Focus of war shifting south towards Mariupol, Ukrainian minister says

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Deputy defence minister tells Guardian that Ukrainian forces are making progress, with far fewer deaths than Russia

The centre of the fighting in Ukraine has switched to the road to Mariupol where the Ukrainian offensive is slowly pushing back Russian forces, with British Challenger tanks ready to join battle, a minister in Kyiv has said.

Hanna Maliar, a deputy defence minister, said the most active fighting was no longer around Bakhmut, in the eastern Donetsk region, but in the south and specifically in the direction of the two coastal cities of Berdiansk and Mariupol.

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