President Zelenskyy says Ukrainian troops regained 'certain heights' from Russia in the country's eastern region as battle rolls into day 194. Follow our live coverage:👇
Ukrainian servicemen fire toward Russian troops with a tank at a position in Donetsk region, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has marked progress in a counteroffensive that Ukraine began last week, thanking his forces for taking two settlements in the south, a third in the east, as well as additional territory in the east of the country.
He did not say precisely where the territories were and provided no timeline except to say that he had received "good reports" at a meeting on Sunday from his military commanders and head of intelligence. In his nightly video address, Zelenskyy thanked his forces for liberating a settlement in the eastern Donetsk region, the taking of "certain heights" also in an eastern area in the Lysychansk-Siversk direction and for liberating two southern settlements.A criminal investigation was opened into an explosion of a grenade launcher at a children's event in Chernihiv that wounded several people.
At least 15 people, including eight children, were wounded in the accident at an unplanned exhibition of military equipment on Saturday in the northern Ukrainian city, local officials said. Four remained in the hospital on Sunday. "Two people who were directly involved in the tragic incident in Chernihiv were detained on suspicion of committing a criminal offence," Zelenskyy said. "The State Bureau of Investigation is carrying out criminal proceedings."
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