Ukraine prepares counteroffensive as Russia renews assault on Bakhmut
- Russian forces have intensified their assault on Bakhmut, Ukraine's Wagner mercenary group claiming to have captured more of the city.
- Ukraine is amassing troops in northeastern Kharkiv region, potentially signaling the start of their long-anticipated counteroffensive against Russian occupiers.
- Civilian casualties are mounting, including the deaths of 11 people, including a toddler, in a Russian missile strike on an apartment building in Sloviansk.
- Leaked U.S. intelligence documents detail heavy Russian losses, reluctance of allies like Israel and South Korea to provide aid to Ukraine, and U.S. concerns about the success of Ukraine's planned counteroffensive.
- Russia has destroyed an Orthodox church in Zaporizhzhia Oblast and returned 100 Ukrainian prisoners of war, while protests call for peaceful resolution to the conflict.
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