Russian occupation forces mine the banks of the Ingulets River. Most likely, this indicates the preparation for counteroffensive actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Snigirevka-Zelenodolsk region in southern Ukraine, according to the American Institute for the Study of War ISW..

Russians are trying to improve their position in the south, analysts say. In particular, they launched local ground strikes near the border between Kherson and Mykolaiv regions..

In the Donbas, the invaders carried out ground strikes east of Seversk, east and south of Bakhmut and unsuccessfully tried to advance northwest of Donetsk.

At the same time, the Ukrainian Defense Forces were engaged in limited positional fighting north of Kharkiv..

Earlier, military expert Oleksandr Kovalenko said that near the village of Vysokopolye in the Kherson region, Russian invaders fell into a cauldron and demanded to organize a "

As a result of the counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, more than a thousand Russian soldiers are surrounded. The "

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Over time, Aleksey Arestovich, adviser to the head of the President's Office, confirmed the encirclement of a group of Russian troops in the Kherson region in the Vysokopolie area. According to him, the Russian command is demoralized by what is happening in the Kherson region.. Arestovich calls all this a consequence of the successful operation of HIMARS and other weapons.. According to him, the only option for the surrounded invaders to stay alive is to surrender. Arestovich also said that this is the first and far from the last boiler for the Russian army..

Earlier it was reported that the solution of the operational task of destroying the enemy's logistics system was taken as the priority of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The solution of this key task will finally destroy the ability of the Russian troops to take offensive actions..