The Russian military is staging a ferocious push in northeastern Ukraine. The effort is designed to pin down Ukrainian forces, distract them from their counteroffensive and minimize the number of troops Kyiv is able to send to more important battles in the south.
A Ukrainian solider grabs an intelligence drone during landing in the Luhansk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023. Moscow’s army is staging a ferocious push in northeast Ukraine designed to distract Ukrainian forces from their counteroffensive and minimize the number of troops Kyiv is able to send to more important battles in the south.
Spent shells lay piled up on the front line in the outskirts of Lyman, Ukraine, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023. Moscow’s army is staging a ferocious push in northeast Ukraine designed to distract Ukrainian forces from their counteroffensive and minimize the number of troops Kyiv is able to send to more important battles in the south. A soldiers walks through the forest on a front line in the outskirts of Lyman, Ukraine, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023.
Ukrainian attack helicopters fly over a sunflower field in eastern Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. Moscow’s army is staging a ferocious push in northeast Ukraine designed to distract Ukrainian forces from their counteroffensive and minimize the number of troops Kyiv is able to send to more important battles in the south. Ukrainian soldiers fire a mortar on the front line on the outskirts of Kreminna, Ukraine, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023.
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