Kyiv | Fierce fighting raged on Thursday (Friday AEST) in south-eastern Ukraine, where a Western official said Kyiv has launched a major push and Russian President Vladimir Putin said “hostilities have intensified significantly”.
Battles in recent weeks have taken place on multiple points along the over 1000-kilometre front line as Ukraine wages a counteroffensive with Western-supplied weapons and Western-trained troops against Russian forces who invaded 17 months ago.
