Ukraine repels surprise Russian attack in Kharkiv region | BBC News
"Russia has launched a new wave of counteroffensive operations in the Kharkiv sector," said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Ukrainian commanders have been expecting a summer offensive for some time, but officials are adamant Russia does not have the resources to do so.
The defence ministry in Kyiv said “there was an attempt by the enemy to break through our defensive line under the cover of armoured vehicles. As of now, these attacks have been repulsed, fighting of varying intensity continues.”
The return of heavy fighting in the north-east further illustrates Russia's growing confidence and ambition.
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The ignorance from BBC is impressive.
@sitrepSNAFU
12 күн бұрын
as are the ruzzian bots
@stevefrompolaca2403
12 күн бұрын
it isn't ignorance.... it's misinformation ;)
@Wargutz666
12 күн бұрын
Not as much as the Russians
@Aidantodd_
12 күн бұрын
@@sitrepSNAFUWho do you think control these sites? Their view has the control. Of course.
@NOT.MI5.MI6.
12 күн бұрын
The Kremlin reported Chinese Gov was waiting outside in the queue apparently when putons louder eruptions of pungent brown smog filled up the whole area , Puton eventually appeared in his brown Judo pants and looked relaxed from the exsperance
I thought Russia ran out of ammo vehicles and men last year
@user-qv2uc8oc7c
12 күн бұрын
NATO NATIONS RHETORICS. 😅😂 LIES UPON LIES
@luciferjohnson8495
12 күн бұрын
It didn't and it won't because western allies are showing weakness
@zoom777
12 күн бұрын
That's Ukraine
@braxxian
12 күн бұрын
Who told you that, the BBC🤪
@Sye_Savage_07
10 күн бұрын
They started using shovels for fighting and washing machine parts for making missiles
I HATE THE LYING BBC
@titanichisete648
12 күн бұрын
What the hell are you doin here then
@LeonDegrelle.z
12 күн бұрын
calm down komrade 😂
@elonthun8012
12 күн бұрын
All they exist for
@captainbuggernut9565
12 күн бұрын
Triggered.
@EvidentlyFire
12 күн бұрын
Its not lying. They are all facts. Point out a lie please?
Ukrainians are bravely advancing towards polish border .
@MrJonezy541
12 күн бұрын
Day 806 of the 3 day invasion
@BruceJ999
12 күн бұрын
@@MrJonezy541😂😂Brainwashed
@NinjaKhaos74
11 күн бұрын
@@BruceJ999 pot calling the kettle black, go home orc scum
@elenadunn15
11 күн бұрын
@@MrJonezy541 Clearly you are slow of understanding, so I will repeat what everyone else already knows: "Kiev in 72 hours" was said by US general Milley.
@jagd8085
11 күн бұрын
@@MrJonezy541yes and Russia is still advancing
BBC saying they repelled an attack while Butusov (big ukraininan channel on telegrram) is saying Russia has captured close to 30km square and multiple villages.
@rf5595
12 күн бұрын
BBC is talking about one attack, there has been multiple attacks. They talk about the one that suits talking.
@PatagoniaAries
12 күн бұрын
@@rf5595 lel, "who could've seen this coming" literally everyone
@wenterinfaer1656
12 күн бұрын
That's a huge breakthru for them 🤡🤡🤡
@emmetray4141
12 күн бұрын
Not rly, in that temp the Russian get back what they had 1 year ago in 3 years.
@TacticalFumo-sg2dt
12 күн бұрын
You do realize how small "30km square" really is, do you?
the ukrainian counter offensive keep advancing towards poland
@DavidGree-dc3og
12 күн бұрын
😂😂😂
@enockmolefe307
12 күн бұрын
Kkkkkkk😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@Gazakhalifa
12 күн бұрын
😂😂🇷🇺🇷🇺😂💪
@rahijhasan
12 күн бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👌👌👌👌👌👌
@nashbridges-cu6dy
12 күн бұрын
LMFAO!
Kids don't smoke the BBC propaganda pipe.
@Rosta22
12 күн бұрын
😂
@NOT.MI5.MI6.
12 күн бұрын
nowbody really reads anything on here lol 😂 it's call the lonely office in the Kremlin
@boomboy4399
12 күн бұрын
cry you kremlin bot
@Tom-ct6rp
11 күн бұрын
Smoke the russian propaganda instead yeah? 🤣
@rayngabo
11 күн бұрын
@@Tom-ct6rp Way better
These are called skirmishes. Ukraine didn't repel anything.
