Ukrainian Military Makes Steady Progress in Eastern Counteroffensive.

Ukrainian military forces have made advances near Bakhmut and in an area further south, according to Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar. The offensive was launched near a group of villages ringing Bakhmut, which was taken by Russia's Wagner mercenary forces last month after months of fighting. Ukrainian forces have also liberated an area near Krasnohorivka, west of the Russian-held regional center of Donetsk, which had been under Russian control since separatist forces backed by Moscow took control of it in 2014.