NATO’s Pledges to Ukraine Fall Short for a Counteroffensive This Year Weapons donations from the United States and European countries will take weeks, if not months, to reach the front lines.

Russia’s ‘Elastic Defense’ Tactic Frustrates Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Military analysts say that Russian commanders have been using a tactic known as “elastic defense” to prevent Ukraine from holding villages and other positions as staging grounds for future attacks.

Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Pushes Forward, Village by Village As Ukraine pushes slowly forward in its counteroffensive, it’s relying heavily on the effort of hundreds of small-scale assault groups, each tasked with attacking a single trench, tree line or house.

With Robotyne Recaptured, Ukraine Takes Next Step in Counteroffensive After penetrating Russian defenses to retake the village of Robotyne, Ukrainian forces have pushed the fight a few miles east, but formidable obstacles lie ahead.

Without F-16s, Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Is Missing a Key Piece Most military experts doubt that they would have, and say that Kyiv can still prevail without them.

Drone Attacks on Russia Show Evidence of Ukraine’s Other Counteroffensive Officials in Ukraine rarely discuss attacks on targets inside Russia, including Moscow. But video evidence shows an increasing effort to launch long-range strikes inside the country.

Ukraine May Have Launched Main Counteroffensive Thrust, U.S. Says After holding back many of its units trained and armed by the West, Ukraine is now committing them, the officials said, but it remained unclear whether a full-scale assault was taking place.

U.S. Sends More Weapons to Ukraine Amid Slow Counteroffensive The package, which includes artillery, air defenses and mine-clearing equipment, will help replenish Ukrainian forces advance through dense Russian minefields and other defenses.

Small, Hidden and Deadly: Mines Stymie Ukraine’s Counteroffensive To gain ground, Ukrainian forces have to make their way through a variety and density of Russian land mines they never imagined.

Russia Doing ‘Everything’ to Stop Ukraine’s Counteroffensive, Zelensky Says The Ukrainian leader has secured new weapons pledges, but it was not clear when the aid would arrive, or how consequential it would be on the battlefield.

Russian Forces Are Doing ‘Everything They Can’ to Stop Counteroffensive, Zelensky Says The Ukrainian leader secured new weapons pledges this week from allies, but it was not clear how soon they would arrive, or how significant a boost they could provide to Ukraine’s slow push to take back territory.

A Commander Describes Ukraine’s Counteroffensive From the Front Lines Troops with the 36th Marine Brigade have been the tip of the spear in Ukraine’s counteroffensive and have advanced about five miles into a bulge into Russian lines in southern Ukraine.

As Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Inches Forward, Soldiers Face What Russians Left Behind As Ukrainian troops inch forward in the counteroffensive, they are occupying positions abandoned by enemy troops. Says one: “It’s not very pleasant.”