The situation on the Lyman-Kupiansk front is currently more difficult than in Bakhmut. The Russians' new target is Makiivka. Source: Illia Yevlash, head of the press service of the Armed Forces' Eastern Grouping of Forces, in the national 24/7 newscast Quote: "In my opinion, the most dynamic front is Lyman-Kupiansk.
Russian occupation troops are trying to break through Ukrainian defences near Novoiehorivka and are attacking near Synkivka on the Lyman-Kupiansk front. Source: Illia Yevlash, spokesman for the Eastern Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on air during the national joint 24/7 newscast Quote: "The Russians continue to prepare their assault units to break through our defences on the Lyman-Kupiansk front; we should always be ready, as they are constantly trying to arrange some kind of pr
On the Bakhmut front, Ukrainian forces are conducting a measured but steady offensive. On the Lyman-Kupiansk front, Russia wants to seize the initiative; a record number of 908 attacks by the occupiers were recorded in the past day.
Serhii Cherevatyi, spokesman of the Eastern Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, has stressed that the Russian troops numbering over 100,000 people on the Lyman-Kupiansk front is not a new problem, and they "did not appear there yesterday".
Russia has deployed over 180,000 troops to the Lyman-Kupiansk and Bakhmut fronts. Source: Serhii Cherevatyi, spokesman for the Skhid (East) Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the national 24/7 newscast; Hanna Maliar, Ukraine's Deputy Defence Minister, on Telegram Quote from Cherevatyi: "A rather powerful group of forces has been deployed [on the Lyman-Kupiansk front]: over 120 enemy units.