Ukraine Reports Slow Progress at Start of Counteroffensive – The New York Times

KYIV, Ukraine As Russia launches more artillery, mortar and airstrikes in an attempt to slow Ukraine s counteroffensive, Ukrainian defense officials on Thursday reported slow progress along multiple lines of attack in the country s southeast.

It is very difficult to advance, Hanna Malyar, a deputy Ukrainian defense minister, told reporters, adding that fields littered with Russian mines were also an obstacle to the Ukrainian push.

For a third straight day, Ukraine did not claim to have retaken any settlements but said its forces were attacking Russian defenses in multiple areas along the front line.

via www.nytimes.com

Ugh.