'You feel it deep inside your chest.' As Ukrainian forces advance on the eastern front, a U.S.-supplied howitzer artillery gun is being used to blast Russian positions near Bakhmut. IanPannell reports.
A Ukrainian soldier observes his surrounding from a shelter on the frontline in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, July 2, 2023.Ukrainian Armed Forces have yet to reach their "full potential" but two top generals say the counteroffensive is "going to plan" despite anxiety among some Western analysts that Ukraine is not making enough progress.
"The events in Russia itself had no impact on fighting in the area of responsibility of my group of troops," he said. "It would be better for us if there were some negative consequences in Russia itself. But it doesn't matter for me."Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, records a video address in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, June 24, 2023.
The goal, Ukrainian commanders and officials have suggested, is to wear down Russian forces enough to create a breakthrough that can be exploited by Ukraine’s main counteroffensive force. Ukraine has still not engaged all of the brigades it assembled for the counteroffensive or the weapons provided by Western allies.The slow progress has led to some pessimistic assessments of the counteroffensive's prospects.
Both sides have suffered heavy casualties, according to Western officials, particularly in the south where Russia has so far conducted "relatively effective defensive operations" in the southeastern Zaporizhzhia province, the U.K. Ministry of Defense reported. The specter of nuclear weapons has been raised a number of times throughout the war, especially as Russian successes on the battlefield have stalled. Ukraine’s top general dismissed the possibility of their use for the time being.
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