While Russia steps up its offensive on East End of Ukraine, Ukrainian military claimed that the Russian troops were making little progress, especially in Donetsk region.
” rate of promote of enemy units during combat in Donetsk direction low, due to physical exhaustion of personnel and low moral and psychological state,” the General Staff of Ukraine said. of Armed forces of Ukraine said on Saturday.
Russia air Events “remains high” over in eastern Ukraine and contributed to Russia’s “recent tactical successes”, but “failed have a significant impact on conflict,” latest intelligence assessment of the British defense The ministry said on Saturday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said this week that one-fifth of the territory of the country is under the control of Russia, with Donbass “almost completely destroyed.”
Here is the status of battles throughout the country, according to the Ukrainian military.
East
In Bakhmut area of Donetsk regionRussian troops were forced to retreat, “having suffered results of in fire damage from Ukrainian units.
in Slavyansk. area of Donetsk, Russia failed in “assault operations” in two districts and “suffered losses”, the Ukrainian military said. Russia also “swept away out artillery bombardment” in three other areas.
Ukrainian military said that the Russian units are strengthening on approaches to Slavyansk, how they gear up for renewed attacks on city. hundreds of people every day they run from Slavyansk, with the number of evacuees nearly doubled this week, the report said. head of in cityx military administration, Vadim Lyakh, on Saturday. There is currently about 22000 people left in in the city around the fifth of pre-war population of approximately 110,000, according to Lyakh.
In total, Ukraine repelled nine Russian attacks in Donbass region in in past 24 hours, military said.
But Russia “did not stop offensive operations” and “continue to launch missiles and air strikes on military and civilian infrastructure,” the statement said.
In Lugansk region4 people were killed and one people were injured after Russian shelling in six districts, according to the regional government. in battle for in city of Severodonetsk, street the fighting continues, there were also “assault actions in Industrial Zone” of in the city, which is still held by Ukrainian troops.
Ukraine now controls near half of Severodonetsk after the recapture of part of the territory from the Russians, according to Sergei Gaidai, head of Lugansk region military administration.
United Kingdom defense ministry on On Friday, they said they expected Russia to take control of whole of Lugansk region in east of Ukraine within next two weeks, according to latest intelligence assessment.
northeast
In Sumy, the Russians fired on six airrockets “ground” on On Saturday morning and at night, rockets were fired from a Russian plane, according to Dmitry Zhivitsky, head of Sumy region military administration. Homes damaged, no one injured in attacks.
In Kharkov region, one one person died and eight people were wounded after being shot in Balaklia, including 11-year“Old lady,” regional officials said. military statement added that “intense fire continues” against Positions of the Ukrainian troops.
South
In Odessa there are two people were injured after a cruise missile fired by a Russian aircraft hit an agricultural warehouse on Saturday morning, said Sergei Bratchuk, press secretary. of Odessa military administration.
Further east, city of Nikolaev was “fired upon”. with heavy artillery and multiple launch rocket systems” on Saturday morning. Not one was wounded, the regional office said.
In Kherson area situation remains “Stably difficult,” regional officials said. Russian troops continued shelling area of Novovorontsovka. Phone and internet communications remain limited for “overwhelming majority” of in population of the region needs “urgent humanitarian assistance” in in the Kakhovka and Berislavsky districts of the Dnieper,” the message says.
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