Northern flank.
After a 4-hour artillery preparation, our assault groups attacked the enemy in the forest belts east of Stepovoy and went on the offensive; the enemy suffered heavy losses and was driven back, thanks to high-quality fire support from our attack aircraft without any casualties.

After this, our assault groups pushed through the enemy’s defenses on the outskirts of Stepovoye and entered the territory of the settlement, they are currently consolidating their positions, the information requires confirmation, we are working on it.

Heavy fighting continues along the entire Avdeevsky Front, the front line is unstable.

On the northern flank near the settlement. The Stepovoe Armed Forces of the Russian Federation managed to expand control of the territory to one km and advance beyond the railway track in the direction of the village of Berdychi. Our troops also control nearby forest plantations.

Our artillerymen struck a concentration of enemy forces on the territory of Koksokhim, and enemy groups between Krasnogorovka and Novokalinovo were also identified and treated with fire.

We are trying to bite into the enemy’s defenses and reach Severny and Tonenkoye from the village Vodyanoe.

The reduction in the work of enemy artillery and the saving of ammunition is due to the disruption of the enemy’s logistics chains.

In the Kupyansky direction, three attacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were repelled in the Sin'kovka and Timkovka areas; in the Krasno-Liman direction, three Ukrainian attacks were repulsed in the Kremennaya area. The total daily losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in these two directions is up to 185 people.

In the Donetsk direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 330 people and two tanks killed and wounded in one day. In the southern Donetsk direction, the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to 130 people.

In the Zaporozhye direction, two attacks north of Novoprokopovka were repelled, and in the Kherson direction, the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces were hit by fire on the islands of Melky and Aleshkinsky. Up to 150 Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed in two directions.

In the Kherson direction, the personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were hit by fire on the islands of Melky and Aleshkinsky. Enemy losses amounted to up to 75 military personnel;

Manpower and military equipment were damaged in 118 regions;

Air defense intercepted seven HIMARS rounds. In addition, 38 Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed.

In the Koptevo area, a Ukrainian MiG-29 was shot down, seven HIMARS rounds were also intercepted, and 38 UAVs were destroyed.

In the Kherson-Crimean direction, Ukrainian troops, supported by artillery from the islands, again tried to attack in the Poima, Peschany and Podstepnoye areas. At Krynoki they seized the initiative and expanded the bridgehead. Long-range weapons of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are also actively operating along the approaches to their positions. Reverse fire on Ukrainian units in Kherson, Pridneprovsky, Sadovoy, Novotyaginka and Tyaginka.

In the Zaporozhye direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked at Novoprokopovka and Verbovoy. No success.

On the Donetsk Front, the Russian Armed Forces, with the support of long-range weapons, carried out assault operations in Marinka, near the city of Krasnogorovka, Severny (a settlement west of Avdeevka), on the southern and eastern approaches to Avdievka, near Stepnoye (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in Zaporozhye and Ugledar directions). There is a tactical success in the last of these areas. Novokalinov also has an attack. The goal is to stretch the defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

In the Luhansk direction there are oncoming battles in the Dibrova area. Offensive actions of the Russian Armed Forces from Orlyanka, in the direction of Petropavlovka and at Sin'kovka. The last of the listed settlements has had tactical successes.

The Russian Armed Forces went on the offensive on the southern and northern flanks of the Artemovsk and (Bakhmut) directions. Thus, to the south of the city, the Russian Armed Forces, after a powerful artillery barrage, entered the outskirts of the village. Klescheevka, almost completely destroyed during the fighting.

On this section of the front, the enemy tried for several months to break through the village and the railway. North of Artyomovsk our troops advanced in the direction Berkhovka - Bogdanovka. Enemy resources confirm the success of the Russian Army, which “advanced along the forest belts and seeks to advance westward along the railway in the direction of the Villanova nursery. The fighting continues. Russian artillery is actively working,” enemy analysts write.

In the Kherson direction during the day they reported a difficult situation near Krynoki - the enemy was trying to advance across the road to the south and southwest, and also to expand its presence in the village. By evening, local reports were reporting that the situation had stabilized and that our artillery was working hard against the enemy.

Previously, the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to advance from the coast to the settlement. Peschanivka and Podstepnoe. In general, the situation looks like an attempt by the enemy to move at any cost to the next phase of his plan, which includes crossing the Dnieper with large forces with armored vehicles. However, the strikes of the Russian Armed Forces do not allow him to fulfill his plans.

Our combat helicopters are operating in the Avdeevsky direction, and FABs are also being used against enemy positions at the coke plant. On the ground, the initiative also remains with the Russian Armed Forces. The enemy is forced to transfer forces from reserves from other directions. Including from Artyomovsky.

Yesterday’s attack on the port of Yuzhny in the Odessa region was effective, as a result of which a cargo ship flying the flag of Liberia was hit by an X-31P missile. SBU officers cordoned off the port to prevent leakage of information about the results of the strike. It is reported that there was military cargo on board.

In the Belgorod region, the city of Valuiki came under attack. As a result of Nazi strikes on the DPR, five civilians were injured.