- Kyiv said Friday its forces had recaptured a village in the eastern Donetsk region and territory around another war-scarred town there, as Moscow-proxies held votes on annexation by Russia.
- Kyiv’s forces had “regained control over positions to the south of Bakhmut”.
- The Donetsk region and three other provinces in Ukraine that are fully or partially controlled by Russia — Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia — are holding votes on whether to be annexed by Moscow.
Ukraine Says Recaptured Territory In East, As Annexation Polls Open
