Russia-Ukraine war news: U.S. says Ukraine counteroffensive moving ahead

Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russia is moving forward, the Pentagon said in response to media questions about whether Ukraine had made significant gains. “It has and will continue to be a tough fight for them,” Air Force Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder told reporters on Tuesday. He repeated a comment made recently by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin that it would be “a marathon and not a sprint.”