Major.

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The long-awaited Ukrainian offensive the southern part of the country has begun? Counter-offensive the objective Russian-occupied Kherson?

Troops have massed. Preparations have been made. Everyone has made-ready. Now for the Big Push as it has been called since the days of the Great War.

First the good news:

"Ukrainians Claim Southern Counter-Offensive, Russian Lines Breached"

From www.breitbart.com the article by JACK MONTGOMERY | 29 Aug 2023. The tip from Freeper.

"Ukrainian officials claim that a long-awaited counter-offensive in the southern Kherson region is underway, and that the Russians’ first line of defense has been breached."

Now for the bad news:

"Ukraine SITREP: the promised 'major Ukrainian counter-attack' ends in disaster"

Courtesy The Saker August 29, 2022 the tip also from Freeper. 

"'The Defense Ministry [Russian] called the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces [AFU] during the failed offensive of Ukraine near Kherson Ukrainian troops attempted an offensive in the Mykolaiv and Kherson regions, as a result, the AFU units suffered heavy losses, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters. 'Today, during the day, on the direct instructions of Zelensky, Ukrainian troops attempted an offensive in the Mykolaiv and Kherson regions in three directions. As a result of the active defense of the grouping of Russian troops, the AFU units suffered heavy losses,' TASS reports...."

[article translated by machine from the original Russian]

Good, bad, and nothing to report about the ugly!

Consider that The Saker evidently a Russian national residing in the USA with an unabashedly pronounced pro-Russian and anti-American agenda.

coolbert.