The Kremlin army carried out unsuccessful offensive operations west of Izyum, about which the General Staff warned yesterday, and also tried to advance north of Slavyansk. Russian forces would likely opt to attempt to encircle Ukrainian forces at Lysychansk and block other lines of communication northwest of the city before resuming a full-scale offensive against Slovyansk. This is stated in the summary of the Institute for the Study of War following the results of the past day..

The occupiers continued to move north towards Lysychansk and now there is a possibility of encirclement of Ukrainian forces in Gorny-Zolotoye. According to Ukrainian officials, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are fighting the last battles in the industrial zone of Severodonetsk before leaving the city..

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Ukrainian troops continue to conduct a counteroffensive on the border of the Kherson and Dnipropetrovsk regions and challenged the invaders in Kherson.

In particular, in this city, Ukrainian partisans continued their offensive against collaborators..

Recall that a few days ago, Ukrainian defenders carried out counter-offensive operations in this area..

At the same time, Russian troops are destroying roads and bridges leading to Lisichansk from helicopters..

As for the situation near Slavyansk, in this direction last week the Russians did not give up their attempts to disrupt the logistics routes for the supply of the Armed Forces.