A massive missile attack was launched overnight by the Russian military over the Kharkiv region of eastern Ukraine, the head of the regional military administration Oleg Sinegubov reported, quoted by RBC-Ukraine. Transport infrastructure and an apartment building were damaged but there were no casualties.
According to the latest update of the Ukrainian General Staff posted on Facebook, in the last 24 years Russia has suffered the loss in battle of 620 soldiers, bringing to about 199 thousand the total number of soldiers of the Federation dead since the beginning of the invasion. Ukrainian officer Anatolii Shtefan said Russian troops suffered heavy casualties in Klishchiivka, near Bakhmut, Donetsk, yesterday, Unian said.
According to the special forces of the Southern Group of the Federation, the Russian army took full control of a section of the highway near the village of Novokalinovo near Avdiivka, Donetsk, one of the fronts where the battles are concentrated. Ria Novosti reports. "We are on the stretch of the H20 road, the area of the Novokalinovo settlement. The stretch of road is under our control. We have mortar fire teams here. It is very difficult for Ukrainians to break through," a Southern Group fighter told Russia's state news agency Novokalinovo is located about seven kilometers north of Avdiivka, one of the main fortified areas on the territory of the self-proclaimed republic of Donetsk that so far remains under Kiev's control.