The Russian occupiers continue to concentrate their offensive operations in the Donetsk and Slavyansk directions, exerting a fiery influence along the line of confrontation. This is stated in the morning summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

" In the Donetsk direction, the enemy continues the offensive in the Limansky, Severodonetsky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Kurakhovsky directions. The aggressor is moving weapons and military equipment from the territory of the Russian Federation,"

In particular, the Armed Forces of Ukraine note that in the Bakhmut and Severodonetsk directions, the aggressor concentrated up to fifteen helicopters in the Luhansk region for air support of offensive operations..

In Mariupol, the Russians continue to bombard and block Ukrainian defenders in the Azovstal area.

Over the past day, in the Donetsk and Luhansk directions, the Armed Forces of Ukraine managed to neutralize 12 attacks, destroy three tanks, three artillery systems, six units of armored vehicles and seven enemy vehicles.

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Earlier it was reported that Russia could have evacuated from Azovstal in order to later call Mariupol their own..