Zelensky visits troops as Ukraine claims gained ground near key city

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday he had visited troops fending off Russian advances near the embattled city of Kupiansk that Moscow claimed to have captured last month, which Kyiv denies. Ukraine said earlier its army had retaken two settlements in the northern Kharkiv region and pushed Russian troops back in Kupiansk – a strategically important city and a key railway hub.

Zelensky visits troops as Ukraine claims gained gr...