Pavlo Kyrylenko, Head of Donetsk Oblast Military Administration, stated that Russian forces have turned Avdiivka into ruins and called upon residents to evacuate.

The Russians have turned Avdiivka into ruins. Today, the city suffered another airstrike – another multi-storey building has been destroyed.

A photo surfaced online showing a severely decomposed human head stuck on a pole near a destroyed apartment block, claimed to be in Bakhmut.

Two children remain in Avdiivka despite a Cabinet of Ministers ruling on forced evacuation. Parents are hiding their children from the authorities.

Oleksii Danilov stated that Yevgeny Prigozhin's claims of capturing the central part of Bakhmut are not true and that fighting continues with contested control.

Danilov emphasized the strategic importance of holding Bakhmut, stating that surrendering territory would threaten Ukraine's western borders.