A video on Ukrainian social networks from the front in Donetsk shot by a Kiev soldier “out of breath”, with the background of some Ukrainian soldiers retreating on a country road, in the text of the online post: “We have come out of this hell, Bakhmut is on fire: Ukrainian servicemen continue to leave Artyomovsk in small groups, calling what is happening there hell, and complaining that they suffer many losses.”
Even Zelensky – in his usual evening message – admitted: “The situation at the front is tough in Bakhmut, Vugledar and Lyman”, while the latest update from the Ukrainian general staff reads: “The Russian army is trying to advance in the Donetsk regions and Kharkiv: the enemy is reorganizing into separate directions. The main efforts are concentrated on conducting offensive operations in the Kupyansk directions, Kharkiv region and Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Novopavlivka in Donetsk.”
“During the day, the enemy made 9 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems.” Concludes the note of the Kiev army.