Live: ‘Russia reinforced defence in southern Ukraine over weekend’

Russia continued to focus on reinforcing its defences in southern Ukraine over the weekend, while also maintaining attacks on Kyiv’s positions in the Donetsk region in the east, Britain said on Monday. Bakhmut has been Moscow’s most successful axis in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas over the last 30 days, the British defence ministry said in a regular intelligence update. Stay with TOI for all updates —