Ukraine Plans to Counterattack Russian Forces Near Kharkiv
Ukrainian rescuers work at the site of a missile attack in Kharkiv on May 23.
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The Ukrainian army said it’s planning counterattacks to push back Russian forces that seized territory in the northeast Kharkiv region.
The incursion, which began two weeks ago, opened a new front and stretched Kyiv’s resources. But Moscow failed to achieve its objective to create a buffer zone of up to 30 kilometers (19 miles) within Ukraine, Ihor Prokhorenko, an official in Ukraine’s General Staff, said Friday.