The Ukrainian army announced that the Russians had achieved success in the fighting near the village of Kucherivyar.

The DeepState analytical center, which maintains close contact with the Ukrainian army, reported that the Russians had advanced about ten kilometers in this area in two days.

The Russian-controlled corridor threatens Dobropil. People are rushing to evacuate the city, which has been under attack by Russian drones. The Russian-controlled corridor also threatens the shelled and devastated Kostyantynivka, one of the last major cities in the Donetsk region still under the control of the Ukrainian army.

Ukrainian blogger Sternenko wrote on the Telegram website that the Russians had seized control of part of a highway connecting important population centers in Donetsk. He assessed the situation as critical.

The US-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported that"Russian sabotage and intelligence groups are infiltrating the Dobropilly area." "It is too early to call the Russian success in the Dobropilly area an operational-level breakthrough," the ISW said, but warned that it was important to repel the attack in the coming days.