Day 382 of the Invasion of Ukraine: Russia continues its advance in Bakhmut

Day 382 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

• Kyiv reported over 220 Russian soldiers killed in the last 24 hours
• Russia carried out 12 air strikes and 5 missile strikes on Ukrainian territory
• Russian forces are 1.2 km from the administrative center of Bakhmut, according to Prigozhin
• Kuleba: If we withdraw from Bakhmut, what will that change?
• Prigozhin: I am running for president of Ukraine in 2024

Kyiv reported over 220 Russian soldiers killed in the last 24 hours

221 Russian soldiers have been killed and more than 300 wounded in the past 24 hours in fighting in Bakhmut, in eastern Ukraine, said Ukrainian military spokesman Serhiy Cherevaty. Russia's Defense Ministry, for its part, noted that up to 210 Ukrainian soldiers were killed in the wider Donetsk front line. Reuters notes that these claims could not be confirmed by an independent source.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told the German publication Bild am Sonntag that Ukraine will continue to defend the city of Bakhmut and called on Germany to send more ammunition to the country and start training Ukrainian pilots to fly Western fighter jets. According to him, the shortage of ammunition is the number one problem for the attempts of the Ukrainian forces to repel the Russian invasion.

In his late video address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia is synonymous with terror and said that the introduction of sanctions against Russia-linked gambling businesses in Ukraine is shutting down schemes worth tens of billions of hryvnias. He promised that this would not be the...