PARIS: Fighting is raging and Kyiv is relentlessly pressing its allies for more military hardware. But has Ukraine's long-promised counter offensive against the Russian invasion actually begun? Analysts say Ukraine has stepped up its activity along the front line, seeking notably to pin Russia do
"PROBING RUSSIAN DEFENCES"
The Ukrainian counter-offensive consequently risks being deadly and costly in terms of equipment for Kyiv."Ukraine has conducted local counter-offensives in and around Bakhmut to roll back Russia's flanks and gauge defences in the region. The city's symbolic importance after such a long battle now outstrips its strategic value, especially given the resources used by the Russian army and the Wagner mercenary group under Yevgeny Prigozhin.
Some commentators are now arguing he had crossed a line and risks antagonising Russian President Vladimir Putin but Prigozhin has dismissed the allegations as"laughable".
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