NBC’s Lederman: ‘A Lot of Skepticism’ that Counteroffensive by Ukraine ‘Might Have Been a Head Fake’

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LEDERMAN: "Well, Mika, there was a lot of skepticism that this long promised counteroffensive by Ukraine might have been a head fake because the Ukrainians had been talking about it for weeks and it didn't seem to materialize. But now, according to Ukraine’s military, that offensive has begun and Ukrainian military officials saying this morning that over the last 24 hours they were able to damage about 30 Russian military assets in the area of Kherson, including an S-300 anti-aircraft system. Now, Russia has not confirmed whether that’s the case. In fact, Russia’s military has said that they, as they were trying to repel the Ukrainian counteroffensive, were able to kill several hundred Ukrainian troops. Another claim that can’t be verified. But there have clearly been multiple explosions in the area of Kherson over the last 24 hours, signaling that this fight is really moving to the south as Ukraine tries to start to wrest back some of that territory from Russia that Moscow had claimed early on in this war.”