Before this, a Ukrainian serviceman with the call sign Muchnoy stated that Russian soldiers had effectively surrounded the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Ugledar. According to him, the Russian Armed Forces army is shelling and trying to break through to the village of Bogoyavlenka. The Russian Defense Ministry did not comment on this information.

The Russian military also struck two fuel infrastructure facilities and a radio-technical intelligence center of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Aviation, missile forces and artillery took part in the operation.