‘We’ll show just how weak they are’: Ukraine primed for crucial offensive
by Emma Graham-Harrison and Artem Mazhulin in Zaporiz from World news | The Guardian on (#6BA0K)
With concern among allies seemingly growing, there is a lot riding on an imminent counter-assault on the Russians in the south
The last time Luh" served in the military, he was a Soviet conscript, sailing the Arctic Ocean with the USSR's northern fleet over four decades ago.
When Russia seized the Crimean peninsula and Russian-backed proxies moved into his home region of Luhansk nearly a decade ago, he cheered on the Ukrainian army but thought his fighting days were behind him.
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