Groupings of enemy troops are conducting an offensive operation in the Eastern Operational Zone. The main goal remains the cordon and defeat of the grouping of the Joint Forces, the establishment of full control over the territory of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions and the provision of a land corridor with the occupied Crimea.

This is stated in the evening summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The enemy continues to inflict missile and bomb strikes on military and civilian infrastructure.

In the Slobozhansky direction, enemy groups from the units of the 6th Combined Arms Army of the Western Military District, coastal troops of the Baltic and Northern fleets continue to partially block Kharkov and shell it.

In the Izyum direction, enemy units and subunits from the 1st Tank Army, the 20th and 35th combined arms armies, the 68th Army Corps and airborne troops, supported by artillery, are conducting an offensive in the direction of the settlement of Barvenkovo. In order to reconnoiter the positions of our troops, the enemy continues to use UAVs in the specified area.

In the border areas of the Belgorod region with Ukraine, the Russian invaders continue to hold field camps to restore combat capability and train units. According to available information, up to five enemy battalion tactical groups are located in this area in the immediate vicinity of the state border of Ukraine..

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy is conducting active operations along almost the entire line of collision. The main efforts are focused on taking control of Rubizhne, Popasnaya and Marinka.

In the Severodonetsk direction, as part of the regrouping of troops, in the direction of Kremennaya, the invaders moved up to a tank battalion from the units of the 90th Panzer Division, as well as a pontoon-bridge unit from the 12th Separate Engineering Brigade of the Central Military District.

To develop the offensive in the direction of the settlement of Liman, the enemy is building up a group of troops.

Russian invaders do not stop shelling and air strikes on Mariupol. The blocking of units of our troops in the area of \u200b\u200bthe Azovstal plant continues.

In the Yuzhnobuzhsky and Tauride directions, the enemy continues to hold the occupied line, in some directions unsuccessfully tries to improve the tactical situation, improves the engineering equipment of their positions. Carries out shelling of the positions of our troops.

On the territory of the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova, units of the operational group of Russian troops are put on combat readiness "

Ukrainian defenders and defenders keep the defense and continue to methodically inflict damage on the Russian occupiers.