absence. we will be live at the high court. hello, iam hello, i am matthew and welcome to cap his verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. lots to dig into intraday s programme, especially what is happening on the battlefield in ukraine and what appears to be the start of the counteroffensive. the key of says it is, shifting to offensive actions in some areas. ukraine s deputy defence minister described the eastern city of bakhmut is the epicentre of hostilities and claimed russian forces are on the defence there, as well as in the self. the ukrainian army has released these images, showing what it says are ukrainian forces destroying russian positions in the direction of bakhmut. this is in the direction of bakhmut. this is in the direction of bakhmut. this is in the occupied eastern region of donetsk. in contrast, russia claims it has faltered in major ukrainian attack in the same regions. its defence ministry has released this
Counteroffensive. the start or otherwise of this counteroffensive. n, ., counteroffensive. matthew, we have seen a real ramping counteroffensive. matthew, we have seen a real ramping up counteroffensive. matthew, we have seen a real ramping up of counteroffensive. matthew, we have seen a real ramping up of claiming, | seen a real ramping up of claiming, counterclaim. that is parfor the course, but the rhetoric has definitely heightened. we have had russia first off claim to have repelled three attacks now. it has gone up throughout the day, along the front line. kyiv hadn t commented but is now claiming itself to be deputy defence minister claiming to have shifted, claiming that the forces have shifted to offensive action. she said in a post, we had to d continuing the defence that started last year, in some areas we are moving to offensive actions, in particular the bakhmut direction. that eastern city remains the epicentre of hostilities and there we are moving on a fairly wide