Donbass

Ukraine announced that its forces have retaken three villages in the eastern region of Donetsk, the first reported gains of their new offensive.

But three people were killed and at least another 23 wounded as Russia shelled a rescue boat evacuating civilians from Russian-controlled territory, the Kherson region prosecutors' office said on Sunday.

Day 471 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

This is just one of many videos of disgruntled Russian soldiers since Moscow launched an attack on Ukraine last February.
Russian soldiers most often complain about insufficient equipment and training and a bad command structure.

"Practically the entire city is in the hands of our army. The most important thing is that our forces liberated the AZOM industrial zone a long time ago - this was the last difficult border. After that, the Bakhmut-1 station was captured. After that, the enemy had to retreat somewhat chaotically on ill-prepared lines," he said.

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The head of the Russian mercenary group Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, published a video in which he claims to know about the Ukrainian plan, the aim of which is to "strike three blows".
At the same time, he states that Ukraine has grouped 200,000 soldiers in Donbas, out of which 80,000 are near Bakhmut.

"The pace of Russian offensive operations across the battlefield has slowed in recent weeks, suggesting that Russia's spring offensive in the Donbass may be nearing its culmination," the report said.

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Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the "Wagner Group" paramilitary formation, which is fighting in Ukraine, claims that the entire eastern part of the city of Bakhmut is under Russian control.