 The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed Sunday that Russian forces had taken full control of the intensely-bite city of Bakhmut, while the Ukrainian side claimed its army was still defending it. In its battle report on Sunday, the ministry said that Russian troops launched strikes in the directions of Kupyansk, Krasnyi Lyman, Donetsk, Zaporizhiy and Kursin, hitting Ukrainian military and its facilities. The Russian side also intercepted Ukrainian missiles and artillery shells, including projectiles from Hamar's multiple rocket launchers and storm-shadow long-range cruise missiles, and shot down multiple Ukrainian drones. On the same day, the general staff of the armed forces of Ukraine issued a battle report saying the Ukrainian troops were still fighting with Russian military in the directions of Krasnyi Lyman and Bakhmut and repelled multiple attacks from the Russian side. Meanwhile, Ukrainian troops carried out strikes on Russian weapons, ammunition depots, artillery positions and other targets.