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Ukraine war: Kyiv claims first victories of counter-offensive - BBC News (www.bbc.com)

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Ukraine says it has liberated four villages in the south-east, calling these the first settlements won back from Russia since Kyiv's counter-offensive began
On Monday morning, officials reported that "the national flag is once again waving" over Storozhove, in the Donetsk region
A day earlier, footage showed Ukrainian troops celebrating in Blahodatne and Neskuchne - and a minister said nearby Makarivka was also taken
The settlements are relatively small - and Moscow is yet to confirm any retreat
The Institute for the Study of War backs up Kyiv's claims, saying Ukraine captured "multiple settlements" along the frontline over the weekend
On Saturday, President Zelensky acknowledged that the long-awaited counter-offensive was under way

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[–] zalack@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I guarantee you it means something to the residents of those six houses.

It's easy to lose track of individual humanity at the scale of a war, but this victory is the one these people will always most remember when they think of the tide turning. Their lives are worth something.

[–] DerPapa69@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Doesn't change the fact the the suMmEr OfFensIVe is going horribly lol

Real life is not like the movies

[–] pleasemakesense@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The summer offensive that has been going on for what? One week? Looking at how fast Russia gained ground in bakhmut, vuhledar, and avdiivka, this offensive is going swimmingly

[–] DerPapa69@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I would save this comment and get back to you when the offensive has crumbled, but something tells me you and all the other Reddit libs currently swarming this website will have long crawled back to daddy Reddit by then ;)

E: Uh oh, seems like I've angered le epic reddit army! Whatever shall I do?! I know, I'll just wait a month or two until 80% of the accounts in this thread are long dead :3

[–] YellowtoOrange@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago

If everyone else is a "reddit lib" then that makes you a rightwing raving loony, which, according to your comments, may be accurate.