Russian forces maintained artillery fire and launched airstrikes along the T1302 Bakhmut-Lysychansk highway but had not completely severed the road as of July 1.

Russian forces maintained artillery fire and launched airstrikes along T1302 highway

Russian forces have not completely severed the T1302 road

Russian forces... are attempting, unsuccessfully, to establish control over part of the main road between Bakhmut and Lysychansk.

Russian forces fired on and attacked Bakhmut with airstrikes on July 1, injuring at least 5 people including a child.

Russian soldiers destroyed memorial to Vasyl Slipak in Myronovsky village

Between July 1-2, Russian forces shelled a vehicle carrying a family traveling from Zaitseve to Bakhmut.

On July 1, the Ukrainian Armed Forces released a video showing the first successful combat use of SMArt projectiles in Donbass, where two shells destroyed two pieces of Russian equipment.

It is likely that one of the destroyed items on July 1 was a Pantsir SAM system or a tank.