"Russia said Monday that Ukraine’s military had launched a significant attack in a bid to break through its defenses on the war’s southeastern front lines. Reports of heavy fighting from officials in Moscow and the country’s cadre of influential military bloggers fueled speculation that this could be the beginning of the major counteroffensive that Kyiv has been preparing for months to reclaim occupied land. And yet Ukraine denied the claims, accusing Russia of lying in order to sow distrust and suggesting that the long-anticipated attack was still yet to come. The Russian defense ministry said in an overnight statement that Ukrainian ground forces had launched ‘a large-scale offensive’ on Sunday in five areas of the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine. ...”
Ukrainian forces have been preparing for months to launch a broad counteroffensive against Russian positions.
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