Yevgeny Prigozhin: Armed Forces of Ukraine are not launching an offensive because of the "monstrous slush" in the combat zone. He added that in this regard, Russian forces need to "be ready tenfold" Earlier, the acting head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, said that the Ukrainian army tried to go on the offensive in small groups in four directions, but these attempts were stopped by the Russian military.

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the Russian Armed Forces prevented attempts by the Ukraine army to counterattack assault detachments in the Donetsk People's Republic.