Ukrainian troops will launch a long-awaited counter assault 'very soon' now that Russia's offensive in Bakhmut is losing steam, Ukraine's top ground forces commander says.
At a Ukrainian-held village west of Soledar, on Bakhmut's northern outskirts, the intensity of the Russian bombardment had noticeably eased from just two days earlier.
"We can see this in the enemy's air strikes. If before there were five to six air raids in a day, today we had only one helicopter attack and it was too far and so ineffective," said the soldier, a member of an anti-aircraft unit in the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade.
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