Title: Ukraine: Regaining Land Near Bakhmut

Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar announced today that the army has regained 3 kilometers of territory near Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, where Kyiv is focusing its counteroffensive against Russian forces, according to Agence France-Presse. She stated in televised remarks: "In the Bakhmut sector, 3 square kilometers were liberated last week. A total of 40 square kilometers have been liberated so far in the southern flank surrounding this city, which was occupied by Russia in May." To the south, on the eastern front, the deputy minister mentioned that "the situation is extremely difficult around the town of Avdiivka, which Russian forces are trying to capture." In the Kherson region, Maliar reported on "operations being carried out by some Ukrainian units on the eastern bank of the Dnipro River. We cannot disclose details, but we have conducted these operations. In order to fortify there, it is necessary to drive out the enemy and liberate the territory."