Ukraine's counteroffensive is ramping up after months of slow progress
After two months of painstakingly slow progress on the battlefield, Ukraine appears to be escalating its counteroffensive, ramping up the deployment of extra troops to the southern front and signaling a new phase of the operation, US and Russian officials said.
2023-07-28 00:58
Limited battlefield progress hasn't spooked western allies, Kyiv says
Despite an underwhelming first month of Ukraine's much-anticipated summer push to liberate territory from Russian forces, Kyiv says its Western backers are not pressuring the country for quick results.
2023-07-16 00:56
Ukraine's Zelenskiy says sought weapons for counteroffensive to start sooner
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told CNN he wanted a counteroffensive to have started earlier and had urged Western
2023-07-06 07:21
Ukraine's counteroffensive hasn't met expectations. Here's why progress has been slow
The minefields in southern Ukraine are so dense, the troops trying to liberate the area can only advance "tree by tree," one soldier involved in Kyiv's counteroffensive in the south told CNN. In all his years of service, he said, he's never seen this many mines.
2023-07-04 12:18
Ukraine reports incremental gains in heavy fighting
By Pavel Polityuk KYIV Ukraine said on Monday its forces had gained some ground along eastern and southern
2023-07-03 14:25
Ukraine: Chaos in Russia works to our advantage
By Lidia Kelly Chaos in Russia works to Kyiv's advantage, Ukraine officials said on Saturday, but it remains
2023-06-25 11:45
These villages were liberated in Ukraine's grinding counteroffensive. They're little more than ruins.
The bangs of incoming and outgoing shelling are the soundtrack of Ukraine's frontline. But its president warned this week that the counteroffensive should not be seen through the lens of a Hollywood movie.
2023-06-23 12:23
Early stages of Ukrainian counteroffensive 'not meeting expectations,' Western officials tell CNN
In its early phases, Ukraine's counteroffensive is having less success and Russian forces are showing more competence than western assessments expected, two western officials and a senior US military official tell CNN.
2023-06-22 19:59
Ukraine's counteroffensive has been brutal and slow. But Kyiv has many cards left to play
The footage is a grainy and disturbing. A Ukrainian soldier from the 73rd Naval Special Operations Center fights his way through a trench, apparently on the southern front, shooting Russian soldiers repeatedly at point-blank range. The dust kicked up adds to the sense of chaos, and the dense panic and brutality of this counteroffensive's start.
2023-06-21 12:25
Ukraine's counteroffensive is now underway. Here's what's happened so far
Ukraine's counteroffensive against Russian forces has not yet gained the momentum that some overly optimistic observers anticipated. So far it feels like the prelude to a more expansive act.
2023-06-17 12:50
Russia says it inflicted heavy losses on Ukrainian forces trying to push forward
MOSCOW Russia's Defence Ministry said on Friday its forces had repelled numerous attempted counterattacks by the Ukrainian army
2023-06-16 18:25
Zelensky signalled Ukraine's counteroffensive against Russia is underway. Here's what to expect
With a few words, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky gave his strongest signal yet that his forces have begun their much-anticipated campaign to regain swathes of territory taken by Russian forces.
2023-06-11 19:50