Russia-Ukraine updates: Russian missile strikes hit multiple Ukrainian cities
Dozens of injuries were reported in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities.
Russia has continued a nearly 19-month-long invasion of neighboring Ukraine. Recently, though, the Ukrainians have gone on a counteroffensive, fighting to reclaim occupied territory.
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43 people injured in attack on Kharkiv region, including 12 children
Russian shelling on the town of Pervomayskyi, located in the region of Kharkiv, has injured 43 people, including 12 children, Oleh Synyehubov, the head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration, said .
A residential building was damaged and multiple cars were destroyed in the shelling, according to Synyehubov.
-ABC News' Fidel Pavlenko
Top Ukrainian generals say counteroffensive is 'going to plan'
Ukrainian Armed Forces have yet to reach their "full potential," but two top generals exclusively told ABC News the counteroffensive is "going to plan" despite concerns from Western analysts that Ukraine is not making enough progress.
Gen. Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, who is leading the counteroffensive in the south, told ABC News' chief global affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz that the situation is "stable."
"The main thing is that we haven’t reached our full potential," Tarnavskiy said.
Ukrainian troops launched the counteroffensive a month ago, attacking on multiple axes on the southern frontline in Zaporizhzia using Western-supplied vehicles. Ukraine succeeded in piercing Russian lines at two points, liberating a string of villages, but has since been locked in ferocious fighting
Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi, commander of the Ukrainian ground forces, told Raddatz that last month's failed rebellion by the Putin-backed PMC, the Wagner Group, wouldn't impact the fighting on the ground.
"It would be better for us if there were some negative consequences in Russia itself, but it doesn't matter for me," he said.
Asked if he was confident of retaking the key city of Bakhmut, Syrskyi said, "Yes, of course. I’m sure."
Both sides have suffered heavy casualties, according to Western officials, particularly in the south where Russia has so far conducted "relatively effective defensive operations" in the southeastern Zaporizhzhia province, the U.K. Ministry of Defense reported.
"The enemy is suffering eight times or even 10 times higher losses, especially with the number of killed troops," Syrksyi said.
-ABC News' Guy Davies and Meghan Mistry
Russian drone strikes northern Ukraine, fatalities reported
At least two people were killed and 19 others injured from a Russian drone attack in northern Ukraine, the Sumy Regional Military Administration said.
An administrative building and two apartment buildings were damaged in the four drone strikes, officials said.
Four people have been hospitalized, according to officials. Two of the patients were listed in intensive care.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his daily evening address that the lack of air defense systems is part of the reason buildings were hit.
"The enemy is taking advantage of this," he said.
-ABC News' Ellie Kaufman
US ambassador to Moscow meets with detained WSJ journalist
Lynne Tracy, the U.S. ambassador to Moscow, met with detained American journalist Evan Gershkovich on Monday, the ambassador's press secretary told ABC News.
Tracy met with Wall Street Journal reporter at Moscow's Lefortovo prison where he's being held, according to the press secretary.
This is the second visit between Tracy and Gershkovich since his initial detention in March.
-ABC News' Tanya Stukalova and Ellie Kaufman
