The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine officially recognized the loss of three more cities in eastern Ukraine
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine officially recognized that Russian troops took control of the settlements of Zavody, Zarechnoye, Novotoshkovskoye in eastern Ukraine. This was reported by the press service of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
“The greatest activity of the group of occupation forces is observed in the Slobozhansky and Donetsk directions. The enemy captured the northeastern outskirts of the village of Bolshaya Kamyshevakha, and also took control of the village of Zavody.

In the Liman direction, the occupier established control over the settlement of Zarechnoye and carried out assault operations in the area of the settlement of Yampol.
In the Severodonetsk direction, the invaders established control over the settlement of Novotoshkovskoye and are advancing in the direction of the settlements of Nizhnee and Orekhovo.
With the help of units of the Russian Guard, the occupiers are carrying out filtration measures in the areas of the settlements of Kiselevka and Stanislav, Kherson region.
In order to increase the grouping of troops, the occupiers transferred two battalion tactical groups from the 76th Airborne Division of the Airborne Forces from the territory of the Belgorod Region to the city of Izyum. In addition, in the areas of populated areas of the Belgorod region, the enemy deployed two Iskander-M OTRK missile divisions,” the Ukrainian General Staff said in a statement.