"The situation is tense in all areas of the front": writes on Telegram the Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Defense, Hanna Malyar. "The enemy continues to focus its main efforts in the directions of Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Maryinka, and heavy fighting continues," he adds.
"Very brutal battles are underway, but we are seeing results," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said last night, stressing that Kiev forces could gain territory in the Donetsk region.