Ukraine's counter-offensive campaign

The Kyiv Independent news site on June 11 quoted an assessment by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW - USA) saying that Ukrainian forces began conducting a large-scale counterattack campaign on several fronts a day earlier.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also confirmed for the first time that his country's forces were officially counterattacking.

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At least 4 areas

Speaking at a joint press conference after a meeting in Kyiv with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, President Zelensky said that "from my point of view, defensive counter-attacks are taking place in Ukraine." He did not reveal details, adding only that "I believe we will feel" the counterattack.

Russian soldiers on armored vehicles in Donetsk region

According to The Guardian, the leader said he was in regular contact with Ukrainian generals, including Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi and Army Commander Oleksandr Syrskyi. They all “had a positive feeling,” the Ukrainian president said, before stressing that it was important to trust information about the counterattack from the Ukrainian army, not social media or Russia.

ISW estimates that the Ukrainian side is conducting counterattacks in at least four frontline areas. The spokesman for the eastern Ukrainian forces, Colonel Serhiy Cherevaty, said that Ukrainian forces had advanced up to 1,400 meters in unnamed areas of the Bakhmut front. Russian military bloggers reported Ukrainian advances northwest and northeast of Bakhmut, according to ISW.

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In addition, Russian sources said that the Ukrainian side is also operating in the Luhansk region near the Bilohorivka area. The Russian Defense Ministry and some other sources said that Ukraine is also attacking in the border area between the two provinces of Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia. In a related development, Russian sources said that Ukraine has a tactical advantage in night attacks, thanks to the equipment provided by the West with advanced night vision systems.

Russia responds

Russia has not commented specifically on the above information. TASS on June 11 quoted Vadim Astafiev, spokesman for the Yug Group on the Russian side, saying that the group had successfully repelled Ukrainian attacks in the Soledar - Bakhmut direction. Accordingly, the group's air force attacked enemy positions in the Belogorovka, Krasnoye, Kleshchievka and Novgorodskoye areas. Russian artillery neutralized three enemy firing positions in the Verkhnekamenskoye and Krasnoye areas, as well as an ammunition depot in the Belaya Gora area and an AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar in the Avdeyevka area.

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South Africa, China discuss solutions to Ukraine crisis

TASS news agency reported on June 11 that South African President Cyril Ramaphosa had a phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping and informed him that a peace delegation comprising leaders of seven African countries planned to visit Russia and Ukraine. According to a statement from the South African President's Office, Mr. Ramaphosa mentioned the peace plan for the Ukraine issue proposed by China, affirming the support of South Africa and African leaders for initiatives related to peaceful solutions to conflicts.

"President Xi Jinping welcomed the African initiative and acknowledged the impact of the conflict in Ukraine on livelihoods and food security in Africa," the statement said. Earlier, President Ramaphosa said Russia and Ukraine had agreed to host an African delegation seeking a peaceful solution to the conflict in Ukraine. He spoke on behalf of six countries: Egypt, the Republic of Congo, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda and Zambia. Comoros, which currently holds the rotating presidency of the African Union, also joined. The delegation is expected to visit Russia and Ukraine this month.

Russian media reported on June 11 that Ukraine had fired 222 shells in the Donetsk region in 24 hours, using multiple launch rocket systems, 152 mm and 155 mm. In the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, one man was killed, while two others in Aleksandrovka and Gorlovka were injured, in addition to some damage to infrastructure.

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In another development, Reuters on June 11 quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying that there was no basis for any dialogue with Ukraine. "There are practically no preconditions for an agreement at the moment. Moreover, there is no basis, even a fragile one, for any kind of dialogue," he said. Ukraine has not commented on the above information.

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