Almost 400 shellings have already occurred in the east since the beginning of the day.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke about the current situation at the front.

The fiercest battles are now taking place in Donetsk region, he said in his evening video message published on the Facebook social network. Although there are fewer attacks this day due to worsening weather, the number of Russian shelling remains extremely high.

“Luhansk Region – little by little and we are moving forward,” the head of state said.

According to him, as of this time, in total, there have been almost 400 shellings in the east since the beginning of the day. He thanked all those who are holding their ground and helping our defense forces.

“The South – we are on the defensive, we are consistently and very calculatedly destroying the potential of the occupiers,” Zelenskyi informed.

The situation at the front

As reported, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Russian command plans to transfer individual units withdrawn during the retreat from the right bank of the Dnipro River in the Kherson region to continue hostilities in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

The fiercest battles in Donbas are currently taking place in the Bakhmut and Avdiiv areas.

Earlier, the officer of the “Freedom” battalion, Andriy Illenko, said that in the direction of Bakhmut, fighting continues almost 24 hours a day. He says that the invaders are sending conscripts and prisoners to the positions of the Defense Forces.

We will remind, the speaker of the eastern group of troops of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Serhiy Cherevy, warned that the operation to liberate Luhansk region would be difficult.