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Ukraine pushes major counteroffensive as war marks 200 days

FILE - People walk past a billboard with a portrait of a Russian soldier awarded for action in Ukraine and the words "Glory to the heroes of Russia" in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, File) FILE - Alima Tatiyeva, widow of Nurlan Tatiyev, Russian soldier who was killed in battles in Ukraine cries during a ceremony of handing over the Orders of Courage to families of killed soldiers in Volgograd, Russia, Thursday, June 30, 2022. (AP Photo, File) FILE - Soldiers carry the body of Viacheslav Nalyvaiko, a Ukrainian military officer killed during fighting against Russians, during his funeral in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. As the war slogs on, a growing flow of Western weapons over the summer is now playing a key role in the counteroffensive, helping Ukraine significantly boost its precision strike capability. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File) FILE - Russian servicemen guard an area of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe and among the 10 largest in the world in Enerhodar, Zaporizhzhia region, in territory under Russian military control, southeastern Ukraine, Sunday, May 1, 2022. This photo was taken during a trip organized by the Russian Ministry of Defense. (AP Photo, File) FILE - In this photo released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on July 2, 2022, a Russian Su-25 ground attack jet fires rockets on a mission at an undisclosed location in Ukraine. Six months ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine starting the largest military conflict in Europe since World War II. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File) FILE - In this handout photo taken from video and released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on July 30, 2022, Russian Army soldiers leave a military helicopter during a mission at an undisclosed location in Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File) FILE - In this handout photo released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service released on June 1, 2022, The Russian military's Uragan multiple rocket launchers fire rockets at Ukrainian troops at an undisclosed location. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File) FILE - Russian rockets launched against Ukraine from Russia's Belgorod region are seen at dawn in Kharkiv, Ukraine, early Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022. As the war slogs on, a growing flow of Western weapons over the summer is now playing a key role in the counteroffensive, helping Ukraine significantly boost its precision strike capability. (AP Photo/Vadim Belikov, File) FILE - In this handout photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, Russian paratroopers are seen on a mission on the Nikolaev-Krivoy Rog direction in Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File) FILE - In this handout photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, a Russian soldier fires from a Kornet, a Russian man-portable anti-tank guided missile on a mission at an undisclosed location in Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File) FILE - In this handout photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, Russian military vehicles drive to the Kharkiv direction on a mission in Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File) FILE - Soldiers of Ukraine's special operations unit carry anti-tank mines to install them on the Russian troops' potential way in a forest in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, late Tuesday, June 14, 2022. As the war slogs on, a growing flow of Western weapons over the summer is now playing a key role in the counteroffensive, helping Ukraine significantly boost its precision strike capability. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File) FILE - In this handout photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, Russian military vehicles drive to the Kharkiv direction on a mission in Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File) FILE - A Ukrainian soldier takes a selfie as an artillery system fires in the front line in Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022. As the war slogs on, a growing flow of Western weapons over the summer is now playing a key role in the counteroffensive, helping Ukraine significantly boost its precision strike capability. (AP Photo/Kostiantyn Liberov, File) FILE - Ukrainian servicemen prepare to fire at Russian positions from a U.S.-supplied M777 howitzer in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, July 14, 2022. Supplies of Western weapons, including U.S. HIMARS multiple rocket launchers, has significantly boosted the Ukrainian military's capability, allowing it to target Russian munitions deports, bridges and other key facilities with precision and impunity. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File) FILE - A launch truck fires the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) produced by Lockheed Martin during combat training in the high desert of the Yakima Training Center, Washington on May 23, 2011. Ukraine has received about a dozen American-built HIMARS multiple rocket launchers and has used them to strike Russian ammunition depots, which are essential for maintaining Moscow's edge in firepower. (Tony Overman/The Olympian via AP, File)