Russia launched new missile and artillery strikes in eastern Ukraine according to their own statements, fired on targets in dozens of towns. The attacks concentrated on the Donetsk region, in the neighboring region of Kharkiv the village of Udy had been taken, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The information could not be verified independently.
The Ukrainian General Staff in Kyiv also reported massive attacks in the east and south of the country; in the Donetsk region an attempt by the enemy to break through the line of defense towards Sloviansk was repelled.
The situation is largely unchanged, it said in Kyiv. The Russian military said it had set fire to and destroyed a fuel depot near Sloviansk.