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 In the Slovyansk direction the occupiers advanced towards Shnurky - the Defense Forces of Ukraine inflicted losses on them and forced them to withdraw.

In the Donetsk direction - the Armed Forces of Ukraine are conducting positional battles to improve the tactical position along the contact line – Ukrainian soldiers are destroying control points, air defense equipment, warehouses with BC, destroying the logistics of the Russians.

In the direction of Bakhmut the enemy’s attack on the settlements of Zaitseve, Vesela Dolyna and Bakhmut was unsuccessful, the invaders retreated under the pressure of our defenders. Battles with the occupiers for control of the village of Kodema continue.

The enemy’s assault aimed at improving the tactical position, aimed at the settlements of Opytne, Avdiivka, Pervomaiske, and Krasnohorivka, failed: the Russians retreated with losses.

In the Kherson region our bombers made two strikes at night in areas where the enemy was concentrated near the village of Kyselivka and Kostyrka. Missile and artillery units carried out more than 220 fire missions, in particular, they hit three bridges - the Antonivskyi automobile bridge, the Antonivskyi railway bridge, and the Daryivskyi bridge - to consolidate their non-functional status.

In the Dnipropetrovsk region, the city of Kryvyi Rih was hit by several enemy cruise missiles in the evening and at night. There are no losses or significant destruction of the infrastructure. At night the Nikopol district was shelled by the Russians with Grad anti-aircraft guns. A woman was injured in Kamyanske. In the town of Nikopol a bus station, shops and a library were damaged.

In the Luhansk region, four rockets were fired at the positions of the Ukrainian defenders in the direction of Bakhmut, and there were also 10 mortar and 6 artillery attacks by the Russians.

Residential sectors in the settlements of Avdiivka, Slovyansk, Bakhmut, Pervomaiske and a number of other towns and villages were shelled in Donetsk region. Residential buildings, objects of the Avdiivka Coke Chemical Plant, power lines, a maternity hospital, a heating network, a bank office and a store were damaged.

The Russian occupiers shelled the central districts of Kharkiv several times during the day. There is destruction, four dead, nine injured. The information is being clarified. Oleg Syniegubov, the Head of Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, told about it.

The day before, in the city of Slovyansk, Russian soldiers shot with barrel artillery the base of the evacuation squad of the Red Cross Society of Ukraine.

Two schools, the Palace of Sports and the Palace of Culture, were hit today in the town of Druzhkivka. The recently renovated school was completely destroyed. According to preliminary information, there are no civilian casualties.

An official visit to Ukraine was held by a delegation of the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic headed by the Chief of the General Staff, Major General Karel Rzegka.

The mission of the International Atomic Energy Agency has arrived in Ukraine. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with IAEA Director General Raphael Grossi in Kyiv.