The enemy is now engaged in the fortification of the facilities of the front line of defense at the Severodonetsk direction in the Anti-Terrorist Operation zone in eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Department said.

"In the past 24 hours, the enemy's efforts focused on the fortification of the forward units of the 1st and 2nd army corps at the direction of the village of Novoaidar (Luhansk region) and in the Donetsk sector. It is also engaged in keeping groups of the Russian occupation forces in a state of combat readiness, conducting reconnaissance of the ATO forces in the Sloviansk and Mariupol sectors; fortifying the facilities of the front line of defense at the Severodonetsk direction. The enemy is also working to improve its combat capability, it additionally mans formations and units of the 1st and 2nd army corps, providing their logistics support," the Ukrainian defense intelligence service wrote on its website on Tuesday.

According to the source, the situation in the ATO zone remains tense. The enemy attacked Ukrainian troops 20 times from 06:00 local time on Monday to 06:00 local time on Tuesday, using small arms and rocket-propelled grenade launchers. In particular, seven attacks were recorded at the Sloviansk direction, namely on the villages of Luhanske, Zaitseve, Novhorodske, while the towns of Avdiyivka and Maryinka, the villages of Opytne and Pisky, and Butivka coalmine in the Donetsk sector were attacked 13 times..

The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine was informed that in the village of Lobacheve and the town of Stakhanov (both in Luhansk region), and the occupied city of Donetsk, there are main battle tanks, self-propelled guns and 122mm Grad multiple launch rocket systems, which are banned under the Minsk peace agreements.