@oceanwavesandcocaine1129
12 күн бұрын
pretty sure a settlement in Kharkiv collapsed 1 hour ago, its all happening in real time
@florian3-ls5bl
12 күн бұрын
@@oceanwavesandcocaine1129 settlements (which literally has a population of 50) always fall in skirmishes
@MiguelJimenez-hc7ch
10 күн бұрын
I think Ukraine is willingly attempting to give ground on purpose . They are just winning time .
Stop lyin to people.
@svetlanakononenko7952
12 күн бұрын
Это их работа. Врать , врать и врать!!!
@VictorLopez-sh6lp
12 күн бұрын
@@svetlanakononenko7952 ??? Pkease.
@Acolis
12 күн бұрын
copium addict
@vladimirvladimirovichputin1352
12 күн бұрын
@@VictorLopez-sh6lp you know there’s something called Google translate right
@user-rg3wt2or7x
12 күн бұрын
Who's lying? I live in Kharkov and russians are really trying to break the border rightnow.
You can always trust the BBC. To talk absolute bollocks.
@swiftcee266
12 күн бұрын
Best comment on You Tube today. Bravo!
@user-pv2xy1og8h
12 күн бұрын
This fake news only from BBC sir! For the true must watch Hindustan Times only! With real news of how in 2 year only the great sir Putin sahib has conquered many villages and with always help from Bharat, together we fight the hegemonying of NATO! Jai Hind! Jai shree Putin!!!
@koolkute-un1fu
12 күн бұрын
🤣😅
@braxxian
12 күн бұрын
Indeed. Only a complete fool believes the MSM about anything.
@thinkerly1
11 күн бұрын
You can always trust ru agents to lie thru their asses
The transition between "successfully repealed the attack" to "Tactical retreat" always surprises me
@oprrrah3498
12 күн бұрын
They've had a lot of practice in self-contradiction. It's like they don't even realize it.
@sababugs1125
12 күн бұрын
I mean , you speak as if they left the entire region and not 3 villages
@havanasyndrome3024
12 күн бұрын
@@sababugs1125three villages in a day.... ?! It literally took ukrane three months of counteroffensive to capture Robotyne (area 1.2 sq miles, population 76) and they bragged about it for 6 months... So yeah, by ukranian standards this is a massive advance.
@sababugs1125
12 күн бұрын
@@havanasyndrome3024 ok and ? just because the Ukrainian advance went poorly doesn't mean this is going great
@sababugs1125
12 күн бұрын
@@havanasyndrome3024 also Ukraine during the counteroffensive recaptured 12 villages Why are trying to make everything seem worse
What can be expected from BBC?
@luciferjohnson8495
12 күн бұрын
Just cuz u don't like what u hear by ur logic the news is fake or propaganda?
@sharadowasdr
12 күн бұрын
Bluff and Bluster Corporation
@user-vv1kt5ex8w
11 күн бұрын
Lies and lies
@luciferjohnson8495
11 күн бұрын
@@user-vv1kt5ex8w why don't you create a KZread channel and go to the war zone and show us what true journalism is like?
@BrianMartin-ph7pt
7 күн бұрын
BBC Bilious Bolshevik C*nts.
russia built up 100,000 troops along that edge of Kharkiv, this isnt a surprise.
@zaphod22
12 күн бұрын
For months they knew this was coming and did nothing to preempt the inevitable.
@aac74
12 күн бұрын
It is if you use the BBC as your news source!
@oleksii000
12 күн бұрын
@@zaphod22nothing.. except building fortifications, launching raids into ruzzian territory, shelling their depots and much more. Yeah nothing, really
@richardnixon7248
12 күн бұрын
@@oleksii000Ukraine is screwed. This aid is too little too late and when trump gets in he won't support Ukraine at all.
@RobertGillontheinterweb
12 күн бұрын
@@richardnixon7248no but he will do a deal with putin and stop the idiotic war
Hardly a surprise. It's been talked about for weeks.
@johnroche7541
12 күн бұрын
Exactly. The whole world and his dog knew that Russia would launch an offensive in this area.
@CTRusTFromCT
12 күн бұрын
the west is suprised because everyone is to focused on other shit but good on you for being up to date on the conflict i been following since 2014
@jonnykban
12 күн бұрын
I watched this report live. Surprise expected attack. BBC, please shut up.
