The head of the Lugansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai said that the Ukrainian soldiers are advancing little by little in the Kremensk direction. Russian troops are trying to attack the defenders, but are rebuffed, he said during a telethon.

The situation on this sector of the front is difficult, but completely controlled by the Defense Forces.

" All enemy attacks there are beaten off by our defenders.. As for the Kharkiv direction, the Svatov-Kremensky direction, it is the same there: Stelmakhivka, Makeevka, Chervonopopovka, Kremennaya - they are under shelling,"

In these areas, he continued, the invaders are trying to attack, but the Armed Forces of Ukraine repel their attacks..

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Recall that British intelligence explained that the peculiarity of the battles for Kremennaya is that the coniferous forest provides some cover from air surveillance even in winter. As a consequence, both sides are likely trying to fine-tune their artillery fire..

The de-occupation of Kremennaya will allow Ukrainian soldiers to control the main roads to Severodonetsk and Lysychansk and hit the invaders attacking Bakhmut. The Russians are aware of this threat.