AFU successfully destroy Russian personnel and equipment in Donbas – Zgurets

He said this during an Espreso TV channel broadcast.

"The situation on the frontline remains predictable. The enemy operates in the area of Dvorichna, Luhansk region. In the area of Svatove - Kreminna, the enemy is trying to break our defenses, but there are no clashes on the contact line," Zgurets said.

According to the expert, around Bakhmut, the enemy is shelling the routes and is trying to advance from the east, but the situation is under control. The AFU are destroying Russian personnel and equipment.

"In the Vuhledar area, the enemy is trying to accumulate forces for an offensive on the town. Despite the fact that previous attacks have led to catastrophic Russian losses," Zgurets emphasized.

• Starting February 13, civilians and the press can no longer enter the city without special passes. Less than five thousand residents remain in the city.

• British intelligence stated that the Russian leadership faces a choice between completely seize Donbas and defending the land bridge to Crimea in Zaporizhzhia. ISW emphasized that due to the Bakhmut defense, the AFU created conditions for a future counteroffensive.

• According to Serhiy Cherevatyi, the AFU Eastern Grouping spokesman, the enemy is suffering significant losses in the Bakhmut direction: they lose at least 50 soldiers a day, so they are forced to mobilize convicts. In Bakhmut they are focused on the offensive.