Russian forces continue to push back the defenders along the M03 highway towards Sloviansk. Fighting continues for control of the village of Orikhovo-Vasylivka, which lies to the south of it, blocking the road to the Donets-Donbas canal (the Russians crossed it south-west of Bakhmut in previous months). The Russians are believed to have unsuccessfully pushed against Ukrainian positions north-east of Chasiv Yar, but to have made slight advances south of it. …read more
Source:: Centre for Eastern Studies (Poland)