@ufiworld
12 күн бұрын
😮
@CTRusTFromCT
12 күн бұрын
^ I didn’t make any mistakes your just a commie or nationalist
Why BBC has become a propaganda channel
@jonrotten31
12 күн бұрын
Always was. You're just noticing it now!
@user-qv2uc8oc7c
12 күн бұрын
DNA BRITISH EMPIRE. TRADITIONAL WAR MONGER
@ripvanwinkle1819
12 күн бұрын
Cheerleading average joes to the grim reaper
@tomk3732
12 күн бұрын
It always was - now its just over the top lies.
@user-kk5cv1rs5r
12 күн бұрын
from the beginning it always was. The established of BBC was one and only goal.
“Took em by surprise wouldnt you agree” Reporter: ehhh well no, not exactly 🤣🤣🤣
@godmode8687
12 күн бұрын
i mean hardly a surprise for ukrainian command when even the media here covered those russian troops for days already...
They did not repel, and wasn’t a surprise either both sides knew weeks ahead and still on going
@comradericefarmerhao2269
11 күн бұрын
Russia knows that Ukraine is fully aware of the offensive but now Russia gave them a ultimatum to take reserves from the avdiivka sector to reinforce Kharkiv which allows Russia to push further with less resistance in Donetsk
Fake news as usual from the British broadcaster 😂 Russia is making gains on the new front
oke my LORDD... If BBC has said so, that means this city is probably going to fall sooner than later 🤔🤔
yes they repel for 10 minutes and now they run away
@Wargutz666
12 күн бұрын
A 3 day special operation....... 🤡
@vladimirvladimirovichputin1352
12 күн бұрын
@@Wargutz666 no Russian government officials actually said that. That’s just a lie that’s been told so much that everyone believes it now so who’s really the clown following what everyone says clown 🤡
@nikxohs3925
12 күн бұрын
@@Wargutz666 yes, 34 countries against and they all shit on. putin is not criminal like usa and nato leaders and dont destroy civilians as usa doneList of Countries the US and NATO has Bombed Since the End of WWII Korea and China 1950-53 (Korean War) Guatemala 1954, 1960 Indonesia 1958 Cuba 1959-61 Vietnam 1961-73 Laos 1964-73 Belgian Congo 1964 Dominican Republic 1965-66 Peru 1965 Guatemala 1967 El Salvador 1980s Lebanon 1982-84 Grenada 1983 Lebanon 1983, 1984 (Lebanese, Syrian targets) Iran 1987 Panama 1989 Iraq 1991 (First Gulf War); 1991- 2003 (US/UK “No Fly Zone”) Kuwait 1991 Somalia 1992-94; 2007. Bosnia 1994-1995 Iran 1997 Sudan 1998 Afghanistan 1998 Yugoslavia 1999 Afghanistan 2001 On going Iraq 2003 (Second War-more recently predator drones) Yemen 2002, 2009 Libya 1986, 2011 Syria 2012-2020
@park1776
12 күн бұрын
@@Wargutz666summer beach party in Yalta🤡
@cyberhermit1222
12 күн бұрын
Not after the bridge is sunk 3 days to Kyiv LUL
Here we go again
@Frost6662
12 күн бұрын
Wdym the war didn't end it's still going💀🙏🏻😭
@michakrynicki7299
12 күн бұрын
@@Frost6662 ruskie tried taking karkiv 2 years ag
@prajwal1341
11 күн бұрын
😂😂 2:50
How did it repel it? Like in Bakhmut, Mariupol, Avdeevka?
@mickelodiansurname9578
10 күн бұрын
no like in Lyman, Kiev, Kherson and Kharkiv the last time... remember? Just after the announcement of the special 3 day operation...
A bit premature dont you think? For how many weeks did you guys keep saying that the Ukrainian counteroffensive was succeeding?
@Alphamind123
12 күн бұрын
Where did you hear that from what I listened to it was saying that it would of been nearly impossible as fields of mines,helicopters machingun posts and trenches. Never one time it said it would be a success. Maybe you should find information from someone else
@ColinClarke-pb8ee
12 күн бұрын
52
@evilleader1991
12 күн бұрын
@@Alphamind123 Dont lie, every mainstream western media was talking about how western tanks would cut through Russian defensive lines like knife through butter and reach the Azov sea 🤣. I have alternative sources to get unbiased information, but it's funny how BBC immediately claims this Russian offensive as a failure (quoting UA MoD), but they were literally lying to us for weeks on how Ukrainian counteroffensive was going 😆. I thought BBC was more reputable than that, I dont even know why they still trust statements from the Ukrainian side since they've lied many times in the past (not saying Russian side is more trustworthy) but at least wait a day or two for the fog of war to clear 😂🤣😂
@Alphamind123
12 күн бұрын
@@ColinClarke-pb8ee I'm confused to what news you was watching you weren't getting a realistic view . You need to change your sauce
@TacticalFumo-sg2dt
12 күн бұрын
A typical Z bot spreading chaos...
how is it a surprise attack if it was expected ?
