: Artillerymen of the Central Military District smash enemy positions in a forest area

Artillery crews of 152mm self-propelled howitzers "Msta-S" and 152mm towed howitzers "Msta-B" strike manpower, equipment and enemy strongholds camouflaged in dense forest.

Particular attention is paid to counterbattery combat, during which self-propelled howitzers travel to open areas and fire a series of shots at enemy targets, forcing him to return fire. Then the combat vehicles quickly change position. At this time, the crews of towed howitzers strike from closed firing positions at the artillery mounts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that opened fire.

20:01 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the Center group

- In the Krasno-Limansk direction, artillery units of the "Center" group of forces inflicted fire damage on areas of concentration of manpower, fire weapons, as well as enemy strongholds.

- The aviation of the Russian group continues to strike with the use of high-explosive aerial bombs and unguided rockets on objects and positions of nationalists.

The crew of the Solntsepyok heavy flamethrower system destroyed several enemy weapons.

- In the Torsky section and in the area of Serebryansky forestry, the forces and means of intelligence of the "Center" group revealed the movement of assault groups of the 81st Airmobile Brigade and 58th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. As a result of the fire impact of the artillery units of the "Center" grouping, the enemy suffered significant losses in personnel and equipment.


19:42 Video- Arrivals of rockets from the MLRS Orchestra near Aretemovsk (Bakhmut).

19:29 Video- And here are the Polish mercenaries “they are not there” on the front line.

19:11 Video– “Let's go forward! Russia is with us!

The commander of the motorized rifle squad with the call sign "Kazakh" has been participating in a special military operation from the very beginning. When asked why he is here, the serviceman confidently answers: “So that my nephews and all relatives do not personally see the war.”

"Kazakh" speaks warmly about his comrades-in-arms: "We have been here for a long time, we do not offend each other and support."

“In a special military operation, we are only moving forward! Victory will be ours! Russia is with us! - convinced the commander of the department.

18:40 Video– “Everyone who is on the front line - everyone is a hero”

Vladimir Putin, at a meeting of the Council on Interethnic Relations, noted the courage of the fighters who are now fighting on the front line in the NVO zone.

“It doesn’t matter what awards they are presented for.<…> This interfaith and interethnic mix is so strong in our country,” the head of state emphasized.

He also told a unique story about a brigade commander with a Lithuanian surname who succeeded a dead comrade.

“He has been fighting for four days and has not slept all this time. <…> This is what military heroism is all about,” he added.

18:25 Video- Wagner artillery is working on Ukrainian positions in Artemovsk (Bakhmut).

18:09 Video- Destruction of the Ukrainian opornik by artillery of the 64th Separate Mechanized Rifle Brigade in the Zaporozhye region.

17:47 Video– Vsushniks received cast iron from UMPC to their place of deployment on the island of Borshcheva on the Dnieper in the Kherson region.

17:33 Video- The consequences of arrivals at the Ukrainian position were shown by one of the Vushniks.

17:10 Kupyansky section of the front situationas of May 19, 2023

– After losing control over an important tactical height to the west of Masyutovka, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to contract. Ukrainian formations are actively using mortars and copters with a grenade drop system to strike at the positions of the RF Armed Forces.

- Over the past day, separate battles were on the line of contact south-west of Liman 1, where the forces of the 40th Separate Rifle Battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were stationed.

- Soldiers of the RF Armed Forces respond with dense artillery fire. In Tishchenkovka, at the time of unloading ammunition for the 14 Separate Mechanized Rifle Brigade, a warehouse was destroyed: as a result of the explosion, 14 members of Ukrainian formations were liquidated.

- Now the Ukrainian headquarters are waiting for the activation of the Russian army from Tavolzhanka. To strengthen their lines, the enemy deployed assault groups of 40 OSB of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to Dvurechnaya and Novomlynsk.


16:52 Video– The fighting is going on for the fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Airplane area – the last stronghold of the enemy in the city. From us there flies everything that can fly. At the same time, enemy artillery and mortars also continue to work on our positions.

Advancing is very difficult. Despite everything, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to resist fiercely. The fighters say a lot of Polish and Turkish mercenaries.

16:34 Video- "Winged Archangels" pinched the facial nerve of the Ukrainian in fortified positions.

