Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that it had been a "very difficult week" He continued to seek support from the West and other countries. The Ukrainian military announced that it would withdraw its troops from Audiiivka, a stronghold in the eastern Donetsk region that has been the site of intense fighting with the Russian military.
Russian Presidential Spokesperson Peskov told Russia's state-run TASS news agency that they are intensifying their offensive with the aim of taking control of the entire Donetsk region.