European officials say Kiev's allies are increasingly skeptical of the Ukrainian military's ability to make a breakthrough in the war against Russian forces. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba assured that his country will continue to fight until the last Russian soldier leaves the country.
Russia announced on Friday that its forces are fighting for control of the western regions of Bakhmout, where fighting has been raging for months. A Russian bombing on an apartment building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk killed at least five people and injured 15 others.