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There has been a significant escalation in fighting around the frontlines in eastern Ukraine – with Russia claiming to have repelled a significant attack by Kyiv’s forces around Donetsk.
A Ukrainian counteroffensive has been long anticpated, as it seeks to rip back control of territory taken by Russia in the country’s south and east. And there has been a notable increase in military activity in recent days. Russia’s Defence Ministry has now claimed to have repelled a “major offensive” in the Donetsk region and to have killed hundreds of Ukrainian troops.
It also shared a video claiming to show several Ukrainian armoured vehicles in a field blowing up after being hit. Officials in Kyiv have not commented on the claims and have emphasised the need for secrecy around its attack plans.
Officials and military chiefs have suggested that the counteroffensive would be be preceded – and accompanied – by divisionary assults aimed at “shaping” the battlefield to its advantage, as well as sowing as much confusion in the Russian ranks as possible.
