Russian forces ease attacks on Bakhmut to regroup in Ukraine.

Russian forces have temporarily decreased their attacks on the besieged Ukrainian city of Bakhmut to regroup and strengthen their capabilities, according to Ukraine's deputy defence minister. Meanwhile, Ukraine's military intelligence has claimed that Russia is plotting a "large-scale provocation" at a nuclear power plant it occupies in the southeast of the country to disrupt a looming Ukrainian counteroffensive. The Zaporizhzhia power plant is one of the 10 biggest nuclear plants in the world and has been shut down for months, but still needs power and qualified staff to operate crucial cooling systems and other safety features.