Ukraine prepares for counteroffensive amidst Russian aggression.

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Russia's private Wagner militia, has said that Ukraine is preparing for an "inevitable" counter-offensive and is sending well-prepared units to the eastern city of Bakhmut. Prigozhin also criticized Russia's security establishment for not sending much-needed shipments of ammunition to his fighters. He said his troops were suffering five times as many casualties due to a lack of support from Moscow. The capture of Bakhmut would be Russia's first major victory in the conflict since a series of major withdrawals from the northeastern Kharkiv region and southern Kherson region last autumn.