Defence Forces regain control of another settlement

The village of Rivnepil, Volnovakha district, Donetsk Region, has been returned under Ukrainian control.

Deputy Defence Minister Anna Malyar said this on Telegram.

The defence forces have brought Rivnepil back under our control. We are moving on," Malyar wrote.

Current situation on the front

The General Staff reports that the enemy is concentrating its main efforts in the Liman, Bakhmut and Mariinsk directions. There have been 36 skirmishes here during the day. The enemy is also trying to advance in Luhansk and Donetsk regions. In particular in Kupyansk, Bakhmut, Marinka and Shakhtersk directions. However, the enemy has failed.

In addition, the Russians are concentrating their efforts in Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions to prevent the advance of the AFU.

Over the past 24 hours, units of the Ukrainian Defence Forces eliminated 950 Russian invaders. The enemy also lost one tank, 14 armoured combat vehicles, 21 artillery systems, 10 operational UAVs, 16 vehicles and five units of special equipment," the General Staff summed up.

Earlier, Sotsportal reported that on 24 June, the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched a large-scale counter-offensive in the east.