It didn't take long for the fog of war to settle over Ukraine's long-awaited spring counteroffensive, with both sides claiming to see bright spots in the fighting Sunday in a clash that could determine the fate of Russia's 16-month invasion.
Ukrainian armored vehicles, many of the Western-supplied, have been hit as they try to negotiate new minefields laid down by Russian defenders, and are vulnerable again when they try to pull back, the blogger claimed.
The BBC reported that fighting has escalated in the southern region of Zaporizhzhya, long considered a likely line of attack asBoth sides are struggling to determine how the breach of a major dam on the Dnieper River separating Ukrainian and Russian forces in the Kherson region will affect the fighting.
President Biden and other NATO leaders will come together early next month in Lithuania for a highly-anticipated summit. But in a war that has repeatedly defied predictions, the CSIS writers caution that Russia has its own vulnerabilities and that resourceful, motivated attackers have historically overcome even the most formidable defense barriers.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the outspoken head of the Wagner Group mercenary force, reportedly has rejected a new move by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to put his fighters under direct government control.
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