In Donbas, violent fighting continues but Sievierodonetsk, Lysychansk, Avdiivka, Krasnohorivka, and other hotspots are holding out. The Russian army continues with the assault on Sievierodonetsk. The Ukrainian military and more than 500 civilians remain there, hiding in the Azot plant. The Ukrainian army conducts a successful counterattack in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts where the Russian military focused on holding their defensive positions. The Russian army is accumulating forces in the Kharkiv direction and in the Zaporizhzhia region. In the South, Russian troops increased the number of ships and submarines in the Black Sea, with a total arsenal of 36 missiles. Russian troops destroy fuel storage facilities in the east of Ukraine.
Russian troops to advance towards Kharkiv, Ukraine official says, Reuters reports. “The situation north of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, is quite difficult as Russian forces have been trying to get closer to shell the city again, an official at Ukraine’s interior ministry said on Sunday. Russia is trying to make Kharkiv a frontline city, Vadym Denysenko, an adviser to the interior minister, told Ukraine’s national television.”
Ukraine loses control over Metiolkine village near Siverodonetsk, Ukrinform reports. This was announced on Facebook by the head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration, Serhiy Haidai. “Battles are underway in multiple villages around Siverodonetsk and Lysychansk. Unfortunately, we currently have no control over Metiolkine near the regional center. The rucists intensified artillery and air fire. The Russians are hitting hard the Siverodonetsk industrial zone and the city outskirts. The same is true in the Toshkivka and Ustynivka districts, where the orcs seek to gain a breakthrough. For this purpose, they have gathered a large amount of equipment there, the statement reads.”
20 missiles of Kalibr type in the Black Sea are prepared to be launched, Ukrayinska Pravda reports, citing Operational Command South. “The naval group of the Russian forces fleet has not changed overnight, it continues to keep a safe distance from the shore, so as not to face another strike. Nevertheless, 20 Calibre cruise missiles are ready to be used against Ukraine. A hostile landing operation is currently unlikely to happen, but not ruled out.”
Ukrainian aviation attacks Russian invaders’ and their equipment, Ukrayinska Pravda reports, citing Operational Command South. “4 air attacks were carried out by missile and artillery units and aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as part of fire tasks. Three helicopters hit the aggressors massed in the Kherson region, attack aircraft hit the invaders’ accumulated manpower and equipment in the area of Davydiv Brid and Snihurivka, and a fighter struck an ammunition store in the Bilozirka hromada [community] of Kherson region.”
