Describing the situation in the east of the country, in the morning report of the General Staff they note that in the Severodonetsk direction, the Ukrainian military is holding back the assault in this city, but the fighting continues. Russian offensive attempt in Toshkovka region failed. The enemy also tried to advance into Ustinovka, but the Armed Forces of Ukraine rejected him.

In the Bakhmut direction, Russia is increasingly using aviation. In addition, over the past day, there were also shelling of our positions from mortars, cannon artillery and MLRS in the areas of. Pokrovskoe, Berestovoe, Zolotoe-4, Vrubovka, Mayskoe, Yakovlevka and Dolomitnoe. The invaders launched airstrikes with Ka-52 helicopters in the areas of the settlements of Pokrovskoye, Vozrozhdenie and Yakovlevka.

Yesterday, the Ukrainian military also did not let the invaders relax: as a result of the fire damage inflicted by the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Nagornoye, the enemy retreated to their previously occupied positions.

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In the Avdeevka, Novopavlovsk and Zaporizhia directions, in order to constrain the actions of our troops and prevent the overturning of the reserves of the Defense Forces to other directions, the enemy exerted intense fire influence on the positions of our units in the areas of the settlements of Sands, New York, Lyubomirovka, Avdeevka, Novobakhmutovka, Orekhov, Kamyshevakha. An air strike was inflicted on New York and a missile strike on the settlement of Kurakhovo.

Recall, the other day the head of the Zaporizhzhya Regional Military District said that the invaders are withdrawing troops from the Melitopol and part of the Vasilyevsky districts.