A series of apparent Ukrainian attacks and logistical disasters for Russian forces in the 25th week of the war may indicate that Ukraine’s promised southern counteroffensive is still viable, despite the absence so far of significant territorial gains for Kyiv.
Ukraine said an estimated nine Russian warplanes were destroyed on August 9 in explosions at the Saky airbase in Crimea, 225km (140 miles) behind the front line, in what would appear to be the first major Ukrainian attack on a Russian base on the peninsula.
