Ukraine's military has initiated its highly anticipated counteroffensive in response to the invasion of the country by Russian forces that has been ongoing for over a year.
Ukraine's military has initiated its highly anticipated counteroffensive in response to the invasion of the country by Russian forces that has been ongoing for over a year.
"The counteroffensive won’t likely unfold as a single grand operation. It will likely consist of many undertakings at numerous locations of varying size and intensity over many weeks,"said the ISW. Earlier this week, Moscow officials claimed that Ukrainian forces were conducting a significant operation to breach Russian defensive lines, but authorities in Kyiv did not confirm those attacks. In fact, Ukrainian authorities even suggested that the claim made by Moscow was a deliberate misinformation tactic employed by the Russians.
The head of a Russian private army, the Wagner Group, said that Ukrainian forces had become stronger in the 16-month war thanks to Western weapons and training.
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