The True Purpose of Ukraine’s Counteroffensive
Groups calling themselves the Free Russia Legion and the Russian Volunteer Corps have launched raids inside Russia. Drones have flown over Moscow, damaging what may be the homes of Russian intelligence officers and buzzing the Kremlin itself. Unusually intense fighting has been reported this week in several parts of eastern Ukraine, with completely different versions of events provided by Russians and Ukrainians. Conflicts have also been reported between the Russian mercenaries of the Wagner Group and the soldiers of the regular Russian army.
What does it all mean? That the Ukrainian counteroffensive has begun.
In a week that also marks the 79th anniversary of D-Day, we should note the many ways in which this military action does not, and probably will has also washed over Russian-occupied territories in the past few days.
