Boats and a bridge: Control of waterways will be key in Ukraine’s looming counteroffensive.

When the Biden administration announced a new package of military aid for Ukraine this week, the highlight was an additional shipment of long-range, mobile rocket launchers capable of hitting targets deep behind enemy lines.

But there was also some less-high-tech military equipment on the list that may prove just as important to any effort to recapture the city of Kherson in the south: 18 boats. Read more

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