 The Ukrainian armed forces ousted the invaders from the village of Tonank, west of Avdiivka. Build tabloid reported this. According to the publication's analyst Julian Repke, Ukrainian troops have regained full control over the village, but the occupiers are firing at it with artillery. Earlier, Repke wrote that the Ukrainian armed forces are having difficulty holding the defense on the line Berdikai, Semyonovka, Orlovka, Tonankoi. The founder of the conflict intelligence team, Ruslan Levyev, also reported about heavy fighting in this direction. �Our military is heroically resisting and trying to repel the enemy from the occupied lines,� said Captain Ilya Yevlash, a spokesperson for the defenders in the area. �A spokesperson for the Tavria group of forces fighting there said they were managing to build tank trenches, ramparts and bunkers but these were isolated, not contiguous. It may not have been a coincidence that Ukraine's military announced record spending on fortifications in the Zaporizhia region on the southern front. Russian troops claim to have advanced marginally at many points along the battlefront in Donetsk. Another advance was confirmed in the village of Novomykilivka. Record footage published showed Russian forces in the field south of the settlement.