The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has published its evening update on Facebook.

It says:

• Russian forces’ main focus was on the Donetsk direction, where they used aircraft, artillery and mortars. It intensified offensive and assault operations in some areas.
• In the area of ​​Severodonetsk in Luhansk, Russian forces carried out assaults, suffered losses and retreated to previously occupied positions
• Fighting continues in areas northeast of Kharkiv, where Russian troops are trying to hold on to previously occupied positions and sometimes try to launch counterattacks in order to regain control of those settlements that were recaptured by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in recent days.
• Russian forces are demoralised, suffering significant losses and with some personnel not receiving payments they have been promised