The most difficult battles are now taking place in the Donbass. The Russians want to capture the entire Lugansk region and encircle our troops near Severodonetsk. This was announced by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

“The enemy is trying to gain a foothold in the area of \u200b\u200bSeverodonetsk. Led assault operations in the direction of the settlement Ustinovka, had no success. Fighting continues in the Bakhmut direction. The enemy unsuccessfully attempted an offensive in the areas of Kamyshevakhi, Lipovoye and Nagornoye, ”the General Staff reports..

In the Avdeevka direction, the invaders conducted assault operations in the areas of Krasnogorovka, Kamenka, Avdeevka and Peskov, but were not successful. On the Novopavlovsk direction, the enemy attempted an offensive in the area of \u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bthe settlement of Zolotaya Niva, retreated with losses. In the Zaporozhye direction, the enemy fired artillery at the areas of the settlements of Novopol, Volshebnoe, Orekhov and Kamenka.

Over the past day, ten enemy attacks were repulsed in the Donetsk and Lugansk directions, four tanks, two artillery systems, an armored personnel carrier, a car and one unit of special equipment were destroyed.

Air defense units destroyed five Orlan-10 UAVs.

Attack aircraft of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked enemy positions - personnel and up to ten units of lightly armored vehicles were destroyed. Our fighters intercepted and shot down two cruise missiles.

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Recall, the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that in order to complete the planned Lugansk cauldron, the Russians will try to capture Bakhmut and Seversk.