<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">Ukrainian forces have launched several new offensives on their eastern front, confronting Russian troops in the Donbas region, and have claimed more ground, a minister said Saturday.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Deputy defence minister Ganna Malyar said Ukrainian forces had assaulted Russian lines near the towns of Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Bakhmut, Bo?danivka, Yagidne, Klishchivka and Kurdyumivka.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"There is progress in all directions," she said. AFP</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>