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Ukraine’s armed forces advanced up to two kilometers in the east of the country by the end of last week, Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar wrote on Telegram on June 26.

The main events of the Ukrainian military’s counter-offensive against Russian invasion forces are still ahead, and part of the Ukrainian army’s reserves will be deployed later, Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar said on national television on June 23.

Russian and Ukrainian sources both agree that Moscow's forces are on the move in the Donbas, a possible challenge to Kyiv's counteroffensive.

A vehicle is operating in international space. as i said earlier, were going to keep flying, sailing, operating where international allows us to. its an important concept that the united states will continue to stand up for. thank you. on ukraine, what is your understanding of whether a counter-offensive has begun? >> i will not be talking to the ukrainian military. i think you heard them say theyre conducting offensive operations, but i wont go on that. what i can speak to is how hard we worked...

And itll be a narrow frontage. theyll hit it with artillery, with air, with mortars. and their plan will probably be to overwhelm those defensive positions the russians have with overwhelming force. hes not committing to a time scale, as he wouldnt say when it might start. but i suppose weve talked a lot over the past year or so about the weather, and them needing to get on with it really, i suppose, before winter starts coming around the corner. no, youre exactly right. the weather plays a crit...

Casualties since december, about 700 killed or wounded per day. thats a big day, 35% increase from what was a highest estimat number in the fall. is it real? >> our estimates are similar to that. its important to note that the russians have lost more soldiers in ukraine, this is another example, than they lost in all wars combined since 1945. the second issue is russian offensive operations, they cant do these kinds of things effectively. we havent seen a lot of improvement in russian ground ope...

Of the offensive operations that theyre doing could really benefit from a chinese reply effort. and if that happens, that would be a considerable escalation. it would also provide the russians with a lot more firepower than they currently enjoy. >> so thats the russian offensive, as it stands. the u.s. view is that they dont quite have what is necessary yet to make significant moves. weve heard of a ukrainian counteroffensive coming. any sense of timing? and is it your sense that they have the w...

Important american assistance is, how great it is, the american leadership in the world, understand how its a key fact of our future victory. but we need ammunition, we need air defense, we need long range missiles, and we need armed personnel carrier, together with a tank, for providing offensive operations. we shouldnt give any tiny chance to russia to rebuild -- a counteroffensive. every single day of delay ammunition and weapons would make our soldiers task difficult, and we will pay more of...

Battlefield greetings from near bakhmut. >> translator: congratulate all of the guys fighting here on the front lines, in the hospital, the military fighting for our mother land, volunteers those who work hard. >> reporter: ammunition and weapons remain issues hampering their offensive operations. se sergei markov tells me -- >> there are 300,000 soldiers, but they have been not youth in attacking on them because they have not been equipped by weaponry and enough staffers themself. >> reporter: ...

As the war goes on you lose your best people, best equipment. so it is a challenge to replace those individuals in order to be capable of conducting offensive operations. i think like any military they face shortages when it comes to equipment or ammunition. if you look over the past year, a lot of western military assistance has been critical but it has come at a point where were just in time for ukrainian needs rather than leading them. that remains an enduring challenge in this conflict. >> m...