BBCNEWS Verified July 5, 2024
especially what is happening on the battlefiled in ukraine and what appears to be the start of the counter—offensive. kyiv says it is — quote — "shifting to offensive actions" in some areas. hanna malyar — ukraine's deputy defence minister — described the eastern city of bakhmut as the "epicentre of hostilities", and claimed russian forces are on the defence there, as well as in the south. the ukrainian army has released these images, showing what it says are ukrainian forces destroying russian positions in the direction of bakhmut, in the occupied eastern region of donetsk...