Ukraine pushes south, but seeks longer-range weapons

Ukraine said it needed to disrupt Russian logistics to make the counteroffensive a success, as its troops advanced en masse in a new mechanised initiative

Ukrainian troops firing a mortar (Courtesy Ukrainian Armed Forces)

Ukraine may have launched a major new thrust of its counteroffensive in the 74^th week of the war, even as it tried to convince its Western allies to supply more long-range weapons.

Russia’s defence ministry said its forces had fended off “a massive assault” on June 26 by three mechanised b…