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Rising fears over Ukraine’s high-stakes military offensive

Leaked US secret documents suggest a tougher fight ahead for Ukrainians in the looming counter-offensive, the outcome of which will have an impact not just on Europe but also Sino-US ties

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Ukrainian service members fire a howitzer D30 at a front line near Bakhmut in Ukraine on April 23.

Ukrainian service members fire a howitzer D30 at a front line near Bakhmut in Ukraine on April 23.

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At an air force base in Germany, the top military leaders of the United States and Europe got together recently to reassert their support for Ukraine and plan their next steps in arming it against the Russian invasion.

Everyone attending that meeting claimed to be optimistic: The Ukrainian military is getting stronger thanks to fresh deliveries of heavy tanks and armoured personnel carriers; its

much-heralded offensive against Russia’s troops

is now, at most, a matter of a few weeks.

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