In Svatove axis Ukrainian forces has stabilized the situation and due to additional artillery that arrived in the area was able to recapture Nadiya. Additionally Ukrainian forces managed to reclaim some area south of Novojehorivka.
Ukrainian forces south of Bakhmut have almost entirely cleared the area west of Andriivka. Furthermore, Ukrainian forces controls the entire overlooking ridge of Klishchiivka and by doing so has established effective fire control over the village.
Ukrainian forces struck deeply into Russian occupied territory between Robotyne and Verbove, Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
General Updates:
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the Transfiguration Cathedral in Odesa, which was damaged by the recent massive Russian shelling.
Joe Biden ordered to transfer evidence of war crimes committed by the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine to the Hague Tribunal, The New York Times writes. Previously, the USA did not want to take such a step.
US pledged Abrams tanks are likely to arrive on the Ukrainian battlefield in September, according to people familiar with the planning, as Ukrainian forces push to retake territory in a counteroffensive that is picking up steam.
United States and partners do not discuss the possibility of convoys to escort Ukrainian ships with grain in the Black Sea, US National Security Council Strategic Communications Coordinator John Kirby.
