Powering Through Artillery And Air Attack, Ukrainian Battlegroups Are Slowly Surrounding A Russian Field Army In The Southeast
The Ukrainian counteroffensive has slowed in its second week, but it's far from done
Ukrainian troops, possibly from the 95th Air Assault Brigade, have liberated the village of Verbove, sandwiched between the Vovch and Yanchur Rivers in southeastern Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
Verbove lies roughly a mile inside what was once the Russian-controlled zone straddling Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts. In liberating the village, the 95th Air Assault Brigade and adjacent units took another step toward their immediate objective as Ukraine’s southeastern counteroffensive grinds into its second week: the village of Uspenivka, the forward base for the Russian 36th Combined Arms Army.
Combined with Ukrainian advances farther to the south, the advance through Verbove tells a story. Yes, the counteroffensive is slowing and becoming more costly for the Ukrainians as the Russians restore their communications and reconsolidate their defense. No, the counteroffensive hasn’t halted.
