Victories in Ukraine's counteroffensive are small and hard-won on the southern front, but they're coming.
— Russian authorities confirmed on Sunday that Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed in a plane crash last week in an explosion widely seen as a long-expected retaliation for the businessman's failed mutiny. But as the Kremlin continues reigning Wagner in, the one significant victory that Prigozhin gave President Vladimir Putin — seizing the Ukrainian town of Bakhmut — is under threat.
A Ukrainian serviceman walks near a destroyed Ukrainian tank as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, near the village of Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine Aug. 25, 2023. Ukrainian forces retook the occupied village several days later, on Aug. 28.Ukrainian special forces helped clear the way into the town in a brutal battle. Video released by Ukraine's military shows near misses — and direct hits.
Robotyne and another small settlement that was retaken in recent days are in Zaporizhzhia — one of four regionslast year after staging bogus"referendums," despite not controlling the ground militarily.
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