 Ukrainian Army advances on Bakhmut Front, capturing strategic heights. The Ukrainian Army is successfully advancing across a wide stretch of the Bakhmut Front. Hannah Malia, Deputy Defence Minister of Ukraine, wrote it on Telegram. We are continuing our defence, which we started on the 24th of February 2022. The defence operation includes all sorts of activities, including counter-offensive operations. This is why we are launching counter-offensive operations on some fronts. The Bakhmut Front, for example, remains at the epicentre of hostilities. We are advancing across a wide stretch of this front. We are seeing some success. We are capturing strategic heights. Enemy forces are on the defensive and are trying to maintain their positions, Malia said. According to Malia, Russia is claiming that Ukrainian counter-offensive has begun because of the defeats the Russian army is suffering on the Bakhmut Front. Small-scale battles are continuing in the south of Ukraine, she added. Malia later added that Kortitsiya, operational and strategic group of forces was carrying out offensive operations on the eastern front. Our forces have advanced in several areas over the course of the fighting, about 200 to 1,600 metres in and around the settlements of Orykovo Vasilyevka, Paraskovivka, about 100 to 700 metres in and around the settlements of Ivanivskie, Klishivka. She added.