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Intense artillery clashes and Russian air strikes rocked the front lines in eastern Ukraine, according to the evening situation report issued by the Ukrainian General Staff on Sunday. The report stated that Russian artillery bombed about 20 settlements near Sumy and Kharkiv.
There were reports of new Russian attacks against Ukrainian defense lines in the conflict areas surrounding Donbas, where Ukrainian forces were able to repel 13 attacks near Pokrovsk and stop 17 advances by Russian forces near Kurakovy.
This information could not be independently verified.
There were reports of heavy fighting in the Vohlydar region, raising fears among Ukrainian military experts that the small town in the southern part of Donbas, which witnessed two years of war, might fall into the hands of Russian forces.
