Russia

Major Blitz on Putin’s ‘Mightily Struggling’ Army Just ‘Weeks Away’

FRESH FIGHT AHEAD

Ukraine’s big counterattack may be just around the corner, according to a U.S. assessment.

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The Ukrainian government is plotting a counteroffensive against Russian forces in a matter of weeks, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said Tuesday.

“They're contemplating an offensive in the spring and that's just weeks away,” Austin told reporters in Brussels following a meeting of Ukraine’s Defense Contact Group.

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