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- Ukrainian presidential official, Mykhailo Podolyak, said leaked Pentagon documents contained “fictitious information” to sow doubts about Ukraine’s planned counteroffensive.
- His comments came after the documents were leaked on Twitter and Telegram, the New York Times reported.
- Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said any negotiations with Ukraine must be centred on a “new world order”, in a meeting with his Turkish counterpart in Ankara.
- Russia has seized the west bank of the Bakhmutka river, endangering a key Ukrainian supply route, in its push to regain control of the devastated eastern city of Bakhmut, the United Kingdom’s defence ministry said.
- Ukraine described the situation in Bakhmut as “difficult” but said it was holding out despite Russia’s numerical superiority.