The Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled enemy attacks in the Yahidne district of Bakhmut and successfully held their positions in Andriivka, while also conducting an offensive operation south of Bakhmut, inflicting significant losses on the enemy.
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Defense Forces successfully repelled enemy attacks in Yahidne district and Andriivka
Defense Forces continued offensive operation south of Bakhmut, inflicting significant losses
The heaviest fighting on the 573rd day of the Russian full-scale invasion remains centered around the Kupyansk-Svatove-Kreminna line in the Donetsk region, with neither the Ukrainian nor Russian forces making any confirmed advances
Ukrainian forces unsuccessfully tried to advance east of the railway line south of Bakhmut in the area of Klishchiivka (7 kilometres southwest of Bakhmut) and Kurdiumivka (13 kilometres southwest of Bakhmut)
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