“Russian troops are ready to prepare offensive actions in Donetsk and the Tauridian directions.” This is stated in the statement of the General Staff of Ukraine.
It is noted that the Russian army continues to focus the main efforts on the seizure of individual quarters of the city of Mariupol and apply aviation strikes.
Russia is trying to carry out assault actions in the areas of settlements Severodonetsk, Rubezhnaya and Popasnaya.
In addition, the Russians continue to apply systematic rocket-bomb strikes on infrastructure facilities in Kharkiv and Zaporizhia regions. On the Slobozhansky direction there is a partial blocking of Kharkov. In connection with the impossibility of his seizure, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continues to destroy the infrastructure of the city, “the General Staff says.