The Russian Defense Ministry said that Wagner's forces took control of 3 new areas in Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine. The Ukrainian General Staff announced that its forces repelled more than 50 attacks on the fighting axes in the east of the country.
The mayor of the Ukrainian city of Energodar accused Russian forces of planting mines in the vicinity of the Zaporizhia nuclear plant. British military intelligence said that Russia has established 3 levels of defensive lines 120 kilometers away from Melitopol, with the aim of blocking any future Ukrainian attack.