Ukraine Recap: Zelenskiy Gives Signal That Offensive Has Begun
Volunteers push a stretcher carrying an elderly person who was evacuated from a flooded area in Kherson, June 9.
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President Volodymyr Zelenskiy gave his strongest signal yet that Ukraine’s much-discussed ground offensive is under way — a day after Russia’s Vladimir Putin acknowledged as much, and as Kyiv’s military commanders pointed to small advances on the eastern front, including near the contested city of Bakhmut. The counteroffensive is thought to be active in at least four areas and comes against a backdrop of continued missile and drone bombardments by Russia of targets across Ukraine, often but not exclusively targeted at the capital.