Ukraine’s counteroffensive making ‘notable progress,’ Washington says

Now to the latest on Russia’s war on Ukraine and heading into fall Ukraine’s counter-offensive is said to be making good progress that report from the U.S coming in the same week as Kiev suffering its biggest attack in months cbc’s Dominic velitis reports from London White House security spokesperson John

Kirby was briefing journalists on a conference call and he told them that Ukraine’s forces have made notable progress in the last 72 hours or so in their push against Russian forces in the south of the country specifically in the zapparicha region and those words were echoed this morning by a Ukraine’s

President Vladimir zelenski who said Ukrainian troops were moving forward in their counter-offensive and then earlier this week the Ukrainian military itself claimed it had broken through Russian defenses in the South and captured the strategically important Village of Robert teen which although small is on high ground and as such puts a place

Called tokmak in sight which is the Regional Road and rail Hub and taking that it’s believed would make retaking the rest of the South a lot easier for Ukraine now we cannot independently verify fi any of these claims from Washington or Kiev but these reported advances are notable not least of all

Because Russia’s built up some very strong defenses in this particular part of the country they’ve created an elaborate system of trenches and tunnels which are defended by minefields artillery and various anti-tank measures meanwhile the Kremlin has confirmed that Vladimir Putin will meet turkey’s president receipt erdogan in the Black

Sea Resort of Sochi in Monday and they will be meeting as turkey and the United Nations seek to revive the so-called Black Sea grain deal which you may recall Russia walked away from in July after complaining that its own food and fertilizer exports faced obstacles and that not enough Ukrainian grain was

Going to countries in need the agreement which was brokered by the United Nations and turkey is intended to combat a global food crisis which the UN officials have said was worsened by Russia as full-scale invasion of Ukraine so it’s hoped that recent moves to revive it have set the groundwork for

Monday’s big meeting between Putin and nerd one and hopefully get this agreement back up and running again Dominic valaisa CBC News London

White House National Security spokesperson John Kirby told journalists that Ukrainian forces have made ‘notable progress’ in the last 72 hours in their push against Russian forces in the south of the country. These claims have not been independently verified. Read more:

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