Russia divides its efforts between Donetsk and Kharkiv, scenes of bloody fighting in eastern Ukraine, and Kherson, in the south, where Ukrainian incursions on the left bank of the Dnieper River forced the Russians to change the head of forces there. front to stop the Ukrainian advance.
The situation in eastern Ukraine continues to be tense: according to the Ukrainian General Staff's daily war report, Russia attempted to regain ground on the Bakhmut front, in the eastern region of Donetsk, where Ukrainian defenders repelled three attacks.
The American Institute for War Studies (ISW) confirmed, based on geolocated images, advances by the Ukrainian army northwest of the town of Kurdiumivka, about ten kilometers south of Bakhmut. The Russian Ministry of Defense, for its part, remained silent on the matter and limited itself to reporting intense attacks by its artillery in towns south of Bakhmut, which would have caused nearly 170 casualties to enemy forces.
Equally tense is the situation in Avdíyivka, which Russia has been trying to surround for three weeks and into which it is launching infantry groups “without support from artillery fire,” according to the ISW.
In the northeastern Kharkiv region, fighting is centered on the Kupiansk front. The Russian Defense Ministry claimed to have repelled five enemy attacks in the vicinity of the town of Skinkivka, while the Ukrainian General Staff said it repulsed two Russian attacks.
In this context, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met yesterday with the flat major of the army to debate the situation on the front and in particular in Kúpiansk, Avdíyivka and Jerson.
Ukraine took advantage of the intense fighting in Donetsk and Kharkiv to take the initiative on the left bank of the Dnieper River, occupied by Russia and belonging to the southern region of Kherson, before which the Russian General Staff made the decision to change the commander of the forces. that operate in the sector. According to British military intelligence, “holding the Kherson region,” annexed by Russia in September 2022, remains a high-priority objective for Russian forces.
While intense fighting continues on the front, Russia does not stop its attacks against the Ukrainian rear. The head of the military administration of the city of Kherson, Román Mrochko, denounced on Telegram that the city had been subject to a massive attack against the central district that destroyed several warehouses and damaged a dozen vehicles.
