Wagner Group suffers significant losses in Bakhmut counteroffensive.

Ukraine is preparing for a spring counteroffensive against Russian forces occupying its territory, with the help of new batches of Western weapons, including tanks and troops trained in the West. Russia's military prowess has been exposed by the conflict, and its strategy is designed around "getting the West to crumble". The Ukrainian military aims to break through the land corridor between Russia and the annexed Crimean peninsula, but faces the challenge of dislodging Russian forces dug in deep behind minefields and trenches. The stakes are high, with defeat for Ukraine having global ramifications.