Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] 1. Artemovsk.
Detachments of PMC "Wagner" entered Artemovsk and started fighting on its eastern outskirts, taking advantage of the fact that the enemy suffered heavy losses both in defense (under artillery fire) and during an unsuccessful attack on Pokrovskoye. There are also battles for the Merry Valley and on the outskirts of Kodema. Semigorye is completely liberated.
2. Soledar.
Fighting continues in the industrial zone. Bakhmutsky has some progress. Fighting continues near Yakovlevka and Belogorovka. In the area of ​​Seversk, the enemy managed to stabilize the front, fighting continues near Serebryanka, Ivano-Daryevka and Verkhnekamensky.
3. Peski.
In the morning, most of the village was controlled by our troops. By evening, progress was noted in the cleansing and advance to the western outskirts in the direction of Pervomaisky. Nevertheless, reports of the complete liberation of Pesok are still ahead of events, although the fortified area in Peski is not long away. And then either an attack on Pervomaisk or Vodyanoye will follow in order to create a threat to the Orlovka-Avdeevka highway.
4. Avdievka.
No significant changes. Fighting north of Avdievka continued along the Avdeevka-Konstantinovka highway near Kamenka, Novoselka-2, Novobakhmutsky, and also on the outskirts of New York. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine generally recognizes the complication of the situation for the Avdievka group due to the advance of the RF Armed Forces south of Avdievka. It is also worth noting the ongoing terrorist shelling of Donetsk and other settlements of the Donetsk agglomeration.
5. Slavyansk.
Positional battles continue in the area of ​​​​Sidorov, Bogorodichny, Dolina and Prishib. The Armed Forces of Ukraine claim that they were able to regain control over the destroyed village of Mazanovka, which was located in the "gray zone". The RF Armed Forces continue to deliver concentrated strikes against concentrations of enemy forces in the Slavyansko-Kramatorsk agglomeration, from where the civilian population continues to be evacuated. The Russian Defense Ministry claims that up to 400 enemy soldiers and officers were destroyed in Konstantinovka.
6. Izyum.
The front in the Izyum direction revived somewhat. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are storming Gusarovka, the loss of which can significantly complicate the situation for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation do not comment on the statements about the storming of Gusarovka.
7. Kharkov.
After the capture of Borshcheva, the RF Armed Forces are pushing in the direction of Kharkov in the direction of Russian and Cherkasy Tishok, as well as in the area of ​​Bayrak and Dementyevka. Nevertheless, the trend towards positionality persists here. Regular rocket attacks continue on Kharkov and Chuguev. The enemy continues shelling the border areas.
8. Krivoy Rog.
The attempts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to strengthen the foothold on the Ingulets River near Andreevka continued, which has already led to large losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in manpower. Increasingly, instead of statements about an attack on Kherson and complaints about constant attacks on Nikolaev, there are statements about the threat of an offensive by the RF Armed Forces. Nevertheless, the enemy did not give up hope for successful offensive operations in the Krivoy Rog and Nikopol directions.