Eastern and southern ukraine with russias president putin maintaining his goal of taking the don bass region. Ukraine, meanwhile, is publicly documenting what it says are war crimes against that citizens. All while ramping up its counter offensive. Ukrainian soldiers by the hundreds of thousands, are fighting fiercely against the russian invaders, and their resilience have surprised many. But with rushes military might. They have lost significant ground. Ever since heavy weapons began arriving from western allies, though the Ukrainian Army has counter attacked, including in the south what their initial gains in the occupied cares and region have shown is that this war will be a long and bitter one. Ukrainian forces have dug in deep here in the steps of southern ukraine between nikolai of an ass on and they have Russian Forces in their sites. Since the Ukrainian Government launched its counter offensive, the viking as he calls himself and his comrades have ramped up the pressure on the