 Kadyrov says that Akhmat Special Forces deployed to Klishivka. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has claimed that the Akhmat Special Forces have been redeployed to the Barkhmut Front and they are fighting in Klishivka. Akhmat Special Forces under the command of Aptar Alodinov have been redeployed by the command of the Special Operation to the difficult Barkhmut Front. Such a deployment testifies to the trust of the general staff and the high combat capability of the unit, he said. He also added that he had talked to Alodinov about the situation in the settlement of Klishivka and he sent a video of himself leaving the village and saying that everything was under control. Earlier, Serhii Cherevati, spokesman for the Eastern Group of Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that heavy fighting continues near Klishivka on the Barkhmut Front. Andriy Kovalov, spokesman for the general staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the Ukrainian Defence Forces had had partial success and were consolidating their positions in the area of Klishivka on the Barkhmut Front with heavy fighting continuing. Ukrainian troops continued their campaign to retake Russian-held areas in the southeast. According to President Volodymyr Zelensky, he stated that Ukraine's forces had taken the initiative after a previous slowdown. Heavy fighting was reported outside the eastern city of Barkhmut, which had been captured by Russian mercenary Wagner forces in May. Ramzan Kadyrov confirmed the deployment of one of his units in the area. Then Deputy Defence Minister Hanomalia mentioned Ukrainian forces were engaged in heavy fighting west of Barkhmut and near Lyman in the Donetsk region.