Russian forces continued attritional offensive operations in the Donbas region, particularly around Bakhmut, seeking to consolidate occupied territories through methodical advances using massed infantry assaults against Ukrainian positions.

Russian forces have been committing substantial resources to holding on occupied areas and even extending them in the Bakhmut area

Russian forces once again conducted unsuccessful offensive actions on the Bakhmut front over the past day, in particular in the areas north of Bohdanivka, and north and south of Klishchiivka in Donetsk Oblast.