“Observers say that the wild boar has not yet migrated from the trenches”

16:17 Video- Crews of 120mm self-propelled guns 2S9 "Nona-S" of the self-propelled artillery unit of the Airborne Forces daily conduct combat work to destroy manpower, equipment and fortifications of Ukrainian nationalists on the right bank of the Dnieper.

Hit accuracy is coordinated from the air by reconnaissance units.

15:57 Video- Forced burial in Ukraine is going according to plan!

“We have people signed up in line to go serve and protect their children and their home,” President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky.

15:46 Video- Freshly dug graves for the destroyed VSUshnikov and Bandera in one of the rural cemeteries of the Lviv region of Ukraine.

15:35 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the Vostok group

- In the South-Donetsk direction, the advanced units of the Vostok group, with the support of artillery, thwarted an attempt by the enemy to conduct reconnaissance in force, a pickup truck and manpower were destroyed.

The crew of the heavy flamethrower system "TOS-1" hit the enemy's stronghold near Novodonetsk.

- Based on the results of aerial reconnaissance, artillery fire destroyed a car in the area of Velika Novosyolka, a mortar crew in the area of Novomikhailovka.

Loitering ammunition "Lancet" destroyed an American-made counter-battery station "AN/TPQ36" in the Shevchenko area.

- In the Zaporozhye direction, the calculations of the 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" destroyed the point of temporary deployment of militants and the ammunition depot in the village of Malinovka.

- Artillery fire destroyed two mortar crews in the area of Belogorye and Novodanilovka, as well as a cluster of militants in the area of Kamensky, Novodanilovka and Novaya Tokmachka.

The calculations of the Buk and Strela-10 air defense systems shot down two UAVs Fury and Strepet.


15:27 Video- As part of the new prisoner exchange, 35 of our prisoners of war were released.

15:00 Summary Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (05/19/2023)

“Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched a strike with long-range, sea-based high-precision weapons at deployment points and training centers for units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as warehouses of ammunition, weapons and foreign-made equipment.

The target has been reached. All assigned objects are hit. As a result of the strikes, the supply, training and formation of reserves of Ukrainian troops to perform tasks in the combat areas were violated.

- In the Kupyansk direction, air strikes and artillery fire from the "Western" group of forces hit enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Dvurechnaya, Novomlynsk, Kislovka and Berestovoye of the Kharkov region. In the areas of the settlements of Timkovka, Sinkovka, Kharkiv region and Rozovka, Luhansk People's Republic, the actions of three Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were stopped.

Enemy losses per day amounted to 65 Ukrainian servicemen, two vehicles, and a 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount. In addition, an ammunition depot of the 14th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed near the settlement of Tishchenkovka, Kharkiv region.

- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems of the "Center" group of troops defeated enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Nevskoye, Chervonaya Dibrova of the Luhansk People's Republic and Grigorovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

Up to 85 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount, as well as 152mm Msta-B and 122mm D-30 howitzers were destroyed.

- On the Artemovsky tactical direction, assault detachments fought in the western part of the city. Subdivisions of the "Southern" group of troops held back the enemy, covering the flanks of the assault detachments.

Operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery fire of the "Southern" group of troops, defeated the enemy's manpower and equipment in the areas of the settlements of Kalinovka, Chasov Yar and Krasnoe of the Donetsk People's Republic. Over the past day, five sorties were carried out in this area by aviation. The artillery of the grouping completed 68 fire missions.

During the fighting, more than 70 Ukrainian servicemen and mercenaries, two infantry fighting vehicles, one armored personnel carrier, three pickup trucks, a 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount, as well as two US-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar stations were destroyed.

- In the Donetsk direction, as a result of active actions of units, air strikes and artillery fire of the "Southern" group of forces, up to 130 Ukrainian servicemen, ten vehicles, as well as one L118 towed howitzer made in Great Britain were destroyed.

A warehouse of rocket and artillery weapons was destroyed near the village of Bokovoe in the Donetsk People's Republic.

- In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, air strikes and artillery fire from the Vostok group of troops defeated enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Shevchenko and Novoselka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Malaya Tokmachka and Novodanilovka of the Zaporozhye region.

During the day, up to 120 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, and two 122mm D-30 howitzers were destroyed in these areas. An ammunition depot of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed near the village of Konstantinovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

- In the Kherson direction, as a result of fire damage, the enemy’s losses per day amounted to 30 Ukrainian servicemen, three vehicles, and a 152mm D-20 howitzer.

- Operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during the day hit 76 artillery units in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 103 districts

- In the area of the settlement of Krasnoarmeysk of the Donetsk People's Republic, a warehouse of artillery ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was hit. In the area of the village of Mervichi, Lviv region, a fuel storage facility for Ukrainian military equipment was destroyed.

Air defense systems intercepted seven rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system per day.

- In addition, ten Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Dvurechnoye, Gorobyevka of the Kharkov region, Vesele, Blagoveshchenka, Belogorovka, Novomikhailovka and Yegorovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 428 aircraft, 234 helicopters, 4,218 unmanned aerial vehicles, 423 anti-aircraft missile systems, 9,227 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,100 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 4,852 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 10,304 units of special military vehicles.


14:39 Video- Krasnopolya strikes on Ukrainian equipment, a gantry with ZU-23-2 and self-propelled guns came under fire.

14:22 Video- Another "agricultural warehouse" was destroyed by the Russians. Even the “tractors” exploded.

13:44 Video and Photo– Consequences of the “Lancet” strike on the British Stormer air defense system of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Launcher and hull damaged. The drone's trajectory was not the most successful and, as a result of the air defense system, it was not destroyed and will apparently be repaired.

It is also possible that the optical-electronic station received damage.

13:27 General advance of Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Bogdanovka and Dubovo-Vasilyevka from May 11 to May 19. Here the enemy pushed back units of the 200th Motorized Rifle Brigade and the 9th Motorized Rifle Brigade. Over the past 24 hours, the enemy here had only minor shifts in his favor. The enemy had the most serious advance in the first days after the start of the counteroffensive.

Now the enemy continues to attack, using previously accumulated reserves, hoping to achieve some more progress in their favor, while Wagner clears Artemovsk. After that, the situation for the Armed Forces of Ukraine will begin to change here.

13:07 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the “South” group

- At the Soledaro-Artemovsky operational direction, an attempt to attack the Ukrainian company tactical group was prevented.

The enemy suffered losses in manpower and armored vehicles.

- The calculation of the anti-aircraft missile system "Buk-M3" of the "Southern" group of forces destroyed two missiles of the enemy's "Haymars" air defense system.

- In the Avdievka operational direction, a rifle group of a special forces unit of the Yug group shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine of the Fury type.

As a result of a fire raid by artillery crews of the Tornado-S multiple launch rocket system of the formation of the Southern Military District in the area of the settlement of Gornyak, ten units of transport vehicles and a 155mm self-propelled gun were destroyed.

- In the Maryinsky operational direction, units of the motorized rifle formation of the Southern Military District during the attacking actions destroyed five artillery pieces of various calibers, three firing positions of enemy mortars and a stronghold of a platoon of the 110th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Also, in the area of the settlement of Pobeda, two attempts to rotate Ukrainian units in combat positions were thwarted.


12:35 Local authorities in Krivoy Rog confirmed arrival at an industrial enterprise. Shops destroyed.

12:18 Video- In the course of work in the zone of the special military operation, the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, General of the Army Sergei Shoigu, inspected the forward command post of one of the formations of the Vostok group of troops in the Zaporozhye direction.

At the command post, the head of the Russian military department heard reports from the commander of the Vostok group and headquarters officers on the current situation, the nature of enemy actions and the performance of combat missions by Russian troops in the main tactical areas.

At the headquarters of the grouping of troops, the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation held a meeting with the commander of the grouping, at which he noted the high efficiency of identifying and destroying military equipment and concentrations of enemy personnel in the main directions of the grouping. The commander and commanders were given the task of continuing active integrated reconnaissance in order to reveal enemy plans in advance and prevent their implementation.

He also paid special attention to the organization of comprehensive support for the troops involved in the special military operation and the creation of conditions for the safe deployment of personnel.

At the end of the work, Sergei Shoigu thanked the military personnel performing tasks in the special military operation zone. For their dedication and heroism, he presented state awards to servicemen. Including the Order of Courage, the insignia "St. George's Cross" and the medal "For Courage".

“High awards are a high appreciation of your military work. Thank you for this. I hope you will continue to faithfully serve our country, for the benefit of its people! Congratulations, and take care of yourself!" Sergei Shoigu said.

