Denys "Redis" Prokopenko, commander of the 12th Azov Special Forces Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine, called on the United States to lift the ban on Western weapons to Azov, as it hinders the brigade's combat capability and reduces Ukraine's defense capabilities.
The 12th Special Forces Brigade Azov of the National Guard of Ukraine received an honorary award for courage and bravery from President Zelensky for defending Mariupol and Azovstal.
The intensity of fighting around Avdiivka is high. According to the Ukrainian military, the occupants are concentrating on Lastochkine.
Some units of the third assault brigade in Avdiivka were surrounded but managed to break out. Not a single soldier remained on the territory of Avdiivka Coke Plant.
According to a spokesman for the 3rd Brigade, the ratio of Ukrainian to Russian forces near Avdiivka is 1:7, and the tense situation requires Ukrainian units to operate in complex 360-degree defense formats.
In occupied parts of Luhansk region, campaigning for a single candidate supported by Russia in the upcoming "elections", while some residents can still vote with Ukrainian passports.
The russians sentenced more than 30 Ukrainian servicemen to long prison terms of 27 to 29 years in a maximum security colony.
More than 900 Azov fighters who defended Mariupol for 86 days are still in Russian captivity, despite all previous prisoner exchanges.