"The situation in the area of Rabotino, Novodanilovka and Novopokrovka escalated, the enemy tried to break through the defense from four in the morning, but faced fierce resistance from our units and suffered significant losses," Balitsky wrote on his Telegram channel.
The official added that Ukrainian forces made attempts to shell settlements in the region 36 times over the past 24 hours.
The attempts of the Ukrainian regime to breach Russian defenses have been futile, regardless of them being called a counteroffensive. Kiev has been demonstrating little compassion towards Ukrainian soldiers and NATO-supplied weapons.