2026 Ukrainian counteroffensives

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In February 2026, Ukraine launched a local counteroffensive on the southern front of the Russo-Ukrainian war with the goal of expelling Russian forces from the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. The offensive later extended into Donetsk Oblast and aimed to disrupt Russia’s 2026 spring-summer offensive. The offensive marked the first time since the 2024 Kursk offensive that Ukrainian forces made a monthly net gain of territory over Russia and the largest Ukrainian offensive inside the country since the 2023 counteroffensive. Later that same year, Ukraine also launched Operation Vivaldi, in reference to Antonio Vivaldi's notable work The Four Seasons, in the northern part of Donetsk Oblast, near the city of Lyman.

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