A difficult situation remains in the Donbas, but the Armed Forces of Ukraine are holding back the pressure of the occupying troops and do not allow them to advance in the Avdiivka and Bakhmut directions. The enemy is unsuccessfully trying to establish control over the Donetsk region. Over the past day, Ukrainian defenders repelled enemy attacks near Bakhmutsky, Kodema, Peskov and Nevelsky. This was reported by the press service of the General Staff.

According to the Ukrainian military, on August 23, in the Slavic direction, the enemy carried out artillery shelling near Krasnopolye and Mazanovka.. Tried to conduct reconnaissance at Bogorodichny. Armed Forces of Ukraine inflicted a fire defeat on the occupiers and forced them to flee.

In the Bakhmut direction, shelling was recorded in the areas of the settlements of Bakhmut, Soledar, Zaitsevo and Belogorovka. The enemy fought offensive battles in the directions of Bakhmutsky and Kodema, but suffered another setback.

In the Avdeevka direction, the enemy fired from various types of artillery near Maryinka, Peski, Netaylovy, Krasnogorovka and Zhelezny. Conducted offensive battles in the direction of the settlements of Peski and Nevelskoye. Again unsuccessfully.

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