The Ukrainian navy has reported advances throughout its counteroffensive within the south and persevering with efforts to carry off Russian advances in the jap Donbas area.
The Basic Employees of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported Monday further Russian efforts to degrade Ukrainian defenses in Luhansk and Donetsk, saying that artillery, airstrikes and missiles had been utilized in a number of locations — together with Lysychansk and Soledar.
Russian stress on Severodonetsk, a metropolis the place two-thirds of properties have been reported as destroyed, continues — with the Basic Employees saying that hostilities persist in and across the metropolis.
Because the Russians assault Ukrainian traces in Donbas from the south, east and north, there are conflicting claims about their progress.
The Basic Employees stated that preventing continues across the village of Komyshuvakha, to the southwest of Severodonetsk. Social media video geolocated by CNN seems to indicate a Chechen unit within the village, with drone footage suggesting Ukrainian troopers retreating from the realm. A Chechen commander says: “This locality is now underneath our management, and we are going to start storming all fronts. We’ve seized, fully, you possibly can say, Komyshuvakha.”
Ukraine has claimed some success in its offensive within the south, which started through the weekend. The Basic Employees stated, “the enemy suffered losses and withdrew from the village of Mykolaivka, Kherson area, which led to panic amongst servicemen of different items of the armed forces of the Russian Federation.”
If Russian forces have withdrawn from Mykolaivka, it could signify a acquire of a number of kilometers for Ukrainian items.
The Basic Employees reported continued additional cross-border shelling of settlements within the northern areas of Chernihiv and Sumy, in addition to shelling of territory north of town of Kharkiv which has not too long ago been retaken by Ukrainian forces.
Serhiy Hayday, the top of the Luhansk area navy administration, stated late Monday that whereas all components of Luhansk area nonetheless underneath Ukrainian management are being attacked, “the state of affairs in Severodonetsk is actually essentially the most troublesome.”
The official famous that Russian forces had been capable of “push by means of territory from the outskirts of town, the place the Myr lodge is, and transfer a bit of deeper into town. Within the metropolis now, there are and shall be avenue battles.”
CNN’s Kostan Nechyporenko contributed reporting to this publish.
