Russian forces are trying to besiege fortified Ukrainian positions in eastern Ukraine.

APA reports that this was stated in the information service of the intelligence service of the British Ministry of Defense.

As Russian forces tried to advance from the north and east to the cities of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk, the city of Kremennaya was captured and fierce fighting was raging south of Izyum.

He added that Ukrainian forces were preparing to defend Zaporozhye in preparation for a possible Russian attack from the south.