Russia's anger over UK's missile deployment in Ukraine reaches boiling point.

Russian forces have withdrawn from their positions on the southern flank of Bakhmut operations in bad order over the last four days, allowing Ukrainian forces to regain at least a kilometer of territory. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Italian officials and Pope Francis in Rome, where Italy pledged its full support for Kyiv in its defense against the Russian invasion. In other news, Poland is on high alert for infractions of its airspace, and Russia accused Ukraine of using Storm Shadow long-range cruise missiles supplied by Britain to attack Luhansk.