While leaders of Russia’s military and the paramilitary units carry out their public squabbling, Ukraine has been preparing for a major counteroffensive. They spent the winter digging trenches and building tank traps to defend against a Ukrainian counteroffensive. Kiev has been tight-lipped about when it might launch a counteroffensive against an exhausted Russia force. Prigozhin says the counteroffensive has begun, with sharply conceived attacks meant to “shape” the battlefield. Ukrainian leader Zelensky says the counteroffensive might have to wait for better ground conditions to minimize losses among his forces.

Source: Philippine Star May 12, 2023 23:28 UTC