Ukrainian officials continue to talk up a much-anticipated counteroffensive against Russia, with the commander in chief of Ukraine’s army, releasing an “informational support campaign” video venerating his military forces.
— or may already be underway. President Volodymyr Zelensky and others have described the looming campaign as a make-or-break chance to show Western backers, who have provided military aid and training, that Ukraine is capable of taking back its land from Russia.
Ukraine’s counteroffensive could begin “tomorrow, the day after tomorrow or in a week,”the BBC in an interview Saturday, describing it as a “historic opportunity” that “we cannot lose.” An adviser to Zelensky, Mykhailo Podolyak, has cautioned that Ukraine would not necessarily make a formal announcement before an offensive.
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