Ukraine Begins Counteroffensive to Retake Russian-Occupied Kherson
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Ukraine Begins Counteroffensive to Retake Russian-Occupied Kherson
Ukraine has launched a counteroffensive aimed at retaking the city of Kherson and other parts of southern Ukraine occupied by Russia.
On Monday, Ukraine’s military said it had broken through Russia’s first line of defense and that Russian proxy forces and paratroopers had fled the battlefield.
Russia acknowledged the counteroffensive but claimed it had failed and that Ukraine had suffered heavy losses.
Democracy Now reported.