Ukraine prepares counterattack as Russian offensive stalls.

The Russian offensive in eastern Ukraine has largely stalled after failing to make significant gains, with Russian forces struggling and undertrained. Ukrainian forces have hinted at a counteroffensive, with the commander of Ukraine’s ground forces saying the Russians have lost “considerable strength” during the offensive. While the Russian offensive has lost steam, Moscow still has far more manpower than Ukraine, the biggest and most enduring obstacle for Kyiv in the war. The battle for Bakhmut, a mining town in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, has become a symbolic battle of the war and a priority for Moscow.