Zelensky visits frontline areas ahead of counteroffensive ‘very soon’

Volodymyr Zelensky awards a soldier in hospital in Donetsk region on Wednesday (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office/AP)

Ukraine’s president has made his third visit in two days to areas that have felt the brunt of Russia’s war.

On Thursday, Volodymyr Zelensky made a trip to the southern Kherson region retaken from the Kremlin’s forces.