Defenders are achieving partial success on the Melitopol and Berdiansk fronts.
This was reported by Hanna Malyar, Deputy Minister of Defence.
The Deputy Minister emphasised that the defenders of Ukraine were consolidating their positions and evening out the front line. Meanwhile, in the east, defenders continue to hold back a large-scale offensive by russian troops on the Lyman and Bakhmut axes.
Fierce battles are ongoing in the Lyman sector, in the vicinity of Yampolivka and Serebrianskyi Forestry of Donetsk Oblast. On the Bilohorivka–Shypylivka front, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched an offensive and achieved partial success.
Maliar added that near Bakhmut, the situation remained unchanged. Daily there are several battles there, the demarcation line is stable. However, overall the enemy still seeks to reach the borders of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts.
Background. Earlier, Mind reported that the defenders have already destroyed over 4,000 enemy tanks. The aggressor's army has shrunk by another 540 occupiers in the past day.