Ukrainian forces have recaptured more than 6,000 square kilometers (2,300 square miles) in the east and south of the country so far this month, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. Russian forces struck the country’s energy infrastructure leaving hundreds of thousands of people in the dark, Zelenskiy said.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Ukraine had made "significant progress” in its counteroffensive, but cautioned that it was "too early to tell exactly where this is going.” He pledged to keep doing "what is necessary to support Ukraine.”
Separately, Armenia accused Azerbaijan of shelling its territory as Blinken appealed for an end to fighting that threatens to undermine a Russia-brokered cease-fire.
The fighting is the latest flare-up in tensions between the two neighboring Caucasus states since thousands were killed in a 44-day war over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh that was halted in November 2020 when Russian President Vladimir Putin brokered a truce.
