Overcoming setbacks, NATO-trained brigade breaches Surovikin line in Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Even months before it started, just the idea of Ukraine’s large-scale counteroffensive in 2023 carried on its shoulders a historic weight. Having held back waves of brutal Russian ground attacks over winter, this was Kyiv’s chance to not only regain the initiative but to put the war on a decisive trajectory towards Ukrainian victory, breaking the Russian military, liberating vast areas of its territories, and threatening Russia’s presence in Crimea. While Ukrainian brigades trained abroad and Western tanks slowly trickled in, Russia was digging formidable lines of defens...
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