Ukraine Appears to Intensify Attack After Slow Start to Counteroffensive: Live Updates
Ukrainian soldiers preparing to fire mobile artillery toward Russian positions in the Zaporizhzhia region, this month.Credit…David Guttenfelder for The New York Times Russia launched blistering artillery and aerial bombardments across southern Ukraine early Thursday, the Ukrainian military said, an apparent effort to repel an intensifying Ukrainian assault aimed at ripping through Moscow’s heavily fortified defensive…