@oprrrah3498
12 күн бұрын
You just have to ignore this stupidity... It's the BBC
@havanasyndrome3024
12 күн бұрын
To BBC/CNN crowd this is a huge surprise - because they were been told that the ukrane is winning..
@rettro6578
12 күн бұрын
@@havanasyndrome3024💯
@charleso6316
10 күн бұрын
You forgot that you are on BBC where everything is either 'rare or surprise'
Russians are retreating into Kharkov reigon and Ukrainians are advancing towards the Dnipr
@giftedtheos
12 күн бұрын
Russia still hasn't reached Kyiv after they said it will only take 10 days😂😂😂
@svetlanakononenko7952
12 күн бұрын
@@giftedtheosЭто когда он такое говорил? Брехун ты.
@ItsReallyJackBlack
12 күн бұрын
@@giftedtheosThe western "experts" made that claim. Not Russia. Such tools.
@RMProjects785
12 күн бұрын
@@ItsReallyJackBlack were you under a rock when the entire Russian army launched a massive surprise attack into Kyiv before completely retreating from North Ukraine after only 2 weeks?
@emil3458
12 күн бұрын
Bot
Repels? Is that what they call a retreat from 4 villages now?
Thought russia ran out of men and missiles
@user-qv2uc8oc7c
12 күн бұрын
🙆♀️🙆♂️🤷♀️🤷♂️🤦♂️
@helenpauls1496
12 күн бұрын
They all at that silly parade!
@ryandunevant7448
12 күн бұрын
Nah remember a few weeks ago when BBC reported only 48,000 confirmed KIA and MIA. My question is what happened to the 1.2 million man Ukrainian army from last summer that BBC reports is only 600,000k now. Where is the missing 800,000?
@mackenziecarver6807
12 күн бұрын
You realize that they are getting weapons from both china and North Karea, right?
@rockstarkid505
12 күн бұрын
@@mackenziecarver6807 thats just propoganda
The Russias were testing Ukrainian defense,.expect something large in coming hrs
More BBC bull crap ..... sick of it
Surprise? Every youtube amateur was talking about it. You think the nato command in Ukraine didn't know about it?
Propaganda bullshiters. 6 villages lost within 24 hrs. How the hell is that a repeled offensive?
More propaganda……
The fall Kharkiv is NOT a surprise 😂😂😂😂! Kharkiv is NOT a strategic city😂😂😂! Shameful liars of BBC!!!
@luciferjohnson8495
12 күн бұрын
Innocent people are dying and u here r laughing?
@ali-haider5788
12 күн бұрын
@@luciferjohnson8495he is laughing at bbc lies
@luciferjohnson8495
12 күн бұрын
@@ali-haider5788 honestly at this point I don't know which is the truth and which is a lie but the fact of the matter is innocent people are dying on the both sides and that's not a laughing matter
@boomboy4399
12 күн бұрын
Kharkiv still holds with ukraine
@itz_redgi9624
12 күн бұрын
@@luciferjohnson8495 Would you say the same about Palestine,Syria,Iraq,libya who got destroyed by US?
Absolute lies. Russia have taken 14 villages in that area in two days . Fact.
BBC, Our top war correspondent Zelensky reporting. Duh!
they arnt "reppeling the attack" their advancing steadily into kharviv town
@henkschrader4513
12 күн бұрын
City*
Just tell the truth BBC
@BrianMartin-ph7pt
7 күн бұрын
The bbc are unable to tell the truth.
Some truth eh. Oh from BBC of course.
I thought Ukraine's offensive was smashing through to the Black Sea with all their Leopard and Abrams vehicles? Did I miss something?
@ryandunevant7448
12 күн бұрын
I missed my invite to the Crimean beach party too!
