Russian Leopard 2 Tanks Mobilized During Kyiv's Brigades Attack

Ukrainian and allied forces have launched simultaneous raids and probes across a 700-mile front stretching from southern Ukraine to the Donbas region and north to the border region adjacent to Russia’s Belgorod Oblast. The move follows weeks of relative calm and may be the start of Ukraine’s long-anticipated 2023 counteroffensive. Elements of the Ukrainian army’s 23rd and 31st Mechanized Brigades and potentially other units rolled south from Novodarivka and nearby Neskuchne and Vuhledar, with reports of Leopard 2 tanks in the vicinity strongly implying other brigades were in the area too. The Russians opened fire with artillery and warplanes, but the Ukrainians advanced three miles, securing a lodgement into which they began to pour reinforcements.