'Serious breakthrough': Ukraine advancing on southern front amid growing 'pressure from the West'
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Ukraine said Tuesday that its forces had pushed deeper into Russian defensive lines near the village of Robotyne, a day after claiming control over the village on the southern front. Kyiv has engaged in a grinding counteroffensive since June after stockpiling Western-supplied weapons and building up assault battalions, but progress has been slow. For more on Ukraine's summer counteroffensive, FRANCE 24's François Picard is joined by Velina Tchakarova, Founder of FACE Geopolitical Consultancy, Instructor at the Real-World Risk Institute and serves as a Peer Board Member of the Defence Horizon Journal.