Public accounts writing about the war began reporting a breakthrough by Ukrainian forces near Dobropillia in the Donetsk region. Official spokespeople, the General Staff, and the President clarified the situation differently.

The Ukrainian military has rejected reports of a Russian front-line breakthrough near the eastern cities of Pokrovsk and Dobropillia, where Kiev's forces are battling to prevent an encirclement. "An infiltration by [Russian] groups.