Ukraine Claims Advance in Bakhmut Frontline

The Ukrainian army announced on Saturday that its soldiers have advanced up to 1400 meters in parts of the frontline near the city of Bakhmut. According to Reuters, this advance is another example of similar achievements reported by Kyiv this week near Bakhmut, an area that Russia claimed to have fully captured last month after the bloodiest and longest battle since the start of the war. A spokesperson for the military command in the east, in response to a question about the battle near Bakhmut, said: 'We are trying to strike at the enemy; we are on the counter-offensive. We have managed to advance up to 1400 meters in various sections of the front.' Smoke from Russian equipment destroyed by Ukrainian counter-offensive forces near Bakhmut - June 9, 2023. Reuters was not independently able to verify this claim or the situation on the battlefield. Both Moscow and Kyiv reported heavy fighting in Ukraine on Friday. Additionally, see: Destruction of dam in Ukraine; 600 kilometers of the Kherson region submerged. Zelensky: Russia has failed in the war; Putin continues to deny reality. Kyiv: Russia's claim of 'major Ukrainian attacks' is an information trick. Zelensky emphasizes Ukraine's readiness for a counter-offensive against Russia: We will succeed. Disclosure of the route for transferring Iranian drones to Russia; John Kirby: The Islamic Republic fuels the fire of the Ukraine war. Ukraine: Russia is a 'terrorist state.' Ukraine: Some parts of Iranian Shahed drones belong to Kyiv's allies. Russian attack on Kyiv on Children's Day; a child and her mother were killed.