Russia gains ground in Donbas while Ukraine steps up counter offensive in the south | Ukraine Update

British military intelligence said mercenaries from the Russian private military company Wagner had captured territory near the Vuhlehirsk power plant in recent days. Ukraine's Soviet-era power station is the latest loss in the eastern Donbas region. It comes as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine was preparing to increase its electricity exports to the European Union, to help it withstand pressure from Russia over energy supplies.

Ukraine recently made clear that it intends to recapture the southern port city of Kherson, which is held by Russia but located further away from Moscow's strongholds in Donetsk and Luhansk. A key Russian-held bridge in Kherson was hit in a counteroffensive to recapture the southern region from Russia. The bridge is the main crossing across the Dnieper River in the Kherson region and is essential for Russian resupply routes into the region.

Mental health workers in Ukraine face an immense challenge in dealing with the psychological toll exacted by Russia's invasion, as they try to find ways to help children and adults cope with fear, despair and grief. DW visited the largely destroyed town of Borodyanka, where shell-shocked residents are in need of support.

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[Herodotus__]

Every time we hear about Ukraine counter striking. Russia gains more land.

[manashmahanta]

I thought Russia was running out of weapons, ammo, hardware, etc. I thought Putin was dying, like of a different disease each two weeks. I thought Ukraine was winning EASY thanks to the heroism of The Ghost of Kiev and Ben Stiller. Who could imagine that “evacuation” actually means surrender, “strategic withdrawal” means running for the hills dropping weapons, leaving wounded and equipment after total rout? How are they going to call Ukraine’s unconditional surrender? May be strategic evacuation across the polish border .

[haskalah]

I am fed up with the contradictions of our western media.

[zambriabdrazak]

HIMARS Rocket Systems turn out to be effective weapon, now russian making steady gain and was able to capture another major power plant, This was pure journalism

[razakkalik]

Ukraine is winning the war on twitter, Instagram, tiktok, Facebook and YouTube 😂😂😂😂

[mannymarquez]

Ukrainian troops now advancing towards KIEV

[charleso]

The reporter is almost close to tears in his voice about how hard it is for him to tell us half lies of Ukraine counter offensive which is not gaining any grounds instead of the fact that Ukraine is losing ground

[karlsalomon]

The Himars is working good, Russian forces are running forward, taking new territory,

[nativesugarshack]

So Ukraine shoots holes in bridges, Russia takes the 2nd largest power plant. Good trade 👍👍😊

[soil-play]

I think this power plant took longer to take than normal due to Russia wanting to keep it functioning rather than simply leveling it with artillery like they did elsewhere.

[aondonadzendesha]

Wow, Ukraine to help EU overcome energy crisis, well, that’s ridiculous

[joaquinxy]

You can see in the field reporter's eyes that he is saying lies... and he is very uneasy saying it. C'mon DW, you can do better than this.

[akkahk]

I really pity the western media and politicians trying to paint a positive picture on the war when in fact the reality is Ukraine is slowly but steadily gobbled up by Russia. Yeh they have to put Ukraine in the news everyday and said that western weapons worked so that their audience will not get Ukraine fatigue and their parliament will continue to support giving billions to prop up Ukraine when their own people is suffering from stagflation and a looming deep recession.

[srdjankovacevic]

I’m really confused!!! Russia every day takes more and more of Ukrainian territory, but Ukraine somehow still winning? It looks to me that DW repairs all those questions in advance as she never asked him two properly explain. I can only imagine if she talks to Russian ambassador or anybody else who is pro-Russian, what kind of question, and how much she would insist on them, and not allowed to be answered

[davidwong]

What happens to the Ukraine 🇺🇦 offensive seems to me its going towards Poland 🇵🇱 🤣😂🤣😂

[bobbybagga]

I am very pleased to hear how concerned zelensky always is for Europe!! He warns us on a daily bases!!

[surijosuperbaby]

The US and the EU have been arming and training Ukraine for 9 years …

[-MDCCLXXVI-]

American Colonel Douglas Macgregor states the majority of the land taken by Russia so far, as well as Russian casualties, have been done by Chechens, separatist forces and mercenaries who are backed by massive Russian military artillery, but the regular army combat force of Russia has been resting and fitting and are preparing for a massive offensive.

[zahurulhaq]

This is funny how Ukraine trying to show this loss as European loss and then Europe will push the world to accept the loss as a global loss, as usual

[gfan]

Why DW wasn't doing such "drama" reports from south-east of Ukraine last 8 years?