Ukraine Reports Limited Gains; Moscow Claims Kyivs Offensive Has Stalled

Two weeks after the de facto initiation of a long-awaited Ukrainian counteroffensive against Russian forces, both sides are claiming battlefield victories in the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions. Kyiv claimed that its troops have successfully penetrated several miles beyond Russian defense lines and have retaken several strategic positions. Moscow countered that Kyiv’s counterattack has been stopped in its tracks—at tremendous cost to Ukrainian manpower and equipment. According to Hanna Maliar, Ukraine’s deputy defense minister, Kyiv’s forces in recent days have pushed past Russian defense lines by more than four miles, retaking a total of 44 square miles of land....