12:05 The situation in Bakhmut critical: having occupied the fortified area "Domino" PMC "Wagner" knocks out the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the last piece of the city.

This is reported by Ukrainian military analysts in the operational report.

“The Armed Forces of Ukraine control only a piece of the western outskirts. Those few houses (more precisely, their ruins), which the Armed Forces of Ukraine recaptured during the counterattack a few days ago, have already been lost again.”

"Useable area for the defense of the remnants of the city has decreased to critical values."

“At the crossroads east of the 8th headquarters, in the north of the gray zone of Bakhmut, the PMC continues to storm the fortified area.

To the west of the Novy (“Domino”) district, the “Wagners” continue their attacks towards Donetska and Kyiv streets.

To the south of the New (“Domino”) district, PMC Wagner is conducting assault operations towards Bulavina Street.

11:37 Video- Wandering tool

Footage of the combat work of artillery crews 152mm "Msta-B" of the Southern Military District when performing fire missions in the zone of the special operation. In the course of counterbattery combat, Russian crews of self-propelled guns "Msta-B" confidently destroy Western weapons supplied to Ukraine.

Artillerymen fire with precision-guided munitions, so the crews have time to quickly hit enemy vehicles and change position before the enemy opens fire back.

UAV operators monitor the work of the calculations in real time. They transmit to the firing position data on the results of fire destruction of targets.

11:22 Video- The work of tankers.

11:00 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the Zapad group

In the course of hostilities in the Kupyansky direction, the aviation of the group carried out strikes on the concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment of the 14th Separate Mechanized Rifle Brigade and on TerO units.

In addition, three enemy UAVs were destroyed by air defense systems: Valkyrie, Fury and Leleka-100.

10:39 Video– Help your own: combat work of crews of Tornado-S multiple launch rocket systems of the Western Military District

The calculation of the MLRS "Tornado-S" received new target designations. According to intelligence, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have concentrated military equipment, weapons and ammunition to supply their forces.

"Tornado-S" disable and destroy command posts, warehouses with weapons, ammunition and fuel and lubricants, communication centers, air defense equipment and other important targets located at a great distance.

Thanks to the well-coordinated actions of the crews, the vehicles leave the dangerous area at maximum speed as soon as possible after the impact, and in a few minutes they can already deliver another strike from another firing position. Crews never work in the same position twice, they never take vehicles to the same cover.

“... When we go on a mission, the first thing in our heads is that we help our own people there, first of all. The life of the infantry, those guys who are closer to the line of contact, depends on our launches. Therefore, in our heads, only to complete the task as quickly as possible in order to save our lives, ”shared the head of the crew of the Tornado-S MLRS combat vehicle, Evgeny.

10:28 Video- Consequences of the night artillery attack of the center of Donetsk.

10:14 Photo- Consequences of the artillery attack of the Central City district of Gorlovka, as a result of which one civilian was killed, two were injured.

10:00 At night, an artillery strike was carried out at the place of temporary deployment of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Tokarevka, as a result of which: 18 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed; 15 - received injuries of varying severity, eight units. automotive equipment - disabled

Yesterday, artillery fire in the area of N. p. Sofiyivka was destroyed by 122mm D-30 howitzer with ammunition loss of 3 dead soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 4 were injured of varying severity. Also, the D-30 howitzer was destroyed in Sofiyivka.

09:52 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 05/18/2023 to 00:00 05/19/2023
Over the past day, the Representation reported 44 facts of firing by the AFU.

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 13 attacks from the MLRS, artillery 155mm and 152mm.

On Gorlovsky 29 artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.
On Volnovakhsky one artillery attack from MLRS, artillery 155mm and 152mm.
On Starobeshevsky one artillery attack from MLRS.

Having fired 191 units of various ammunition.

Under enemy fire were areas of seven settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Central City, Nikitovsky districts), Ozeryanovka, the capital city of Donetsk (Kiev, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Aleksandrovka, Yelenovka, Volnovakha, Peschanoe.

Over the past day, information was received about the death of one civilian in the Central City district of Gorlovka.

Wounds of varying severity were received by three civilians in the Central City and Nikitovsky districts of Gorlovka.

18 residential buildings were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, Nikitovsky and Central City districts of Gorlovka, Staromikhaylovka and the village. Peschanoe, Starobeshevsky district, as well as two civil infrastructure facilities.

