President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday that Ukrainian troops pressing a counter offensive against Russian occupying forces had advanced on the southern front in the past week while there had also been movement near Bakhmut in the east.
"Over the past seven days we have made an advance in the Tavria (southern) sector," Zelensky said in his nightly video address. "There is movement in the Bakhmut sector. Yes, there is movement."
