“In the heart of the city’s urban area, the bloodiest fighting unprecedented in recent decades is taking place,” said Serhiy Cherevaty, a spokesman for Ukraine’s Eastern Military Command.
“Our troops are doing everything they can in bloody and fierce fighting to crush (the enemy’s) combat capability and break their morale,” he told the 1+1 television channel. Every day, in every corner of this city, they successfully doing so.” ,
The Russian Defense Ministry said that Wagner’s units had captured two areas on the northern and southern outskirts of the city. It said paratroop units of the Russian army were supporting the claimed advance by holding up Ukrainian forces along the border.
Reuters could not independently verify the report.