Kyiv says it has retaken at least 10 sq km of territory from Russian forces in the past week. Read more at straitstimes.com.
KYIV – Ukraine said on Monday its troops were advancing in the east and south of the country, and signalled they were tightening the noose around Russian troops occupying the eastern city of Bakhmut.
Ukraine’s forces had also taken control of the main commanding heights around Bakhmut and established fire control over entrances and exits to the shattered city, she said on the Telegram messaging app. “All of us, we want to do it faster because every day means new losses of Ukrainians. We are advancing. We are not stuck,” President Volodymyr Zelensky told US television network ABC ahead of a Nato summit in Lithuania on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Reuters could not verify the situation on the battlefield, and Russia has not acknowledged the Ukrainian gains.
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