Ukraine suffered heavy casualties from the Russian offensive in the east of the country. However, they are much heavier on the Russian side, presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych said yesterday: “Their losses are colossal.” The office of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced an operation to remove civilians from the complex.
The British Ministry of Defense reported particularly heavy fighting around the Donbas cities of Lysychansk and Severodonetsk. “Russia’s territorial gains are limited and have been achieved at significant cost to the Russian military,” he said of the military situation.
In turn, the Russian Defense Ministry announced an attack on Ukrainian military targets with cruise missiles from a submarine in the Black Sea. According to the Interfax news agency, it was the first time Russia had made such an attack public. The respective information could not be verified by an independent party.