For the first time in seven days of the war, Ukrainian units went on the offensive, advancing towards Horlivka, Oleksiy Arestovych, adviser to the head of the President's Office, has said.

"The JFO zone, there is good news. Most of our units are holding their positions, and one of our brigades has advanced to the outskirts of Horlivka. Now it is being fixed there... For the first time on the seventh day of the war, our units went on the offensive in a separate area," Arestovych said at a briefing at the President's Office on Wednesday afternoon.

Regarding the situation throughout Ukraine, Arestovych added that the movement of Russian troops had been stopped towards Chernihiv and Sumy.

In the north-west of Kyiv, the enemy continues to build up forces for a further offensive on the city. The Armed Forces of Ukraine make artillery strikes.

In Kharkiv, the enemy is bombarding the city with multiple rocket launchers and aircraft. "The task has been set to psychologically break the city," he said, adding that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are resisting, which results in heavy losses of Russian soldiers.