Russian troops are increasing pressure on the western flank near Dovha Balka and feeding fresh reinforcements into Konstakhu, while Ukrainian defenders report fierce urban fighting in the city's northern and central districts and continued Russian infantry assaults west of Stepok and near Mykolaivka and Chervone.
Russian forces have sharply increased pressure on the western flank near Dovha Balka and are feeding fresh reinforcements directly into Konstakhu, according to a front-line report from the Ukrainian “Donbas Boys” channel. The same account said Ukrainian troops continue to hold their positions despite the intensified Russian push and the arrival of newly committed Russian infantry.
In the northern and central districts of the city, fierce close-quarters fighting with Russian assault groups is continuing without respite. On the same axis, Russian units are carrying out infantry assaults west of Stepok and attempting to press forward in the areas of Mykolaivka and Chervone, villages that sit on the approaches to the city and are being targeted by Russian infantry probes.
The update portrays the Russian approach as manpower-intensive frontal assaults intended to exhaust Ukrainian defenses and broaden the offensive axis west of Stepok. “We are holding on,” the channel’s authors wrote, underscoring that Ukrainian forces remain in place amid the heavier Russian pressure around Dovha Balka, the reinforcement flow into Konstakhu, and the persistent urban clashes.
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