Ukraine Reports Slow Counteroffensive Progress as Its Forces Attack Supply Lines
- Bridge connecting occupied Crimea to mainland struck
- Main thrusts of counteroffensive yet to begin, official says
Ukrainian servicemen prepare to fire a multiple rocket launcher near Bakhmut.
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Ukraine reported halting progress in its counteroffensive as a strike on a bridge connecting Russian-occupied Crimea with the mainland signaled Kyiv’s efforts to disrupt a key supply artery.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal told Bloomberg Television that the campaign “is not an easy walk — this is not a Hollywood movie,” echoing comments made this week by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Kyiv forces advanced up to a kilometer (0.6 miles) on the southern front, a military spokesman said.