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Ukraine plans new counteroffensive – ground forces commander

Ukraine plans to reorganize its troops and launch a new counteroffensive this year, the commander of the ground forces has said. Speaking to ICTV on Wednesday, Lieutenant General Aleksandr Pavlyuk said the most pressing goal is to stop Russian advances and to regroup Ukrainian units, so that exhausted forces can …

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Ukraine’s counteroffensive has been halted – governor

Moscow’s forces have stopped the Ukrainian counteroffensive dead in its tracks, Evgeny Balitsky, the governor of Zaporozhye Region, has said.  He further described what he called Kiev’s last-ditch attempts to breach Russian defenses as not particularly impressive. In recent months, Zaporozhye has emerged as a scene of some of the …

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Reasons for Ukraine’s counteroffensive setbacks explained by FT

The training of Ukrainian troops by the US and its allies in Europe did not properly prepare Kiev’s forces for what they faced during the summer counteroffensive against Moscow’s troops, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing Western military analysts and Ukrainian soldiers. So far, the Ukrainian military has “not …

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Russian MOD estimates Ukraine’s counteroffensive casualties

Ukraine has suffered heavy losses during three months of its summer counteroffensive against Russia but has failed to achieve its goals at any part of the front line, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has reported. Kiev’s forces have lost more than 66,000 troops and over 7,600 heavy weapons since launching …

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After Kiev’s failed summer counteroffensive, how do the Russian and Ukrainian armies stand as they approach new battles this fall?

Over the past three summer months, media all over the world has closely followed Ukraine’s much-hyped counteroffensive. However, nothing spectacular has happened. On reaching Russia’s line of defense, Kiev’s armed forces were able to capture several villages of no strategic value at the cost of significant casualties and destroyed Western …

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Moscow issues update on Ukrainian casualties during counteroffensive

Ukraine sustained losses of more than 43,000 troops during June and July, as it continued its attempted counteroffensive against Russian positions, the Russian Defense Ministry has estimated. The casualty rate was mirrored by the destruction of a large number of Ukrainian weapons, according to the summary, which was released on …

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Zelensky explains what makes Ukraine’s counteroffensive difficult

The Russian advantage in long-range weapons seriously complicates Kiev’s counteroffensive, Vladimir Zelensky said on Friday. The Ukrainian president has previously attributed lack of progress in the much-hyped operation to delays in arms deliveries by the West. “Without long-range weapons, it’s difficult not only to carry out an offensive mission, it …

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