Russian troops try to advance from the Lugansk region to the first settlements of the Donetsk region: the head of the Lugansk regional military administration, Serhii Haidai, writes on Facebook, according to Ukrinform.
"It appears that the occupiers are conducting the offensive west of Lysychansk," Gaidai notes, "but we are trying to hold back the Russian formations across the front line. Attempts to penetrate deep into the neighboring region, along the administrative border, continue. . They are attacking from different directions. Where it is inconvenient for them to advance, they create a real hell, continuously bombing the areas on the horizon. Therefore, danger is reaching everywhere, from Creminna to Popasna ".
Last night, Russian troops launched eight artillery attacks,
three mortar and nine missile attacks.
In the last 24 hours the Russians have had a "slight success" and continue the offensive west of Lysychansk, continues Gaidai, underlining that "so far we have not noticed any pause in operations, announced by the enemy. The enemy attacks and opens fire on the territories. Ukrainians with the same intensity as before. Our soldiers continue to defend themselves with courage ".
An offensive is underway on the city of Bachmut, in the Donbass, by the Russian armed forces and the militia of the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR).
The Tass writes, specifying that "the allied forces have taken control of the village of Klinovoe, about 6 km from Bachmut", a town of about 80,000 residents under Ukrainian control and considered 'strategic' for the attack on Sloviansk and Kramatorsk .
The Russian embassy in the US attacks: "The US authorities are sending new weapons to Ukraine because they want to prolong the conflict by any means".
Russian forces bombed the Ukrainian region of Mykolaiv, in the south of the country, damaging two railway stations and some houses: the press service of the regional administration writes on Facebook, according to Ukrinform.
For the moment there are no victims.
The villages along the contact line in the Bastanka district "are bombed relentlessly - the message reads -. On the night of July 8, the Bereznehuvate station, the village of Murakhivka and the village of Kalynivka and the community of Bereznehuvate are been targeted ".
In addition, the village of Novomykolaivka and the community of Pervomaisk were bombed yesterday.
Residential buildings suffered damage.
Russia is positioning reservists near the borders with Ukraine for future offensive operations: British intelligence writes in its daily update on the situation in the country.
However, a large proportion of the new infantry units are likely equipped with dated armored vehicles - the MT-LBs - originally designed in the 1950s as artillery transport tractors, points out the report published by the Ministry of Defense on Twitter. limited armor and only equipped with a machine gun.
The front-line assault units, on the other hand, use modern vehicles - the BMP-2 - equipped with armor up to 33mm, a 30mm gun, and an anti-tank missile launcher.
Although President Putin said last Thursday that the Russian army "
A group of Ukrainian recruits has arrived in the UK to follow a training program that will last several weeks, the Guardian reports.
"This ambitious new training program is the next stage in the UK's support for the Ukrainian military in their fight against Russian aggression," said British Defense Minister Ben Wallace, who met with the recruits. world-class British Army, we will help Ukraine rebuild its forces and increase its resistance while defending their country's sovereignty and their right to choose their own future. "
The program consists of basic training for UK soldiers and includes courses in the use of weapons, first aid, field vehicles,
on patrol tactics and the law relating to armed conflict.
The British government has purchased thousands of AK assault rifles for the program, the same ones they will use on the front lines.