In the previous day, 59 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.


09:50 Crews of 2S19 152mm Msta-S self-propelled artillery mounts of the Southern Military District carry out fire missions to destroy the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the zone of the special operation —video

Artillerymen of the Southern Military District, supporting the actions of motorized rifle units, disrupt the rotation of Ukrainian nationalists and prevent the enemy from transferring reserves to the line of contact.

09:49 Kherson direction

The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired from barrel artillery:

-- n.p. Korsunka fired seven rounds;
-- Alyoshki fired nine rounds at the settlement;
-- 8 rounds were fired at the Solontsy settlement;
-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery fired five rounds;
-- n.p. Cairo fired six rounds;
-- n.p. Staraya Zburyevka fired seven rounds.

Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement. Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, settlement Krynki, settlement Gornostaevka firing a total of 26 rounds from cannon artillery.

Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.

08:29 Summary on the morning of May 19, 2023

The next night, missile weapons and Geran UAVs attacked enemy targets in Ukraine. Explosions sounded in Lvov, Krivoy Rog, Lutsk, Nikolaev, Rivne, Khmelnytsky, Chernihiv and Volyn regions.

Heavy fighting continues in the west of Artemovsk (Bakhmut). PMC "Wagner" took control of the fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "Domino".

In the Kherson direction yesterday, our troops destroyed a small enemy landing group, but the boats of the Armed Forces of Ukraine managed to escape, they report from the field.

In Crimea yesterday, as a result of an explosion on a railway near Simferopol, wagons with grain derailed. By evening, train traffic was restored.

In the Belgorod region, Novaya Tavolzhanka was under fire. In the village of Nizhneye Berezovo, Shebekinsky district, two people died, one was seriously injured.

In the Kursk region, as a result of an explosion in a sports and recreation complex in the village of Glushkovo, windows were broken and the facade was damaged. Two residents received shrapnel wounds of moderate severity.

In the DPR, the enemy fired 191 ammunition, Gorlovka, Ozeryanovka, Donetsk, Aleksandrovka, Yelenovka, Volnovakha, Peschanoe under fire. A civilian was killed, three were wounded.


08:21 Consequences of the night shelling ib Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants

08:07 Frontline summary on the morning of 05/19/2023
On the Donetsk front, the Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out offensive operations in the direction of Sladkoye. There was no active hostilities in this zone for more than a year. Thus, the Ukrainian troops are striving to reach the section of the H-20 highway, which goes to Volnovakha. The RF Armed Forces again showed activity in Marinka, where, with the support of artillery, they continued assault operations.

Under shelling, the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novomikhailovka, Paraskovyivka, the city of Krasnogorovka, Nevelsky, Pervomaysky, Karlovka, Avdeevka, Novoselovka First, Novokalinovo, Shumy and Severny (a settlement north-west of Gorlovka). The Armed Forces of Ukraine struck at Donetsk, Yasinovataya and Horlivka.

To the south of Bakhmut - fierce oncoming battles on the western approaches to Kleshcheevka. Russian troops after artillery strikes tried to counterattack in the direction of Ivanovsky. No success. In Bakhmut itself, PMC Wagner, with the support of artillery, continued to assault the last positions of the Ukrainian garrison on the outskirts of the city from the west and north.

North of Soledar, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are attacking in the area of Sacco and Vanzetti. This "dead" village is of great interest to both warring parties in terms of logistics. Russian troops shelled Belaya Gora, Predtechino, Chasov Yar, Bogdanovka, Grigorovka, Novomarkovo, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Vasyukovka, Vesyoloye, Controversial and Verkhnekamenskoye. The Ukrainian army hit Kurdyumivka, the districts of Bakhmut and Zheleznyansky controlled by PMC Wagner.

In the Luhansk direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine counterattacked near Belogorivka and occupied a number of previously lost positions. The RF Armed Forces, in turn, managed to advance in the Serebryansky forest area in the Shipilovka area. With the support of artillery, Russian troops carried out offensive operations near Nevsky and Makeevka.

They also launched a ground attack at Novosyolovsky. The positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Belogorivka, Torskoye, Stelmakhivka, Berestovoye, Tabaevka, Kislovka, Zapadny, Dvurechnaya, Novomlynsk, Figolevka and Krasny Pervoy are under shelling.

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