thrust is under way though reports indicate that ukrainian advances are relatively minor. in a video published by president zelensky, ukrainian troops said they had taken a village to the east of zaporizhzhia city under intense artillery fire and air strikes. russian president vladimir putin has said ukraine s attacks had significa ntly intensified. 0ur correspondent in kyiv, james waterhouse, gave us his assessment of the latest developments on the battlefield in ukraine. there are interesting levels to this counteroffensive, it seems, where for weeks we ve had ukraine probe for russian weaknesses whilst keeping the bulk of its forces in reserve and we ve seen russia pretty much do the same. and now, if you look at some corners of the west, we ve had some us officials described today as being at the start of a major thrust. there is a lot of excitement but ukraine isn t using
now to ukraine where the military says its forces are making steady progress in a counterattack against russian troops on the southeastern front line. western officials say a major thrust is under way though reports indicate that ukrainian advances are relatively minor. in a video published by president zelensky, ukrainian troops said they had taken a village to the east of zaporizhzhia city under intense artillery fire and air strikes. russian president vladimir putin has said ukraine s attacks had significa ntly intensified. 0ur ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse is in kyiv and put these recent gains into perspective. i think there are interesting levels to this counter offensive, it seems, where for weeks we ve had ukraine probe for russian weaknesses, whilst keeping the bulk of its forces in reserve. and we ve seen russia pretty much do the same. and now if you look at some corners of the west, we ve had some us officials describe today as being the start of a major th
short term, when his goals are being considered. cut out 0k, short term, when his goals are being considered. cut out ok, thanks for taking us through that, jonathan. jonathan blake speaking from westminster. now to ukraine, where the military says its forces are making steady progress in a counterattack against russian troops on the southeastern front line. western officials say a major thrust is under way, though reports indicate that ukrainian advances are relatively minor. in a video published by president zelensky, ukrainian troops said they had taken the village of staromaiorske. the village, which is 150km east of zaporizhzhia city, was taken under intense artillery fire and airstrikes, according to the army. russian president vladimir putin said ukraine s attacks had significantly intensified. 0ur correspondentjames waterhouse has the latest. for weeks, we ve had ukraine probe for russian weaknesses whilst keeping the bulk of its forces in reserve. and we ve seen russia prett
Russian forces conducted a series of Shahed 131 and 136 drone strikes across Ukraine on July 11, likely in a demonstrative response to the 2023 NATO Summit in Vilnius and to threaten the Black Sea grain deal. The Ukrainian General Staff reported that