According to Ilya Yevlash, the head of the press center of the "Khortytsia" OSG, the Ukrainian military is currently fighting fierce battles with the criminal army of the Russian Federation for the settlement of Ivanivske in the Bakhmut region of Donetsk region.
What is known about the situation in the Bakhmut area
Currently, in the direction of Bakhmut, the enemy continues to attack the settlement of Ivanovske, fierce battles are already taking place within the city limits, Yevlash notes.
According to him, the Ukrainian military is fiercely resisting the Russian invaders.
Currently, the Armed Forces are trying to repel the Russian occupiers from their occupied positions.
The enemy is also trying to attack in the settlement of Bohdanivka, which is north of the settlement of Chasiv Yar. Landing units, motorized rifle regiments and the combat army reserve are transferred there, added the spokesman of the Khortytsya Armed Forces.
Yevlash emphasized that the criminal army of the Russian Federation seeks to seize the settlement of Chasiv Yar, but has not yet succeeded in this.
He also noted that the Ukrainian defenders are holding the defense and do not allow the enemy to advance.
What is known about the situation in the area of Kupyansk and Lyman
In a comment to the "FreeDOM" publication, the Spokesman of the Khortytsya Armed Forces said that in the area of Lyman and Kupyansk, an enemy group numbering 122,000 invaders, more than 1,100 tanks, almost 2,000 units of armored vehicles, more than 1,000 artillery systems, more than 400 RSZV.
He noted that such a large number of enemy forces have been in this direction for a long time.
We remember how the enemy tried to attack at the beginning of autumn last year in the Novoyehorivka area, then tried to change its directions. He has been storming Sinkivka for months, but without success. As we can see, the enemy has realized that he will not be able to develop an offensive, his success near the settlement of Sinkivka, - notes Yevlash.
According to him, with reference to information from Ukrainian intelligence, currently the Russian occupiers are transferring a significant part of their forces to the area of the Black Stallion River.
They started preparing their defense structures, they are preparing attack aircraft. Every third company in the enemy's battalion is an assault unit. Stormtroopers who constantly go on "meat assaults". The enemy is trying in various ways to find a weak point, an "Achilles heel" in our defense, but for a long time he is unable to do anything, - emphasized the spokesman of OSUV "Khortytsia".
