The Situation on the Eastern Front is Worsening — Expert.

The situation on the Eastern Front in Ukraine is worsening, with the most intense fighting ongoing in the Kurakhove and Pokrovske directions.

Founder of the charity fund "Close the Sky over Ukraine," retired Lieutenant General Ihor Romanenko stated this on the air of the TV channel FREEДОМ.

The most intense battles are in the Pokrovske direction, even more so in the Kurakhove direction. And it's not just because the settlement of Kurakhove is important in its own right, but also because they view Kurakhove in their plans as a step towards further access to Pokrovsk. That is, the plans they built a month and a half ago to capture Pokrovsk as a main objective in this region are gradually being implemented.

According to Romanenko, Russian occupiers are attempting fewer direct assaults and instead are trying to encircle, squeezing the logistical routes of Ukrainian defenders in populated areas and pushing them out.

The Russians have managed to split the Ukrainian military grouping into Northern and Southern in the Kupiansk direction.

The Northern is Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi, and the Southern is Borova... And there they are organizing an offensive specifically on Borova, to encircle our grouping once more, that is, with their forces on three sides, and to the west limited by the river, and then again organize approaches related to pushing both Northern and Southern of our groupings.

The situation to the south of the city of Chasiv Yar in the Donetsk region is also worsening.

The situation in Ivanivske, Klishchiivka - they manage to advance here, but in general, it holds. That is, in the city itself, the neighborhoods they earlier captured, and through the canal they are trying to strengthen in the north, in Kalynivka, and partially advance in Ivanivske and Klishchiivka.

On the Southern Front, the enemy is tactically advancing in the Vremivka bulge area and in the Orikhiv direction.

On the Kharkiv Front, directly at Kharkiv-Lyptsi, the Defense Forces improved their position, occupied heights north of Lyptsi, and in the Vovchansk area, fighting is ongoing directly for the outskirts of the city from our side - there too they improved in the area of the aggregate plant. There is slight advancement by the units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine.