Russians intensify offensive actions in the Avdiivka, Tonenke, Keramik and Pervomaiske areas of the Donetsk region

Russian army involved three battalions with tanks and armored vehicles support in these areas. The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled all the attacks, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports. 

The Institute for War Studies notes that Russian troops launched localized offensives near Avdiivka in the Donetsk region and southwest of Orikhiv in Zaporizhzhia.

"Russian forces have largely deployed irregular forces along this frontline, primarily elements of the 1st Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) Army Corps and additional volunteer formations," the ISW report says. 

The Institute for the Study of War notes that Russian troops have been launching offensive operations to make minimal territorial gains near Avdiivka over the past year and a half. 

The ISW adds that the Ukrainian forces continued counteroffensive operations near Bakhmut and in western Zaporizhzhia region and made confirmed advances in the Donetsk-Zaporizhzhia region border area.