Putin notes start of Ukrainian counteroffensive

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the Ukrainian counteroffensive has started.

Source: Putin’s statement cited by the Russian Kremlin-aligned news agency RIA Novosti

Quote: "We can say with absolute certainty that this offensive has started. A sign of this is the deployment of strategic reserves of the Ukrainian army."

Details: Putin added that "in no combat area have the Ukrainians achieved their goals".

Background:

• Earlier, a number of Western media outlets reported, with reference to different sources, that a long-awaited Ukrainian counteroffensive against Russia had started.
• The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine stated that the start of the counteroffensive of the Defence Forces of Ukraine would not be publicly announced.

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