The Russian army has advanced a further 12 kilometres into Eastern Ukraine and reached the border of Nikolske near Mariupol, says Russian Ministry of Defence spokesman, Igor Konashenkov.
Konanshenkov also claimed the Russian army has now destroyed 214 drones, 1,438 tanks and armoured vehicles, 150 rocket launchers, 584 artillery guns and 1,279 vehicles of the Ukrainian army since the start of the invasion.
In a post on Facebook, the Ukrainian general said that Russia is mobilising troops in Luhansk and Donetsk two regions Russia helped liberate in 2014.