Ukraine stated that Russia continues its offensive in the Donetsk region

Russia continues its offensive in the Donestk region and in the city of Mariupol, in addition to creating an “offensive group of troops” in the Dnipro region, according to the last part of the Ukrainian Army High Command at the start of the 47th day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

“The enemy continues to create an offensive group of troops to act in the direction of Slobozhansky (Dnipro region) and “probably in the next few days the occupiers will try to resume the offensive,” says the last part of the Ukrainian Army.

In the direction of Donetsk, the enemy continues to focus on taking control of the settlements of Popasna, Rubizhne, Nyzhne and Novobahmutivka, as well as on establishing full control over the city of Mariupol, where, “with the support of artillery and aviation, the occupants continue to storm the areas of the Azovstal plant and the port maritime”.

Over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian defenders have repelled four enemy attacks in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, destroying five tanks, eight armored units, six vehicles and eight enemy artillery systems, according to the part of the Ukrainian Army.

The Ukrainian High Command further denounces that “it is possible for the armed forces of the Russian Federation to carry out provocative actions in the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova to accuse Ukraine of aggression against a neighboring State”.

According to the latest report by the Institute for the Study of War (USA), Russian forces have gained ground in the city of Mariupol in the last 24 hours and have strengthened operations along the Izyum-Slovyansk axis, key to the future Donbas offensive, “but did not achieve other territorial gains”

Mariupol, according to this institute, is divided into two; the city center, in Russian hands, and the main port of Mariupol, in the southwest, and the Azovstal steel plant in the east, which remain in Ukrainian hands.

(With information from EFE)

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