Ukrainian special forces counterattacked and pushed Russian airborne troops back to their previous positions in Bakhmut.

Ukrainian special forces counterattacked and pushed Russian airborne troops back to their previous positions in Bakhmut.

A projectile hit near a five-storey building in Bakhmut where postal workers were distributing aid, though the building protected the workers from immediate harm.

Ukraine's military repelled over 34 Russian attacks in Donetsk Oblast on April 12.

CNN has published another video apparently showing the execution of Ukrainian soldiers by the Russian occupiers. In it, representatives of the Wagner PMC boast of having destroyed an armored vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and show the bodies of two Ukrainian soldiers with their heads and arms cut off. Russian propaganda outlets report that the video was filmed in the area of Bakhmut, where fierce fighting continues to take place.

On April 12, twenty-four assaults were recorded in the Donetsk direction.