The war in Ukraine has reached a “stalemate”, Kiev’s troops will not be able to break through the front. The Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU), Valeriy Zaluzhny, openly admitted this in an interview with the Economist, who also explained that “most likely, there will not be a profound and positive turning point.” After […]
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War in Ukraine, Putin puts Shoigu in the spotlight: one month, then the worst will happen
We need a turning point in the war, at all costs. Vladimir Putin has given his Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu until October to stop the counter-offensive by Ukraine’s armed forces, the Institute for the Study of War reports, citing an inside source. “A person deep inside the Kremlin claims that Putin would give Russian Defense […]
Ukraine, time almost up for counteroffensive: deadline set
It is still too early to determine whether the Ukrainian counter-offensive failed or not, there are still 30-45 working days left. The American Chief of Staff, General Mark Milley, who sincerely commented on the initiative against Russia in an interview with the BBC, established the limits of Ukraine’s action to recover the territories: “The offensive […]
Ukraine’s counteroffensive. Russia brings reinforcements to Zaporozhye
The Russian army began transferring units from other parts of the front to Robotyne, British military intelligence said. The latest intelligence update from the British Ministry of Defense states that Ukrainian forces have entered the Russian multi-level defense line located east of Robotyne (Zaporizhzhya Oblast) and that Ukrainian infantry continues to make gradual “tactical progress”. […]
Russia reported Ukraine’s losses since the start of the counter-offensive
Ukraine lost 66,000 during the counter-offensive. soldiers, said Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu. – From the beginning of the counteroffensive enemy losses exceeded 66 thousand. people and 7,600 weapons, Shoigu said during a conference call in Moscow on Tuesday. He argued that Ukrainian units, “trying to hide the failure of the offensive, attack civilian targets […]
Ukraine’s slow counter-offensive. The US general blames the US
Mark Arnold, a retired US Army general, believes that the Ukrainian armed forces lack equipment that the United States could provide. While some US officials, dissatisfied with the slow pace of the counter-offensive, blame the Ukrainian military, a retired US general disagrees. Mark Arnold, who served in the U.S. military for more than 37 years, […]
Counter-offensive in southern Ukraine. Russia calls for ‘reserve army’
The Russian army is deploying a ‘reserve army’ in the Luhansk region to send additional troops to southern Ukraine, the Institute for War Studies (ISW) reports. The head of the Main Directorate of Ukrainian Military Intelligence, Kyrilo Budanov, said that the Russian army has deployed units of the newly created “Reserve Army” (the 25th Army) […]
British intelligence: Russia wants to divert Ukrainian troops
The Russian Federation is trying to divert attention from Ukrainian troops and force them to divide their forces between Orichów and Kupiansk, British military intelligence believes. In the latest report, the British Ministry of Defense says that the Russian forces will try to divert the attention of the Ukrainian forces from the counter-offensive and thus […]
Counteroffensive. The Ukrainian army broke the “Surowikin line”
The armed forces of Ukraine broke through the so-called the Surovikin Line near the village of Werbowe in the Zaporozhye region, where the counter-offensive is being conducted. For the first time, the Ukrainians managed to break through the largest network of fortifications that the Russian army has built in occupied southern Ukraine since World War […]
Counteroffensive in Zaporozhye. Russia threw in its last reserves
After the Ukrainian army broke through the Russian defense line in Zaporizhia, Moscow sent the last reserve units into battle. The Russian General Staff is redeploying the last available reserve units to repel the advance of the Ukrainian army in the Zaporizhia region, where Ukraine’s armed forces have breached Russia’s first line of defense. According […]