The Telegraph: Ukraine Has Launched A Counteroffensive

Successes on the front are combined with effective strikes deep inside the RF.

Ukraine's defense forces have launched a counteroffensive on the front line after Russian occupiers were banned from using Starlink Ilon Musk's Starlink terminals.

The The Telegraph cited the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) as saying that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have launched local counterattacks to restore communications between positions on the front line between southern Dobropilya and northern Varvarivka.

Battlefield successes

Maps show counterattacks near Ternuvate, Dobropilya and Zaliznychnoye, near the border between Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhya regions.

The ISW analysts believe the Ukrainian counteroffensives are a response to favorable battlefield conditions created in part by Russia's loss of Starlink terminals.

The publication noted that nearly 90 percent of Russian units lost connectivity after Musk orchestrated a service shutdown earlier this month. The decision came after it was revealed that the occupiers were installing Starlink terminals on the Shaheds.

Russian communications have also suffered due to the Kremlin's decision to impose new restrictions on the use of Telegram, a popular messenger used by Russian soldiers in the war against Ukraine.

Strikes on targets in Russia

The publication noted that in addition to localized counterattacks, Ukraine has stepped up strikes on military facilities inside Russia. In particular, Ukraine attacked one of the Russian army's largest ammunition depots with Flamingo cruise missiles at an ammunition depot near Volgograd and a missile factory in the Tambov region.

"Ukrainian forces also destroyed 6,000 drones near Suja in the Kursk region, one of Moscow's biggest losses to date," the publication wrote.

A new round of peace talks involving Russia, Ukraine and the United States in Geneva was also announced.

The Russian delegation to it will be led by Vladimir Medinsky, an aide to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.

The publication noted that Medinsky's return suggests that the Kremlin may be trying to delay peace talks after Ukrainian officials earlier called him a "pseudo-historian" because of his hardline demands.

The journalists recalled that during previous talks, Medinsky had compared the war against Ukraine to the Great Northern War, which involved Russia and Sweden and lasted 21 years, from 1700 to 1721, during the reign of Peter the Great.

"Putin has previously compared himself to a former Russian emperor," the publication added.

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