Ukraine Braces For A Major Russian Counter-Offensive

 

CBC: Ukraine braces for expected new Russian onslaught, with or without Western tanks  

Along the front line, Ukrainian forces are wondering where Russia will strike next 

Exactly where and when Russia will launch its expected next offensive no one can be sure, but Ukrainian soldier Volodymyr Tereshchenko wants to ensure any Russian he confronts regrets it. 

Tereshchenko, a burly, bearded 50-year-old, is part of Ukraine's northern defensive line, tasked with securing the marshy, forested terrain along the border with Belarus and — more to the point — preventing Russian forces from making another assault on the capital Kyiv and other Ukrainan cities. 

In the days after Russia's invasion last February, troops attempted to take Chernihiv, about 50 kilometres from Tereshchenko's position, with thousands of soldiers swarming through the area.  

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Update: As a Russian offensive looms, Ukraine races to train military on new Western weapons (CNN)  

WNU Editor: Some of my regular readers who have extensive military experience tell me to expect a Russian offensive late February or March. I hope they are wrong. That with the exception of the battles in the Donbas much of what Russia has deployed and/or will deploy is to establish and force a frozen front/conflict that with time will exhaust the West. Either way the next two months are going to be critical on what direction this war is heading.

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