Ukraine Mounts Counteroffensive to Drive Russians Back From Kyiv, Key Cities

[speak easy]

Source: WSJ

YIV, Ukraine—Ukraine said its military had launched a counteroffensive in its capital, Kyiv, and other key cities, as President Volodymyr Zelensky urged the U.S. Congress to provide more weapons and increase economic pressure on Russia.

The thump of distant shelling echoed through the center of Kyiv overnight, while Ukrainian forces appeared to counterattack in the outlying towns of Irpin, Bucha and Hostomel, which have been severely damaged in weeks of street fighting and artillery exchanges. The city and the surrounding region were under an all-day curfew Wednesday.
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Ukrainian forces also said they pressed an offensive south and east of the southern port of Mykolayiv, moving in the direction of Kherson, the only Ukrainian regional capital occupied by Russia since the war began Feb. 24. Ukraine said it carried out an airstrike on the Kherson airport, which is now a Russian air base, and satellite imagery of the tarmac showed seven destroyed or damaged Russian helicopters, some of them engulfed in flames. Kyiv also said it shot down two Russian Su-30SM jets over the Black Sea off Odessa.

Moscow has largely not commented on combat losses and said its campaign was progressing.

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[modrepub]

1. Waiting

to see if this will turn into a route. While all the pundits have carried on about Russian superiority, I see an army that is in dire straights from a supply and morale standpoint. It might not take much to roll the Putin's forces back into Russia.

And yea, I could be wrong. But war is unpredictable and should never be taken lightly. No winning, only degrees of loss.

[avebury]

3. If Putin has shown the world anything it is just how poorly trained

and supplied the Russian military is. I really think that if Russian didn't have nukes, NATO could wipe the floor with them. Ukraine may have a smaller military but the are making the most with what they have and are playing multi-dimensional chess with Putin. Given enough time, Russian will totally run out of steam. Unfortunately, if they can get their bombs and missiles into position, the can leave a lot of rubble in Ukraine.

[EndlessWire]

8. I like your expression

"only degrees of loss." That certainly is true.

[Dr. T]

2. I hope the Ukrainian army doesn't stop

at the border. I hope they keep pushing right on through to Moscow and put that miserable son of bitch Putin out of his misery.

[onetexan]

4. driving them out of crimea & Donbas is good enough for me.

Kick their butts back to Russia & let the russian ppl deal w putin. He deserves their ire.

[L. Coyote]

6. Exactly, stop at the borders, don't become Putinesque.

The Kyiv car mechanics converting captured Russian weapons for Ukraine’s troops

At an auto repair shop in Kyiv, mechanics used to working on car engines are instead applying their skills to heavy weaponry captured from Russian armoured vehicles. They are converting them into handheld weapons that can be used by Ukrainian troops.

[EndlessWire]

9. My head agrees with you.

Stop at the border. But, my heart says, if Russia were experiencing the infrastructure destruction that Ukraine is, and if they did not feel secure in the fact that Ukraine can't or won't go into Russia, the war would be a lot shorter.

Putin has to go, one way or another. I'd like to see him in the dock in either the Hague or the ICC. Maybe they can fight over who gets to try him for genocide.

"Special military action" my ass.

[Kaleva]

14. +1

[Bev54]

5. I think Putin is going to commence and offensive on Odesa from the sea

Apparently he has ships gathering together in the Black sea, including battle ships and supply ships.

[Kaleva]

11. No Navy in the world has battleships

I believe you are thinking of corvettes, frigates, destroyers and cruisers. Classes of warships Russia does have.

[Bev54]

12. I don't know the names of them, have no connections to armed forces and

not a war monger, but apparently their are 14 different types of ships that seem to be heading in that direction. This information is from Expat Ukraine site.

[Kaleva]

13. There are many types of naval ships

No Navy has any battleships anymore though.


It's not my intent to critique you and I apologize if you took it that way. I did serve in the Navy and am a amateur military enthusiast. I was just pointing out a small error.

[machoneman]

16. Would be great to damage/sink a heavy cruiser and some smaller destroyers as well!

[mitch96]

7. The fog of war distorts what is actually happening.. Even if HALF of the russian losses is true

This is great news!!
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[Cha]

10. Glory to Ukraine...

💙💛

[machoneman]

15. Seems like the Ukes have not used their own heavy (cannon) artillery until now. Likely, they...

were waiting for NATO supplied millimeter-band radars that can track the path of incoming Russian shells and missiles. This highly effective radar tracks said shells, sends lat/long data to Uke artilley and they shoot back very accurately.

Then they must shoot-n-scoot, meaning once a few volleys are sent, pack up the towed artillery fast and move it and track mounted cannons far away as the Russkies have this capability as well.