The Ongoing Battle for Bakhmut: Key Events and Russian Advances.
As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 386th day, the US drone incident continues to be investigated, while Ukrainian ground forces shot down a Russian fighter jet near Bakhmut. Russia has taken control of the village of Zaliznianske and is expanding the encirclement of Bakhmut. Finland expects Turkey to approve its NATO membership bid this week, and the IMF says it has made "very good progress" in talks with Ukrainian officials on a new lending program. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad expressed support for Moscow in a televised meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.