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Ukraine seizes village of Andriivka in Donetsk region

The general staff of Ukraine’s armed forces has reported that it has seized the village of Andriivka in the partially-occupied Donetsk region, and that it shot down 17 drones launched at Ukraine by Russia.

In a statement on Facebook, the general staff said of the battle around Bakhmut:

In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy does not abandon the attempt to break through the defence of the armed forces of Ukraine in the Bohdanivka area.

In their turn, the defence forces of Ukraine during the offensive actions had partial success in the area of Klishchiivka.

During the assault operations they had success and mastered Andriivka, causing the enemy significant losses in manpower and equipment.

Andriivka lies to the south of Bakhmut.

The report also claims:

There were 25 combat clashes in the last 24 hours. The enemy fired 2 missiles and 59 air strikes, carried out 56 shellings both on the positions of our troops and on civilian objects of our country. Also, yesterday the invaders attacked Ukraine and used 22 Shahed-136/131 kamikaze drones, 17 of which were destroyed by Ukrainian anti-air defence.