Ukraine signals main push in counteroffensive is yet to come

FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian servicemen fire a BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket system towards Russian troops, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near a front line in Donetsk region, Ukraine June 21, 2023. REUTERS/Oleksandr Ratushniak/File Photo

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine signalled on Friday that the main push in its counteroffensive against Russian forces was still to come, with some troops not yet deployed and the operation so far intended to "set up the battlefield."

And one of its top generals reported "tangible successes" in advances in the south - one of two main theatres of operations, along with eastern Ukraine.