In the Bakhmut direction, Russian troops are preparing for assault operations, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports on Facebook.

" Four missile strikes were carried out on the settlements of Verkhnekamenskoye, Vrubovka and Soledar,"

The occupiers launched an air strike on the areas of the settlements of Berestovo and Pokrovskoye.

The troops of the Russian Federation do not stop conducting offensive operations in the Eastern Operational Zone in order to establish full control over the territory of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions and block the sea lanes of Ukraine in the northwestern part of the Black Sea.

Russian troops will enter active hostilities in the Severodonetsk, Bakhmut and Kurakhovsky directions.