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Counteroffensive? Probing defenses? What's playing out on Ukraine's battlefields?

While Kyiv is silent about the start of any counteroffensive, fighting is raging in several sections of the front line, signaling that the long-expected campaign could finally be getting underway

The Independent UK

Ukraine can count on UK support, Cleverly tells Zelensky in Kyiv

The Foreign Secretary made his second visit to the war-torn nation amid signs an expected Ukrainian counter-offensive may have begun.

The Independent UK

Has the Ukrainian counteroffensive begun in its war with Russia?

Increased military activity along the frontline suggests the ‘spring-summer military campaign’ has entered a new phase

The Guardian - UK

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Latest in Ukraine: Kyiv won't say when its counteroffensive has begun (June 5)

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

WEKU

James Cleverly meets Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv

The men discussed topics including Ukraine’s expectations from the upcoming Nato summit in Lithuania.

The Independent UK

Kyiv dismisses Russian reports of Ukrainian counteroffensive

Russian reports that Ukraine has begun a counteroffensive are meant to distract attention from losses Russian forces are taking around the eastern city of Bakhmut, Ukrainian deputy defence minister Hanna Maliar said on Monday.

Reuters

Russia claims it has thwarted major Ukrainian offensive with 250 soldiers killed

Russia's forces said Ukraine was making a major effort to punch through defensive lines in southeast Ukraine, but Kyiv didn't confirm the attacks and later said it was not true

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Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 467 of the invasion

Russia’s defence ministry claims Ukraine has launched a ‘major’ attack; Prigozhin says Russian army has lost territory north of Bakhmut

The Guardian - AU

Explainer-What would it mean if Ukraine joined NATO?

Ukraine, fighting a devastating Russian invasion since February 2022, seeks to join NATO as quickly as possible but members of the Western military alliance are divided over how fast that step should be taken.

Reuters

Vatican sends envoy to Ukraine to 'sound out' possibilities for peace talks

Pope Francis has sent Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi on a two-day peace mission to Kyiv to sound out government authorities in a bid to help end the war in Ukraine.

Radio France Internationale

Ukraine counter-offensive: do attacks inside Russia jeopardise West’s support?

As Ukrainian forces gear up for a long-planned counter-offensive to retake territory captured during last year’s invasion, two “volunteer” groups have been accused of conducting short cross-border raids into Russia under the direction of Kyiv.

The Week

Papal envoy heads to Ukraine to 'listen carefully' to possible peace plans

Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, tasked by Pope Francis to carry out a peace mission to try to help end the war in Ukraine, headed to Kyiv on Monday for a two-day trip to sound out government authorities.

Reuters

War brings urgency to fight for LGBT rights in Ukraine

Campaigners hope a new law will show LGBT soldiers that the country they are risking their lives for cares about them

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine deputy defence minister says forces moving to ‘offensive actions’ in some areas – as it happened

Hanna Maliar says Kyiv’s forces are moving to ‘offensive actions’, heightening speculation that a counteroffensive is close to launch

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France 24

🔴 Live: Ukrainian forces conducting 'offensive actions' at the front, says Kyiv

Kyiv on Monday said Ukrainian forces were conducting "offensive actions" on the front line as the country faces pressure from the West to announce the launch of a long-awaited counteroffensive. Russia meanwhile said that its forces had thwarted a major offensive at five points along the front in the southern…

Al Jazeera

Pro-Ukraine fighters attack southern Russia; offer to trade POWs

Pro-Kyiv armed groups called on Belgorod governor to meet and retrieve captive Russian soldiers.

Daily Mirror

Ukrainians donate their blood for soldiers as lack of weapons delays counter-attack

President Zelensky has insisted that a counter-offensive against Russian forces will happen at some point over the summer despite delays as his office admitted Kyiv doesn't currently have enough weapons

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war live: girl, 2, killed in Dnipro blast as Kyiv fends off air attack – as it happened

Girl’s body pulled from wreckage and 22 injured after strike Volodymyr Zelenskiy blames on Russia; fires reported in Shebekino town

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Reuters

Kremlin: Western long-range missiles to Ukraine will fuel 'spiralling tension'

The Kremlin said on Sunday that any supply of long-range missiles to Kyiv by France and Germany would lead to a further round of "spiralling tension" in the Ukraine conflict.

Reuters

Ukraine's military urges 'silence' ahead of expected counteroffensive

The Ukrainian military on Sunday renewed its plea for operational silence around a long-awaited counteroffensive against Russian forces, the latest in a stream of messages by Kyiv as it prepares for the assault.

Bangkok Post

Moscow strike kills toddler in Dnipro, Russian border district evacuates

KYIV, Ukraine: Ukrainian rescuers outside the city of Dnipro on Sunday recovered the body of a two-year-old girl from the rubble left by a Russian strike on a residential area.

WEKU

President Zelenskyy says 2-year-old is one of 500 Ukrainian children killed in war

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that Russia's war, now in its 16th month, has killed at least 500 Ukrainian children.

Daily Mirror

Ukraine missile attack kills girl, 2, with five kids injured by Russian strike

A little girl was killed and five other children were among 22 people injured in an attack on a residential district in Dnipro in central Ukraine, the region's governor said

Reuters

Ukraine minister in 'disbelief' at closed Kyiv bomb shelters

A senior Ukrainian government official expressed "disbelief" on Sunday after learning that nearly half of Kyiv bomb shelters inspected during an initial audit were closed or unfit for use.

The Independent UK

Ukraine piles on pressure after Russia declares victory in Bakhmut

Defenders of Ukraine's city of Bakhmut are keeping up the pressure even though Russian forces declared victory there after the longest, deadliest battle of the war so far

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