accused russian forces of mining the plant in a more robust way, including mines along the roof that they say could lead to a terrorist act by russia. but poppy, that s something russia has long denied. ukraine has been reporting some success in this counteroffensive. you re in southern ukraine and talk about what s behind you and your assessment of what we re seeing on the ground in this counteroffensive. reporter: i think some success really is what needs to be emphasized here. ukrainian armed forces claiming that they are pushing forward on two specific fronts as they try to go south towards cities called mariupol and berdyansk. they re trying to breakthrough this very tough russian line. the institute a group that monitors this says ukrainian forces have managed to move forward 1.7 kilometers or just over a mile. this is one of the main goals in