Ukrainian army has exhausted Russian Wagner forces in the besieged eastern city of Pakhmut. Russia is trying to implement so-called scorched-earth tactics in Bakhmot along the lines of the "Syrian model" The Ukrainian General Staff reported that its forces repelled more than 40 attacks in the direction of Bachmot, Liman, Avdievka and Marinka.

The military command in the Odessa province also said that Russian forces were pushing additional ships into the Black Sea, loaded with Kalibr missiles.