Clever! Ukrainians Launch a Preemptive Counter-Offensive Ahead of the Russian Summer Offensive! - RFU News

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1. I wish this info were corroborated elsewhere, so I'll search for EU news.

Drone warfare has become a defining feature of this war, and Ukraine has proven highly effective in using it both offensively and defensively. Ukrainians learned that when drone operators are forced to divide their attention between frontline combat and rear-area strikes, their impact is weakened. By focusing their drone operations on the front line now, Ukrainians will be able to push Russians back over the river, and stabilize the front. This will allow Ukrainians to then concentrate fully on targeting enemy logistics, just as they have at Pokrovsk, where focused drone attrition is steadily dismantling the Russian Pokrovsk offensive.

This counterattack, therefore, is more than a defensive response. It is a preemptive strike to collapse the foundation of a planned Russian offensive before it even begins, and timing is everything. Russian forces reportedly gathered as many as 30,000 troops for a renewed assault in the Borova-Liman direction. If Ukraine can derail that buildup now, they will have spoiled Russian plans to advance to the Oskil River with a single, decisive campaign.