Russia, meanwhile, ramped up pressure in eastern Ukraine, claiming to have captured another village just a few kilometers from the Ukrainian-held logistics hub of Pokrovsk.
Thousands of Ukrainian troops smashed over the border from Ukraine’s Sumy region into the neighbouring Russian Kursk region on 6 August.
Ukrainian forces have destroyed a another key Russian bridge as the forces work around the clock to repel attacks from Moscow.
He posted a video showing a growing cloud from an explosion on a bridge and one of its sections destroyed.