Situation is difficult in Ukraine’s east, enemy increased its forces - MoD

Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Defense Hanna Maliar wrote this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.

“The situation in the east is difficult. The enemy has increased its forces and is conducting an active offensive in the Lyman and Kupiansk directions, trying to seize the initiative from us. High activity of enemy shelling is recorded. Fierce battles are ongoing," the report says.

According to Maliar, the enemy is not abandoning its plans to reach the borders of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

"Currently, this is the main direction of attack for the enemy. Therefore, it has focused a significant number of its units in the east, in particular the airborne assault units. Our troops act courageously in the conditions of the enemy's superiority in forces and means and do not allow the enemy to advance," the deputy minister of defense said.

Earlier, Hanna Maliar reported that in the Bakhmut direction, Ukrainian troops had advanced in several sections over the past week.

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