Ukraine's Counteroffensive Hindered by Vast Minefields.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says the counteroffensive is not going easily because 77,000 square miles of Ukrainian territory had been mined by Russian forces. Ukrainian forces have made most of their progress in the southern section of the front. Russia is building "an extensive zone of defenses" about nine kilometers long, a short distance from the town of Armyansk on the narrow bridge of land connecting the peninsula to Kherson Oblast. Germany is sending Ukraine another 1,000 rounds of standard 155mm howitzer shells and an unspecified amount of 155mm precision-guided shells, Patriot interceptors as well as several vehicles. The US and European allies announced billions of dollars in new recovery assistance to Ukraine.