War in Ukraine: “breakthrough at Bakhmut”, difficulties on the front… where is the Ukrainian counter-offensive?

2023-09-19 09:09:54

Is the Ukrainian response fading? On Sunday, American Chief of Staff Mark Milley declared on the microphone of CNN that the Ukrainian counter-offensive had “not failed”, but that a very long conflict was to be expected. As a response to observers who are annoyed by the meager advances – 2 km2 near Bakhmout, in the east, and a little more than 5 km2 in the south last week – of the counter-offensive led by Kiev’s troops since the beginning of last summer.