In a Saturday press conference with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Zelensky confirmed that a much-awaited counteroffensive is officially underway.
that Putin’s comments marked “a departure from previous Kremlin efforts to downplay Ukrainian counteroffensives.”
Ukrainian officials have long maintained a strategic silence about any counteroffensive plans, which have been in the works for months. Last week, the country’s defense ministry released a of troops clad in full military gear raising a finger to their lips and instructing viewers to “shhh,” as gunfire sounded in the background. Zelensky’s comments Saturday are his first explicit acknowledgment of the counteroffensive.NBC News that German-made Leopard 2 battle tanks, which only made it to Kyiv after months of back-and-forth with NATO, have already been used as part of the counteroffensive.
Although it’s difficult to independently verify facts on the ground, Ukraine’s military already has reported gains of just over one kilometer near Bakhmut, a city in eastern Ukraine that Russia
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