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Ukraine Achieves Mixed Success in Counteroffensive’s Early Battles, Says U.K.

As campaign to retake territory gets under way, Kyiv has broken through some Russian lines but struggled elsewhere

Ukrainian forces earlier this week held a training exercise not far from the front line in the eastern Donetsk region. anatolii stepanov/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

By Ian Lovett

Updated June 10, 2023 10:23 am ET

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine—Ukraine has launched significant attacks in the country’s east and south, according to the British Ministry of Defense, with Kyiv’s forces succeeding in breaking through some Russian defensive lines but struggling on other fronts.

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