@onestepbeyond5221
12 күн бұрын
I thought russia was going to take Ukraine in 3 days? Maybe it was 3 decades or maybe I missed something... 🤣😂😂😂😂😂🤦
@user-gm1vg8db9b
11 күн бұрын
Украина так и не получила F16 Как идти в наступления без подержки в воздухе?
"Repels" yet they've lost 12 villages so far, how are you describing your things?😮
😂😂😂 repel?
Student now protest Free Free UKRAINE. ?
Hey, Not protest Free Free Ukraine ?
Repel. Lol we will find out after a couple of months that Ukraine had a 'tactical withdrawal' 😂
Repels??????? Hahaha
"Repel", let's see if BBC revisit this front in 2 weeks' time.
😂 repelled
Most people in the world want peace ✌️
@jonrotten31
12 күн бұрын
BBC don't
@aac74
12 күн бұрын
Neocon broadcasting corporation
@Bradgilliswhammyman
12 күн бұрын
All Putin needs to do is withdraw from Ukraine...and we can have peace.
@BrianMartin-ph7pt
7 күн бұрын
The politicians with shares in arms and military procurement corporations don't.
His face says it all. LOL
@radbabic3532
12 күн бұрын
Geee man look very worried, his balls hanging on aloes tread 😂😂
@radbabic3532
12 күн бұрын
His balls hang on the loose tread,😮😮
But the real question is, can the BBC identify their reporter in Ukraine as a Male or Female? And if there’s any difference between genders of the gentleman in the studio? 😂
A surprise attack that mainstream media has reported for a month was building up there but suddenly was out of nowhere?😂
@user-gm1vg8db9b
11 күн бұрын
Войска росии пугали Украину с октября 2021 и напали 24.02.22 Остановить економику и ждать месяцами?
When the prop ganda exposes itself like a pervert at the park. 😂
Putin: "They're all so s`tupid, and I'm their boss".
The Russian Armed Forces created a bridgehead up to 10 km wide and up to 5 km deep without any problems. At night, 4-5 battalions crossed the border and entered 4 villages. Strelcha, Krasnoye, Pylnoye, Borisovka are in the gray zone, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have left a number of fortified areas and are retreating into the depths of the defense, several independent military correspondents report this.
not a "surprise", and no, they did not "repel" it.
The Summer of Judgement has begun...
@DavidOfosuAppiah
12 күн бұрын
Interesting
@emmetray4141
12 күн бұрын
And it will hit the russians hard.
I would not call it a surprise attack.
If the Ukrainian goal is to stabilize the front line, and Russia is launching a new offensive today, it looks like they won't be able to do that. Russia has the initiative. That's what's going on.
@rettro6578
12 күн бұрын
Exactly
@onestepbeyond5221
12 күн бұрын
Exactly not...
Ukraine is advancing backwards with minimum casualties while Russia is retreating forward with heavy casualties-BBC
Zelensky should be in prison for the rest of his pathetic life…
Ukraine doesn't have enough men to fight a war on two fronts. No wonder Zelenskyy looks miserable.
@SuperGreatSphinx
12 күн бұрын
Mercenaries
Karkhiv is about to become symbolic and not strategic.
Zelensky's face tells you all that things are not well.
❤❤God save the Ukrainian people from USA and GB❤❤
@Srbazo
12 күн бұрын
One of the best comments of the year.bravo
@warukraine9650
12 күн бұрын
@@Srbazo 😪😪
@avex3903
12 күн бұрын
amen
@brianconnor7828
12 күн бұрын
It's a pity this clown Zelensky and his new found riches don't seem to care as well as his UK and USA masters. Ask Boris Johnson why he stopped a peace deal in April 22. Need to stop waffling the propoganda and face reality. My British taxpayer money wasted on this while I struggle to pay my bills!! Nutcase!!
@tabularasa7775
12 күн бұрын
From Zelensky , he's the one pretending to be head of a sovereign state whilst being a pawn for the west .
Are this BBC correspondents live in the same basement as Joe?
@Mrc172
12 күн бұрын
Maybe, or maybe they're in the cellar with Spankmestormy.
@BrianMartin-ph7pt
7 күн бұрын
BBC and China Joe? P*edophiles of a feather flock together..
Comrades Armageddon is coming
More bull crap 💩
Rubbish
Lies they already acquired some land
It wasnt a suprise it's been talked about for days that Russia might attack.
Zelensly says? well it must be then, not like all the 'free worlds' channels are covering it.
