Most of the fighting is centred around Bakhmut.Ukraine is holding fire until more Western armoured vehicles arrive before it starts its long-awaited counteroffensive to recapture Russian-occupied territory, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview released on Thursday.
The war in Ukraine is at a turning point, with Kyiv poised to unleash its new counterstrike after six months of keeping its forces on the defensive, while Russia mounted a huge winter offensive that failed to capture significant territory. The commander of Ukraine's ground forces said on Wednesday that Russian forces had retreated in places by as much as 2km at the front line.
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