 Ukraine takes back territory from Russia. It has made gains along the southern front lines. Ukraine's forces recently made gains along the southern front lines, while Russia has failed to reach any major breakthroughs in the conflict in recent days, according to a spokesperson with Estonia's Ministry of Defense. Colonel Tamo Kundla, head of Estonia's Defense Forces General Staff's Operations Department, said during a press briefing that Kyiv had managed to liberate areas near Velika Novosilka, a settlement along the front lines in the southwest part of the Donetsk region, according to a report from the English-language Estonian broadcaster ERR. Kundla also reported Russian forces had made incremental gains. On the eastern front, noting Moscow troops had advanced along the Kupiantz Kremlin line and captured a few small villages near Bakhmut, while Kundla told reporters that Moscow is maintaining the initiative in these small attacks. He claimed that Russia had failed to make any decisive breakthroughs, adding, Ukraine's defense is holding. Kundla also reported that battles across the front lines have slowed over the past week and Ukrainian ground forces command spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Volodymyr Fityo said that Russia's offensive operations in the Kupiantz sector had abated in recent days, potentially due to deteriorating weather conditions.