Your Friday Briefing: A Major Ukrainian Offensive
Ukraine mounts a major attack in the south A senior U.S. official said that the Ukrainian assault in the southern region of Zaporizhzhia appeared to be a main thrust of its long-anticipated counteroffensive to retake territory from Russia.
The stakes are high for Kyiv and its Western allies. The Ukrainian forces in Zaporizhzhia included German Leopard 2 tanks and U.S.
Bradley fighting vehicles, the official said. The attack involved some of the troops the U.S. and other allies of Ukraine had trained and equipped especially for the counteroffensive.
Russian military officials said that their forces had withstood the assault and inflicted heavy casualties. The U.S. official confirmed that Ukraine’s Army had suffered casualties in the early fighting.
