The head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley, said the Ukrainians are very well prepared for the offensive. At the same time, he noted that it is too premature to talk about the outcome of the operation.
The Ukrainian army attempted offensive operations in the areas of the settlements of Novodarivka, Levadnoye, as well as the Oktyabrsky state farm and Novodonetsk. Russian troops destroyed 1.5 thousand soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and eight Leopard tanks in the South Donetsk direction.