Ukraine's forces are fighting a fierce onslaught by Russian troops in northeastern Ukraine, despite progress in the area around Bakhmut and in the south. Ukraine's deputy defence minister, Hanna Maliar, described the situation as "complicated" and said Russian troops were advancing near Avdiivka, Marinka, Lyman, and Svatove.
Russian accounts of the front-line fighting reported success in containing Ukrainian troops in the northeast and pushed back Ukrainian attacks near villages ringing Bakhmut and in areas further south, particularly the strategic hilltop town of Vuhlear. Ukraine's military has been engaged in a counteroffensive to recapture areas of the east and south seized by Russia since its full-scale invasion in February 2022.
Initial Ukrainian advances have focused on taking back clusters of villages in the south, but have so far failed to produce a major breakthrough.Ukrainian forces are advancing with "partial success" on the southern flank of Bakhmut in the east and near Berdyansk and Melitopol in the south.
In the south, they face intense enemy resistance, remote mining, and deploying reserves. General Oleksander Tarnavskiy, responsible for the southern front, said Ukrainian forces were "systematically destroying the enemy" and reported the deaths of several hundred Russian forces over the last 24 hours.
Ukraine has also had to endure persistent Russian air attacks on cities, although the Kremlin denies attacking civilian targets. Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina died from injuries sustained when a Russian missile hit a busy pizza restaurant in Kramatorsk last week, killing 12 people and injuring dozens.
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