Day 175 of the Invasion of Ukraine: More Explosions in Crimea, Russia Admits it was Sabotage

Here are the highlights of events related to the war in Ukraine over the past 24 hours:

The Russian offensive in Donbas and Donetsk has failed

The advance of Russia in the south and south-east direction was not successful. This was announced by Ruslan Muzychuk, the spokesman of the National Guard of Ukraine on a national telethon. Asked by the presenter what the prospects were on the southern front, he replied that recently the enemy's advances in those directions had been unsuccessful.

"There are two reasons for this. The first is that there is really a fairly robust defense system there. The Ukrainian military has a large network of defensive positions. Also, our intelligence works with the help of drones," Muzychuk said.

In addition, due to the destruction of the enemy's logistics and control systems, there have been no recent offensive actions from their side.

The spokesman of the National Guard noted that the Ukrainian side is aware of the movement of troops that has recently been observed in the southern and southeastern directions and appropriate measures are being taken.

Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky noted that fierce fighting continues in Donbas. In particular, the hottest points of the front in this direction remain unchanged - Avdiivka, Marinka, Pesky, Bakhmut, all relevant directions.

As noted in the ISW report, the occupiers are trying to divert Ukrainian forces from counterattacks in the south by attacking the Bakhmut and Seversk regions of Donetsk Oblast

This morning, the Russians fired more than five rockets from Belgorod at Kharkiv.

Oleg Sinegubov, chairman of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, announced in his Telegram:

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