Ukraine's Offensive Breaks Through Russian Lines Despite Counter-Offensive.

The head of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has called on Russia to provide him with 200,000 troops to stop the Ukrainian counteroffensive, as Ukrainian troops reportedly pushed past Russian defensive lines and made ground around the devastated Donetsk city of Bakhmut. Prigozhin urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to announce a full national mobilization to expand its military forces. Ukrainian forces have already broken through the line of defense in several areas, according to Prigozhin.