Can Ukraine s counter-offensive succeed?

As Ukraine s long awaited counter-offensive finally begins, The Economist’s Russia and Eastern Europe editor, Arkady Ostrovsky, explores Ukrainian ambitions and strategies. 00:00 - the counter-offensive has begun 00:34 - strategic aims 01:13 - military aims 02:10 - political risks Sign up to The Economist’s daily newsletter: https://econ.st/3QAawvI The counteroffensive appears to have begun: https://econ.st/3IYpgDe For our latest Ukraine coverage: https://econ.st/3OXHjNJ Huge explosions breach the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine: https://econ.st/3oIfTRh Ukraine gets its F-16s: https://econ.st/3CclzpN The horrors of the front line: https://econ.st/3OVYfnC A Ukrainian cemetery awaits the casualties of the counteroffensive: https://econ.st/3MQa8J3