Russian invaders' main efforts focused on continuing offensive on Slovyansk, says Ukraine's General Staff

The Ukrainian military successfully repulsed the assaults on the occupiers in the Donetsk region
The Ukrainian military successfully repulsed the assaults on the occupiers in the Donetsk region

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The Ukrainian military noted that enemy assaults in the areas of the settlements of Bohorodychne and Dolyna had been successfully repulsed by Ukrainian soldiers.

"The enemy is advancing in the direction of Krasnopillia, fighting continues," reads the report.

The invaders also carried out artillery shelling in the areas of the settlements of Shevelivka, Virnopillia, Hrushuvakha, and Nova Pavlivka, the General Staff said.

In addition, the enemy launched an air strike near Husarivka in Kharkiv Oblast, to the northwest of the Russian-held Kharkiv Oblast town of Izyum.