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Ukrainian military officials say their troops have retaken another southeastern village from Russian forces. This weekend, President Volodymyr Zelensky said his troops are engaged in intense fighting along the front line.
Also on the weekend, Russian President Vladimir Putin met his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, in the Russian city of Sochi. After those discussions, he insisted the Ukrainian counter-offensive has begun, but also that it has been a failure so far.
Putin has let his hand slip a bit recently, saying that Russian forces were dealing with artillery problems and that the country will deploy nuclear weapons in Belarus in early July
Late last week, the Pentagon said it would provide an additional $2.1 billion in long-term weapons aid for Ukraine. The new assistance package includes funding for more Patriot missile battery munitions and air defense systems.
We recap the weekend of news from Ukraine and look at what kind of battle lies ahead.
Also on the weekend, Russian President Vladimir Putin met his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, in the Russian city of Sochi. After those discussions, he insisted the Ukrainian counter-offensive has begun, but also that it has been a failure so far.
Putin has let his hand slip a bit recently, saying that Russian forces were dealing with artillery problems and that the country will deploy nuclear weapons in Belarus in early July
Late last week, the Pentagon said it would provide an additional $2.1 billion in long-term weapons aid for Ukraine. The new assistance package includes funding for more Patriot missile battery munitions and air defense systems.
We recap the weekend of news from Ukraine and look at what kind of battle lies ahead.
The Ukrainian counteroffensive is underway
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Ukrainian forces are planning for a long and brutal campaign to retake Russian-controlled territory. The current Ukrainian push is expected to extend into the Spring, with some of the attacks now intended to prepare the battlefield for planned advances over the next several months.
Ukraine has been publicly signaling for months that it intended to launch a major counteroffensive to retake territory lost to Russia in the six-month war.
And even before Ukrainian forces began increasing their artillery rocket and missile fire on the front lines in southern Ukraine, Kyiv had been actively disrupting Russian resupply efforts and command and control across the region.
In the buildup to the current Ukrainian counteroffensive, the US urged Kyiv to keep the operation limited in both its objectives and its geography to avoid getting overextended and bogged down on multiple fronts, multiple US and western officials and Ukrainian sources previously told CNN.
Those discussions involved engaging in “war-gaming” with Kyiv, the sources said – analytical exercises that were intended to help the Ukrainian forces understand what force levels they would need to muster to be successful in different scenarios.
The Ukrainians were initially considering a broader counteroffensive, but narrowed their mission to the south, in the Kherson region, in recent weeks, US and Ukrainian officials previously said."
..."Ukrainian forces are planning for a long and brutal campaign to retake Russian-controlled territory. The current Ukrainian push is expected to extend into the Spring, with some of the attacks now intended to prepare the battlefield for planned advances over the next several months.
Ukraine has been publicly signaling for months that it intended to launch a major counteroffensive to retake territory lost to Russia in the six-month war.
And even before Ukrainian forces began increasing their artillery rocket and missile fire on the front lines in southern Ukraine, Kyiv had been actively disrupting Russian resupply efforts and command and control across the region.
In the buildup to the current Ukrainian counteroffensive, the US urged Kyiv to keep the operation limited in both its objectives and its geography to avoid getting overextended and bogged down on multiple fronts, multiple US and western officials and Ukrainian sources previously told CNN.
Those discussions involved engaging in “war-gaming” with Kyiv, the sources said – analytical exercises that were intended to help the Ukrainian forces understand what force levels they would need to muster to be successful in different scenarios.
The Ukrainians were initially considering a broader counteroffensive, but narrowed their mission to the south, in the Kherson region, in recent weeks, US and Ukrainian officials previously said."
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