Recent Ukrainian advances hard to turn into war breakthrough, warn experts

Ukrainian successes after months of unsuccessful counteroffensive will be difficult to convert into a real breakthrough in its war against Russia, military experts told AFP. On Sunday, Kyiv announced its troops had reached the left bank of the Dnieper River, occupied by the Russian army. It claimed to have pushed Moscow’s forces back “3 to 8 km” on this front line in the southern Kherson region, without specifying whether Ukrainian troops were in full control of the area. If confirmed, it would be the biggest advance by Ukraine’s army against Russia since the recapture of Robotyne in the Zapor…

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