Ukrainian Forces ‘Hold The Line’ In Bakhmut As Russia Steps Up Shelling Of Kherson

(RFE/RL) -- Ukrainian defenders continue to hold their strategic positions in Bakhmut, a senior military commander has said after Russia claimed it had made advances in the city that has been the epicenter of a fierce monthslong battle for the control of the eastern Donetsk region.

"We hit the enemy, often unexpectedly for...