Ukrainian defenders repelled attacks in the northern part of Bakhmut

Ukrainian defenders on Saturday repulsed the attacks of the invaders in the northern part of Bakhmut, at the same time, this city remains the epicenter of hostilities. This is stated in the evening summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The enemy continues to conduct offensive operations in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky, Maryinsky and Miners directions.

«In the Bakhmutsky direction the enemy does not stop trying to capture the city of Bakhmut. Our defenders repelled enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Orekhovo-Vasilevka, Grigorovka and in the northern part of Bakhmut. In particular, Vasyukovka, Zheleznyanskoe, Orekhovo-Vasilevka, Grigorovka, Bakhmut, Ivanovskoye, Chasov Yar, Kurdyumovka, Ozaryanovka and Northern Donetsk region were subjected to enemy shelling & # 187;, & # 8212; the summary says.

• The day before, the commander of the Ground Forces, Colonel-General Alexander Syrsky, reported that the Russian invaders had used all their capacities and were trying to completely surround the city of Bakhmut.