Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, said on Saturday the counteroffensive against Russia had begun.
Ukrainian fighters have raised their country's flag in a settlement in the eastern Donetsk region as Kyiv's long-anticipated counteroffensive gets underway, according to Ukraine's military.
In footage posted by a Ukrainian brigade to social media, soldiers raised the Ukrainian flag from a window of an unidentified and destroyed building in the village of Blahodatne in the contested Donbas region. The Institute for the Study of War think tank said on Friday that Ukrainian forces had likely made"marginal gains" east of Blahodatne, and that Kyiv's fighters were likely operating close to the village. Russia's Defense Ministry said it had repelled Ukrainian attacks to the south of Velyka Novosilka, which lies just north of Blahodatne, the ISW added.
This comes as Ukrainian officials have signalled the start of Kyiv's long-expected push back against Russian forces in eastern and southern Ukraine. Ukrainian soldiers sit on an infantry fighting vehicle during military training on May 29, 2023 in Donetsk Oblast. Fighters raised their country's flag in a settlement in the eastern Donetsk region, according to footage posted by the Ukrainian military.
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