In eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian and Russian troops continue to fight heavily in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions. In the direction of the city of Bakhmut, there are Russian attacks “to improve the tactical situation”, announced today the Ukrainian general staff. The cities of Wessele, Soledar, Berestowe and Vowchojarivka were under artillery fire.
There is also heavy fighting in the separatist stronghold of Donetsk. The Russians are also trying to attack towards Sloviansk. In the neighboring Luhansk region, the city of Severodonetsk was particularly disputed. Part of the industrial city is still under Ukrainian control. There were also artillery bombardments on sections of the front in the Kharkiv, Zaporizhia, Kherson and Mykolaiv regions.
According to Ukrainian sources, there are still thousands of civilians in Severodonetsk. “Out of 100,000 inhabitants, about 10,000 are still there, not counting the victims,” said the governor of the Donbass sub-region in Luhansk, Serhiy Hajday. The Ukrainian army is “holding back the enemy as best it can”. Meanwhile, Russian-backed separatists are again announcing a humanitarian corridor in Sieverodonetsk. The information cannot be independently verified.