Russia-Ukraine war updates: Kyiv recaptures town in south, Zelenskyy says

Ukrainian president posts video believed to be of Ukrainian soldiers saying they retook the village of Staromaiorske.

Ukrainian servicemen fire a D-20 howitzer towards Russian troops at a position near the front line town of Bakhmut, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine
Ukrainian servicemen fire towards Russian troops at a position near the front-line city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region [File: Sofiia Gatilova/Reuters]
By Dalia Hatuqa, Edna Mohamed and Virginia Pietromarchi
Published On 27 Jul 2023

This blog is now closed, thank you for joining us. These were the updates on the Russia-Ukraine war on Thursday, July 27: