Ukraine’s assault in Zaporizhia may be the focus of its offensive

UKRAINE’S COUNTER-OFFENSIVE is just a . But its shape is gradually becoming clearer. One axis points east, at the area around the bloodily contested town of Bakhmut and in Luhansk province. Another aims south and south-east from Vuhledar in Donetsk province. The third is perhaps the most important. On June 8th it became apparent that had launched a major southward assault in Zaporizhia province, which forms the central part of the war’s long frontline. It looks like the biggest one yet.