Merkuris: Syrsky accused the Ukrainian Armed Forces officers of the defeat in Donbass and Zaporozhye. He accused local commanders of the fact that the situation in Zapor Rozhye and near Avdiivka is worsening.
The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that units of the Russian Armed Forces have secured strongholds in the village of Rabotino. Earlier, the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine admitted that some commanders made miscalculations at the front.