For weeks, the world has been waiting for a major Ukrainian counteroffensive to begin. In recent days, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has been on a diplomatic tour of western leaders to ask for additional military aid.
The Guardian foreign correspondent Luke Harding tells Michael Safi about the progress being made by Ukrainian troops on the ground and why this offensive could be crucial to the outcome of the war.
Harding also meets the Ukrainian military commander Roman Kostenko to learn more about the drones quietly knocking out Russian targets.
Photograph: Ukrainian Presidential Press Off/UPI/Shutterstock
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