Russian forces intensified offensive operations along the southern flank of the Pokrovsk direction, near Vuhledar, and along the 0-0532 highway in western Donetsk Oblast.
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Russian forces have recently intensified their longstanding offensive effort to eliminate the broad Ukrainian salient west and southwest of Donetsk City
Russian offensive operations from the southern flank of the Pokrovsk direction to the western flank of the Ukrainian defense around Vuhledar
In the Lyman sector, Ukrainian forces thwarted 27 enemy attacks near Druzheliubivka, Hrekivka, Makiivka, Novosadove, Nevske and Torske.
Despite the ongoing incursion on Russian soil, battle-hardened Russian forces continue pushing toward Pokrovsk, a key logistics hub in Donetsk Oblast.
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