The Russian occupiers are increasing the pressure on the Bakhmut and Ugledar areas.

is currently going on there

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This was reported by Deputy Minister of Defense Hanna Malyar.

According to her, the Russians throw a significant number of personnel, weapons and military equipment into battle, trying to break through our defenses, suffer significant losses, but do not abandon their plans.

The intensity of the fighting is increasing.

"Now in Donbas, against their superiority in the number of fighters and weapons, our advantage lies in the professionalism of the military command and the courage of the soldiers," Malyar said.

Serhiy Cherevaty, the spokesman of the Eastern group of troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, confirmed on the air of "Radio Donbass.Realii" that fierce battles are ongoing in the Vugledar region.

"The Avdiyiv and Vugledar directions have long been one of those points where the enemy, apart from the Bakhmut direction, is constantly trying to hit. During this day, it carried out 300 shellings, 71 assaults and lost 159 people killed and 189 wounded. As well as 7 tanks, 17 BMPs, 7 vehicles, one "Orlan-10" drone. Fierce battles are taking place there. Everything is being done so that the enemy cannot advance in order to inflict systematic, powerful losses on him," Cherevaty said.

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