Ukraine launches ‘major operations’ and boasts ‘countdown has begun’ for Russia as Putin reels over Wagner Group mutiny
Kyiv has boasted that the "countdown has begun" for Russia after Vladimir Putin faces the humiliating Wagner Group rebellion.Ukrainians are making steady progressThe Ministry of Defence said Ukrainian soldiers are making steady progress in key areas as they use the experiences from the first two weeks of the counteroffensive to perfect their tactics.
MoD said in a tweet: "In Luhansk Oblast, Russian forces have made their own significant effort to launch an attack in the Serebryanka Forest near Kremina. "This probably reflects continued Russian senior leadership orders to go on the offensive whenever possible. Russia has made some small gains, but Ukrainian forces have prevented a breakthrough."
Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said on a post on Telegram that troops launched an offensive in a number of locations in eastern Ukraine including Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Bakhmut, Bohdanivka, Yagidne, Klishchiivka, and Kurdyumivka. She added that Russianforces carried out airstrikes in Avdiyiv and Shakhtar while heavy fighting continues in the south of the country.Meanwhile, the Russian leader has faced the biggest threat in his regime in decades after Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin staged an open rebellion and sent his mercenary groupIn a dramatic escalation, Wagner troops were ordered to turn back to their bases to "avoid bloodshed" while their leader Prigozhin claimed he was retreating to Belarus.
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