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Drone footage of russian forces near the southern city of kherson. ukraine has launched a surprise attack here, forcing these troops to retreat, probing russia's defences, as you might in a long game of chess. because this is a slow process, notjust on the front lines. here, a huge russian ammunition store near donetsk is targeted. it's part of ukraine's plan to weaken the enemy before the counteroffensive moves up another gear. "everyone is waiting for that," says army doctor yevgen. "we wait and we believe that everything will be fine. "we just need to be patient." but that patience comes at...

I step on the russian mine. this soldier lost his foot to a mine a while back and has now recovered and is fighting again. but he's worried. yes, we need help. we need more artillery systems. we need more, more, more weapons. and without that? without that i think probably, we have. we will lose this gain. you're going to lose? yes. the counteroffensive is certainly proving costly for ukraine. another casualty arrives at a field hospital on the southern front. oleh is just 19 years old. he was wounded in the back this morning by shrapnel from a mortar. despite the rising ukrainian casualty rat...

Us. injust over one hour we university, thank you forjoining us. in just over one hour we are expecting an announcement from the white house which is reported to be on this issue of cluster munitions. meanwhile, ukraine's counter offensive continues. currently, fighting is ongoing in the eastern donetsk and south—eastern zaporizhzhia regions. ukraine says its forces have continued their advances around the city of bakhmut — and have retaken nine settlements and 160 square kilometres of territory, since the start of the counter—offensive on fourjune. our correspondent andrew harding sent ...