Russia reported fierce fighting on Sunday (Jun 18) on three sections of the front line in Ukraine, a day after hosting an African peace mission that failed to spark enthusiasm from either Moscow or Kyiv. A Russian-installed official said Ukraine had recaptured Piatykhatky, a village in the southern Zaporiz
Russia reported fierce fighting on Sunday on three sections of the front line in Ukraine, a day after hosting an African peace mission that failed to spark enthusiasm from either Moscow or Kyiv.
Russia's defence ministry made no mention of Piatykhatky in its daily update, in which it said its forces had repelled Ukrainian attacks in three sections of the 1,000km front line. A separate statement from Russia's Vostok group of forces said Ukraine had failed to take the settlement.
British defence intelligence said heavy fighting in recent days had been focused on Zaporizhzhia, western Donetsk and around Bakhmut, which Russian mercenaries captured last month after the longest battle of the war. Russian President Vladimir Putin, who rarely comments on the course of the war, made two unusually detailed interventions last week in which he derided the Ukrainian push and said Kyiv's forces had"no chance" despite being newly equipped with Western tanks.
Russian news agencies quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying Putin had shown interest in the plan but it would be"difficult to realise". However, Ramaphosa sought to cast the trip to Ukraine and Russia in a positive light, tweeting on Sunday that the"Africa Peace Initiative has been impactful and its ultimate success will be measured on the objective, which is stopping the war".
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