A senior Ukrainian official reported heavy fighting in the northeast of the country, with Kyiv's forces holding their lines and making gains in some areas
Russia's military said it had halted Ukrainian forces in the northeast. The military also said it brought down down three Ukrainian drones which had tried to strike Moscow and damaged a high-rise building reported to house government offices.
Russian forces launched the latest in a series of night-time air attacks, striking what officials said was a "non-residential building" in the northeastern city of Kharkiv. The hit started a fire but there were no reports of casualties. The Russians' key task, she told national television, was to "divert our forces from the Bakhmut area, where we have a successful offensive".
Ukraine last month launched a counter offensive focusing on a southward campaign to drive a wedge between Russian forces holding territory in the east and the annexed Crimean peninsula, and on winning back ground around Bakhmut.
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