For months, Moscow watched Ukraine mass troops near Kherson in the south. Russian commanders shifted elite airborne units to counter the expected assault. On August 29, Ukrainian forces announced the Kherson counteroffensive. Moscow took the bait completely.
What Russia didn’t know was that Ukraine had massed forces in Kharkiv Oblast, hundreds of kilometers north, while Russia’s best units deployed uselessly south. At dawn on September 6, Ukrainian armor punched through Russian lines.
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