May 12 (Reuters) - Russia said on Friday that
Ukrainian forces had attacked Russian positions along almost 100
km (60 miles) of the front line near Soledar, a small mining
town near Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine that Moscow's forces seized. | 09:43am
May 12 (Reuters) - Moscow acknowledged on Friday that
its forces had fallen back north of Ukraine's battlefield city
of Bakhmut after a new offensive, in a retreat that the head of
Russia's Wagner private army called a rout.
. | 12:52pm
(Adds Ukraine army says recovered 17 km land, report of
imminent deal on Zaporizhizhia nuclear plant safety zone) May 12 (Reuters) - Moscow acknowledged on Friday that
its forces had fallen back north of Ukraine's battlefield . | May. 12
May 12 (Reuters) - Moscow acknowledged on Friday that
its forces had fallen back north of Ukraine s battlefield city
of Bakhmut after a new offensive, in a retreat that the head of
Russia s Wagner private army called a rout.
.
Ukraine is holding fire until more Western armoured vehicles arrive before it starts its long-awaited counteroffensive to recapture Russian-occupied territory, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in an interview released on Thursday.