NATO extended Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s by a year as the military alliance confronts Russia’s invasion, while Ukraine pressed forward with its counteroffensive in the country’s east.

“In a more dangerous world, our great alliance is more important than ever,” Stoltenberg, whose extension was the third in the Norwegian’s tenure as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s chief, said in a statement. Ukrainian troops meanwhile advanced toward the embattled easter city of Bakhmut, Andriy Kovalyov, a military spokesman said on Telegram. Kyiv’s forces fought to contain Russian attacks elsewhere on the frontline, he said.

The US ambassador to Russia, Lynne Tracy, visited the Wall Street Journal’s Evan Gershkovich, who has been imprisoned since March on charges of espionage, on Monday. The reporter “is in good health and remains resilient,” the US embassy said in a Twitter post. The US government has declared the reporter, who denies the charges, to be wrongfully detained.

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