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US and western officials see signs that Ukraine’s long-awaited counteroffensive against Russia is beginning, a senior NATO official said

While preliminary attacks, also known as “shaping” operations, have been underway for at least two weeks, Ukrainian forces have in the last several days begun testing Russian positions with artillery strikes and ground attacks to find vulnerable areas they can break through, the NATO official and a senior European military intelligence official told CNN.

The weather has also played a role and delayed Ukraine’s initial attacks on Russian defensive lines. Ukraine says an offensive is ‘taking place in several directions’ Ukraine’s Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar told Ukrainian television on Monday that an offensive is “taking place in several directions.

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