This should not be a surprise it's called WAR
wow more lies as the MAYOR OF KHARKIV said Russian troops are taking the small villages around kharkiv and Ukraine have no reserves thats from a Ukraine generals and no one has attacked that force as of 15mins ago 14th may
This is fake news. Some correction is in order.
That map is inaccurate and Zelenski is lying they didn't repel any Russians 😂😂😂
@onestepbeyond5221
12 күн бұрын
The russians never crossed the border.. deep state was incorrect and lots of russian casualties... New video released show this
They haven't repelled the attack. the maps are showing more towns falling to the russians
@davecooper3238
12 күн бұрын
Which maps are showing that ? I don’t see any.
@passportbro904
12 күн бұрын
@@davecooper3238maybe you should go to specsavers
@ronin7531
12 күн бұрын
@@davecooper3238it must be nice not having access to internet
@bojanveljovic559
12 күн бұрын
Deep State TELEGRAM channel.
@davecooper3238
12 күн бұрын
@@ronin7531 Would you like to reconsider your comment ?
Propaganda is concocted so badly nowadays, it is beyond laughable... it is pathetic.
Poland 1939, Finland 1939-40, Hungary 1956, Czechoslovakia 1968, Afghanistan 1979, Chechnya 1999, Georgia 2008, Crimea 2014, Ukraine 2022
@user-gm1vg8db9b
11 күн бұрын
Молдова 1992
@user-gm1vg8db9b
11 күн бұрын
Казахстан 2020
@user-gm1vg8db9b
11 күн бұрын
Сирія 2015
@BrianMartin-ph7pt
7 күн бұрын
The Soviet Union got eaten alive in Hungary.
It's over...
BBC will eventually fold once everything isn’t in their Favor.
For how long?
The real target? Or a diversion?
@oprrrah3498
12 күн бұрын
We'll find out soon (but I would strongly advise finding a more honest source)
🙏 Slava Ukraini! 🙏
Don’t worry we know the truth, as daunting as it is
@SuperGreatSphinx
12 күн бұрын
Veritas
Ukraine expels crickets, captures absurdity to survive Russian attacks
• Military Summary Channel • The New Atlas • Daniel Davis / deep dive
No they didn't.
This is not aging well
Meanwhile on DPA.
😂😂😂😂😂pushing them back ? Drags are talking
BBC and KZread remove comments critical of Russia, very telling.
@BrianMartin-ph7pt
7 күн бұрын
KZread remove any true content and label it "hate speech".
It might be distraction for other action
Oil = money money = paid foreign soldiers plus Russia is huge and have resources.....this will never end....poor civilians...ask for negotiations.....it will be their biggest defeat
No mention of the six villages lost by cocainesky army in the last two weeks lol.
@BrianMartin-ph7pt
7 күн бұрын
Zelensky is too busy taking his Wife shopping and buying property in America to answer.. Heroes led by a fat, cowardly, corrupt, money siphoning cokehead.
Ukrainian people are glad to know that Russia started their libation.
There are conflicting reports. This one might be inaccurate from the BBC.
God is with Ukraine, not Russia.
@user-wp9dt1qr4e
8 күн бұрын
Funny, because when Nato went into Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria etc that's what those lot were saying . The middle east were all saying God is with them. If God is everyone's side, who's side is he not on. .....................
It was announced a month ago by Lavrov to the world’s press. It’s not a surprise bbc propaganda as usual tax well spent.
The latest from the battle front ......... shows Russia making further gains in two other key areas, most notably towards the town of Chasiv Yar, which has become an important forward military position, and further south in the industrial town of Krasnohorivka, where Russian troops are now in control of the town’s main facility, a brick factory. The battle front now favours Russia .................... Ukrainian forces are thinly stretched, with much less artillery than the Russians, grossly inadequate air defenses and above all a lack of soldiers. Their plight has been worsened by dry weather, allowing Russian mechanized units to move quickly across the dry ground Russia has more than half a million men now inside Ukraine or at its borders. It is also “generating a division of reserves” to pour into the conflict Ukraine suffers two critical vulnerabilities: insufficient manpower and sparse air defenses. Russia is exploiting both in a hurry, keen to establish facts on the ground before a new wave of Western aid can help The tide has changed and Zelensky must accept that much of the territory now lost may not be recovered.
In the accompanying graphic why is there a dotted line around Crimea? Since 2014 I've seen this in European maps of Ukraine. Did you decide that you could also take the international border away from Ukraine?