Fighting continues for the 29th day around the besieged city of Izium, Ukraine's General Staff of National Defence informed via Facebook today.
In the Donetsk region most Ukrainian units are under fire, Ukrainian generals said.
Similarly in Lugansk, fighting is concentrated in Rubizne (60,000 inhabitants), Severodonetsk (100,000) and Popasna (20,000).
Fighting is also unfolding in the north. Bombardments by Russian artillery were reported in the cities of Kalinivka, Gorinka, Romanivka and northeastern suburbs of Kiev.
The Russian military has retreated more than 30 kilometers east of Kiev in the past 24 hours and has begun to set up defensive positions on several fronts in Ukraine, a senior U.S. Defense Department official said yesterday.
"The Ukrainians have managed to push back the Russians 55 kilometers east and northeast of Kiev," the official told the press on condition of anonymity. On Tuesday, the Pentagon still estimated that Russian forces were 15 to 20 kilometers from the center of the Ukrainian capital.
Ukrainian forces stopped Russian troops in the suburb of Brovary, according to Ukrainian generals, who also said their opponents were unable to penetrate Ukrainian defenses and reach northwestern suburbs of the capital.
Meanwhile, early today, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a video call to organize demonstrations around the world, a month after the Russian offensive began.
"Support Ukraine, freedom, life. Go out into your squares and streets for everyone to see and hear you," he urged. "Shout that people matter, freedom matters, Ukraine matters," he continued. "Russia has started a war against freedom," he added, arguing that Moscow "is trying to crush the freedom of all people in Europe and in the world."
Source: APM
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