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Mentioned for several weeks, the Ukrainian counter-offensive could be launched, as evidenced for example by the violent clashes in the Zaporijjia region. Russia, meanwhile, says the counter-offensive is well underway.
A video posted Friday, June 9 by a pro-Russian social media account is identified as taking place in the Zaporizhia region (Ukraine). It bears witness to violent clashes. It shows Ukrainian tanks destroyed one after the other. We even see a German Leopard tank, recently delivered to the Ukrainian army, pulverized. The video attests to an intensification of the fighting at various points on the front line.
The silence of the Ukrainian authorities
On the afternoon of June 9, the Russian president affirmed that the first steps of the great Ukrainian counter-offensive had failed. “We can totally say that the great Ukrainian counter-offensive has begun. As proof, the use of their strategic reserve“, he said. A statement that contrasts with the absolute silence of the Ukrainian authorities, who however suggest that their troops are advancing on the Bakhmout front, a city conquered by Wagner’s militias three weeks ago. But, according to a specialist, these are only the beginnings of the great counter-offensive.