"Throughout the day, the enemy has been intensifying its offensive and attack operations, looking for ways to penetrate our defense and knocking Ukrainian units out of their positions," the Ukrainian General Staff said in its situation report on Sunday evening. trying to."

According to the report, the number of battles has increased to 88. Most of the battles took place in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, 36 in total. The report said 25 attacks were foiled but 11 attacks were ongoing.

It said Russian forces were attempting to advance, particularly near the city of Pokrovsk.

It is also said that Russian forces have made 10 attempts to attack Ukrainian positions in the immediate north and south – in the Liman area and around Kurakhov.

Moscow's air force dropped heavy glide bombs on defense positions, it said.

The information could not be independently verified.

Since last autumn, Ukraine has been on the defensive due to delays in supplies of weapons and ammunition from the West.

However, recent re-supplies have helped stabilize the front while limiting Russian territorial gains.



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