According to its own statements, the Ukrainian army has recorded further successes near the Russian-controlled town of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region. “In the Klishchiyivka area they have had a partial success and are sticking to the positions they have reached,” said General Staff spokesman Andriy Kovalyov on Friday, according to a statement. There are important hills near Klishchiyivka south of Bakhmut, but according to Russian information the Ukrainians have not been able to conquer them so far.
The Ukrainian military is also putting pressure on the Russian troops north of Bakhmut, it is said. The spokesman for the Ukrainian Eastern Group, Serhiy Cherevatyy, says on television that the Ukrainian units have shifted the front line by one kilometer. The information on the course of the war cannot be independently verified at this time.