Ukrainian forces outside the eastern city of Bakhmut managed to keep Russian units at bay so that ammunition, food, equipment and medicine could be delivered to the city's defenders, Reuters reported, citing the Ukrainian military.

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Army spokesman Serhiy Cherevaty said that Ukrainian forces were also able to evacuate wounded Ukrainian soldiers from the city.

Some roads to and from Bakhmut remain open thanks to Ukrainian intelligence and counter-artillery fire.

Pro-Kiev forces managed to shoot down two Russian drones and destroy five enemy ammunition depots, Cherevati also said.

He said Ukrainian forces killed 193 Russian soldiers and wounded 199 Russians during Friday's fighting.

Reuters cannot independently confirm these figures.

At the same time, in an address on Telegram, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that a number of Western countries have sent Ukraine new packages of military aid, TASS reported.

This happened after another meeting of the Ramstein group, that is, the contact group for Ukraine.

New aid packages have been promised by France, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Zelensky said.

The military aid packages concern ammunition, tanks and artillery installations.

At the same time, the Finnish association "Your Finnish Friends", supporting Ukraine, announced that five French volunteers for the Ukrainian forces were wounded during fighting in Ukraine.

Three of them are still in hospitals, adds BTA. 

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