Assessing the Progress of Ukraine's Counteroffensive Against Russia

Ukraine appears to be redoubling its efforts to drive out Russian forces, with recent attacks representing the prelude to a full-scale action that is yet to begin. While there has been no convincing evidence to suggest that the NATO-trained brigades have been deployed, the Ukrainians claim to have had some success in their exploratory forays. Several ultranationalist Russian military bloggers have also been bewailing on social media the advances Ukrainian forces have made, with some claiming that the counteroffensive has finally begun.