Ukraine came under fire from Russian missiles during tonight's Eurovision song contest. Earlier, Russian forces have been pushed back in areas of the fiercely-contested city of Bakhmut, where Ukrainian defenders have been holding out for months.
Defenders forced Russian troops to withdraw from the southern flank of the Bakhmut operation"in bad order", highlighting a"severe shortage of credible combat units", according to British military intelligence.
Ukraine's deputy defence minister says Ukrainian troops are advancing in two directions in Bakhmut but the situation in the city centre is more complicated. "Thanks to the competent planning of the command and the courage of our fighters, the enemy is not able to take the city under its control", Hanna Malyar added.Russia has acknowledged that its forces have been pushed back in and around the city, blunting a months-long offensive by Kremlin troops that has failed to make significant territorial gains and suffered huge numbers of casualties.
Military analyst Michael Clarke told Sky News that Ukrainian forces appear to be attempting to cut off Russian troops positioned in the centre of Bakhmut by surrounding them from the north and south. Two Russian army brigades"look as if they have given up the high ground" which the leader of the Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin was"furious with" for leaving his men exposed inside the city, said Mr Clarke.This is just one of many military probes we can expect to see over the next two weeks, before it becomes clear where Ukraine is really trying to break through the frontline, Mr Clarke said.
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