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(ANSA-AFP) - MOSCOW, JUN 5 - Russia said Monday it had
repelled "a large-scale offensive" by Ukrainian forces in
Moscow-annexed Donetsk, as fighting intensified along their
border. Kyiv has for months said it is preparing a major
counteroffensive, hoping to reclaim territory lost since Russia
launched its military operation in February 2022. Its army said
recently there would be no announcement on the start of the
manoeuvres. Russia's Ministry of Defence reported that on
Sunday, in the south of Donetsk, "the enemy launched a
large-scale offensive in five sectors of the front." "A total of
six mechanised and two tank battalions of the enemy were
involved," it said in a Telegram post, adding that Ukrainian
troops had hit "the most vulnerable, in their opinion, sector of
the front". "The enemy did not achieve their tasks, they had no
success." (ANSA-AFP).
