Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the front line near Bakhmut to show support for troops.

Zelensky himself showed up in the city [Bakhmut], or at least near it, and took selfies with troops

Ukrainian forces have recently launched a local counterattack west of Bakhmut to reduce Russian pressure on the H-32 supply route.

Russia is losing momentum in Bakhmut and transferring regular military units to other sectors.

Over recent days Ukrainian forces initiated a local counterattack to the west of the Donetsk Oblast town of Bakhmut, which is likely to relieve pressure on the threatened H-32 supply route

Serhii Cherevaty stated that Ukrainian forces capture two or three Russian soldiers daily in the Bakhmut direction, with numbers occasionally exceeding this average.

Cherevaty attributed high surrender rates among some Russian units to compulsion-based motivation and the logic of combat operations where assault groups are defeated.