Ukraine launches long-awaited counteroffensive: officials
Ukraine on Thursday finally launched its much-anticipated counteroffensive to push Russian forces from its territory more than 15 months into the war, officials on both sides of the conflict claimed.Thursday that the counteroffensive was underway.
Multiple reports from Russian sources likewise claimed that Ukrainians were trying to break through enemy lines in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southeast, but were meeting stiff resistance and taking significant losses. The Post could not independently verify Shoigu’s figures, and the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense has not commented on his statement.
President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Kherson Thursday to assess the damage caused by the destruction of the Nova Khakovka dam, which Ukraine has blamed on Russia.Ukraine had spent months training soldiers and amassing huge quantities of modern military equipment and ammunition supplied by its Western allies in preparation for the pushback.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, said “the events that are happening now on the front line signal the start of the offensive and Ukraine will intensify its efforts.”
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