Russian forces attacked settlements on multiple fronts including Kupiansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Shakhtarsk.

The main efforts are focused on conducting offensive operations on the Kupiansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Shakhtarsk fronts.

Russian regular forces and Kremlin-controlled mercenary group Wagner have been attempting to capture Bakhmut for months.

Russian forces continued offensive operations around Bakhmut, along the western outskirts of Donetsk City, and in western Donetsk Oblast.

In the direction of Bakhmut, more than 18 districts of settlements, in particular, Zaliznianske, Bakhmut, Ivanivske, Klishchiivka, Kurdiumivka and New York of the Donetsk region, were shelled.