Ukrainian forces have decisively breached Russia’s first defensive line near Zaporizhzhia after weeks of painstaking mine clearance, and expect faster gains as they press the weaker second line, the general leading the southern counteroffensive has said.
According to the time I was learning Russian and Ukrainian, it’s pronounced the way it’s written, like “o” being “o” and so on. The last part is a diphthong, like saying “you”.