MOSCOW — Russia said on Monday (June 5) that its forces had thwarted a major Ukrainian offencive at five points along the front in the southern Ukrainian region of Donetsk and killed hundreds of pro-Kyiv troops. It was not immediately clear whether or not the reported attack represented the start of a Ukrainian counteroffensive which Kyiv has been promising for...
MOSCOW — Russia said on Monday that its forces had thwarted a major Ukrainian offencive at five points along the front in the southern Ukrainian region of Donetsk and killed hundreds of pro-Kyiv troops.
"The enemy's goal was to break through our defences in the most vulnerable, in its opinion, sector of the front," it said. "The enemy did not achieve its tasks, it had no success." Russian forces killed 250 Ukrainian troops as well as destroying 16 tanks, three infantry fighting vehicles and 21 armoured combat vehicles, the ministry said.
After seeking tens of billions of dollars of Western weapons to fight Russian forces, the success or failure of the counter-offencive is likely to influence the shape of future Western diplomatic and military support for Ukraine.
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