kraine mentioned on Monday its forces had gained floor alongside japanese and southern fronts previously week in heavy preventing with Russian troops, reclaiming 14 sq. miles of territory.

President Volodymyr Zelensky tweeted: “ Last week was difficult on the frontline. But we are making progress.

“We are moving forward, step by step! I thank everyone who is defending Ukraine, everyone who is leading this war to Ukraine’s victory!”

Ukrainian forces have been advancing within the Bakhmut path, Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar mentioned, including that Russian forces have been attacking within the Lyman, Avdiivka and Mariinka instructions within the Donetsk area.

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“Heavy fighting is going on there now,” Ms Maliar mentioned on the Telegram messaging app.

Ukraine had reclaimed 9 sq. kilometres (3.5 sq. miles) over the previous week alongside the japanese entrance “as a result of improving the operational (tactical) position and aligning the front line,” she added.

In the south, Ukraine has regained 28.4 kilometres (11 sq. miles) of territory, bringing the full space of re-captured territory alongside that entrance to 158.4 kilometres (61 sq. miles), Ms Maliar added.

Over the weekend, Russia mentioned its forces had repelled Ukrainian assaults close to villages ringing Bakhmut and in areas additional south, significantly close to the hilltop city of Vuhledar. They additionally reported success in containing Ukrainian troops within the northeast.

The battlefield claims and counter-claims couldn't impartial verified.

Meanwhile, Volodymyr Zelensky warned Russia’s navy on Monday that it isn't secure round annexed Crimea from Ukraine’s fleet of drones.

In his in a single day handle, Ukraine’s president informed of a brand new report from Ukraine’s Navy Commander, Vice Admiral Oleksiy Neizhpapa, and Commander of the Odesa operational and strategic group of troops, General Moskalov.

“They spoke about the current security situation and the strategic tasks for our fleet, for the new direction - the fleet of naval drones - and for our coastal defence. We will implement everything! I am sure of it!” he mentioned.

“The enemy will definitely not dictate the conditions in the Black Sea, and the occupiers will have to be as afraid of approaching our Ukrainian Crimea and our Azov Sea coast as Russian ships are already afraid of approaching our Black Sea coast.”

Moscow annexed Crimea in 2014, in a transfer extensively condemned as unlawful.

Meanwhile, Russia’s envoy to the United Nations in Geneva mentioned there have been no grounds to take care of the “status quo” of the Black Sea grain deal that's set to run out on July 18, the Russian news outlet Izvestia reported on Monday.

In a large ranging interview, envoy Gennady Gatilov informed the outlet that the implementation of Russia’s situations for the extensions of the settlement was “stalling.”

Those situations included, amongst others, the reconnection of the Russian Agricultural Bank (Rosselkhozbank) to the SWIFT banking fee system.

“Russia has repeatedly extended the deal in the hope of positive changes,” Mr Gatilov informed Izvestia. “However, what we are seeing now does not give us grounds to agree to maintaining the status quo.”

The Black Sea deal, brokered between Russia and Ukraine by the United Nations and Turkey in July 2022, aimed to stop a world meals disaster by permitting Ukrainian grain trapped by Russia's invasion to be safely exported from Black Sea ports.

Last week, the United Nations mentioned it was involved no new ships had been registered below the Black Sea deal since June 26 - regardless of purposes being made by 29 vessels.