Ukraine pushes Russia back on front line where Starlink has played key role

Figure caption, Watch: BBC follows Ukraine's Operation Vivaldi pushing Russia back on frontlineByDan JohnsonUkraine correspondent , Reporting fromnear Lyman, eastern UkraineA Russian drone zips across the computer screen, startling the commanders keeping watch over the battlefield via a live stream in their bunker.Cigarette in one hand, radio in the other, one of them calls in their own drone to bring it down and warns the soldiers below of the threat. The men are dangerously exposed, on the long walk across open ground from their front line positions. They are being replaced after three months forcing the Russians back.This is part of Operation Vivaldi, a Ukrainian counter-offensive which they say has liberated 277 sq km (106 square miles) in the eastern Donbas region in recent months. The name reflects the offensive's four stages, or seasons - like the Italian composer's violin concerto. The successful assault blunted an attempted Russian pincer movement that threatened to encircle the key Fortress Belt cities still under Ukrainian control.While Russia this month pummels Ukraine from the air, crippling its energy infrastructure and killing scores of civilians across the country, ...