Ukraine’s counter-offensive in opposition to invading Russian forces is a vital flip within the struggle, although not with out peril as Vladimir Putin calculates methods to reply. Western leaders should be ready that he’ll use nuclear weapons, or try and contain NATO instantly within the battle.

In lower than per week, Ukrainian forces have retaken some three thousand sq. kilometers from the Russian invaders. That’s extra Ukrainian territory than Russia has seized since April. “The Ukrainian counteroffensive in Kharkiv Oblast is routing Russian forces and collapsing Russia’s northern Donbas axis,” says the Institute for the Research of Warfare, which has ably tracked the battle.