11 days ago
Radio Free Europe
The General Staff said Russian forces had been conducting "unsuccessful offensive actions" in the Zaporizhzhya, Avdiyivka, and Lyman directions, while Ukrainian forces in Kupyansk, Novopavlovsk, and Kherson were "defending themselves." "The enemy continues offensive actions in the Bakhmut direction," the General Staff reported. In total, the Ukrainian military over the past day repelled Russian attacks in 11 locations in areas of the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk known as the Donbas, the General Staff said. But Berlin has so far shown reluctance both toward providing such tanks to Kyiv itself and allowing third countries that have Leopard tanks to send them to Ukraine. However, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock indicated that the stalemate is nearing a conclusion, saying Berlin is ready to authorize Poland to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine.
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