[HIGHLIGHTS] In the western part of the city: the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation spoke about the offensive in Artyomovsk

Russian assault detachments continue to conduct an offensive in the western part of Artyomovsk, the Russian Defense Ministry said. In the Kharkiv region, a warehouse with weapons and military equipment of the grouping of troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed.

Air strikes and artillery fire of the Western Group of Forces eliminated up to 55 soldiers, three tanks, five armored combat vehicles, seven vehicles, as well as a D-30 howitzer. The founder of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, indicated that 2,37 sq. km remains under the control of the armed forces of Ukraine.