US intelligence agencies have made a “grim” assessment of Ukraine’s ongoing counteroffensive, believing Kiev will fail to plunge south toward the Crimean Peninsula by the end of the year, according to the Washington Post. Officials voiced doubts about the Ukrainian mission in a classified intel report, the contents of which …
Read More »Top US general ‘not surprised’ about Ukraine’s slow offensive
Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russia will be extremely costly for its troops and will continue for a couple of months, US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley said on Friday. Speaking at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, the top US military commander offered his take on …
Read More »Countering the counter-offensive: What’s next for the conflict in Ukraine?
Following the nine-month battle for Artyomovsk (Bakhmut), which is now in Moscow’s hands, the hostilities between Russia and Ukraine are set to enter a new stage. Although currently the front is experiencing a period of relative calm, this is not likely to last long as both sides will want to …
Read More »Ukraine launches ‘large-scale offensive’ – Russian MOD
Ukrainian forces have attacked the Russian troops along five sections of the frontline in Donbass during their “large-scale offensive,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in the early hours of Monday. According to the MOD, the assault began on Sunday morning. “The enemy’s goal was to breach our defenses in what …
Read More »US warns of new Russian offensive in Ukraine
Ukrainian forces are facing more Russian attacks even as they prepare a counteroffensive of their own, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told US state-funded news outlet Voice of America on Friday. “In the spring, when the weather improves, and it’s already starting to improve … we can expect the Russians to …
Read More »Here’s why the leaked ‘secret plan’ for a Ukrainian military offensive doesn’t add up
On Friday, photos appeared of a document allegedly containing details on a planned imminent Ukrainian offensive on territories controlled by Russia. The ‘leak’ coincided with suggestions that the NATO Defender 2023 exercises – planned for the end of this month – could be a cover for an operation to supply and support …
Read More »Zelensky lauds ‘liberation’ of Ukraine amid Kharkov offensive
President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky has celebrated the advance of his troops amid the ongoing large-scale offensive in Kherson Region in the country’s east. “The movement of our soldiers continues in different directions of the front. To date, as part of active operations since the beginning of September, about 2,000 …
Read More »Ukraine suffers heavy losses in failed offensive – Moscow
Kiev’s attempts to take the initiative and advance in the south of the country have failed and resulted in heavy losses, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Thursday. The Ukrainian forces lost over 350 personnel, as Russian warplanes and artillery were used for kinetic action against Kiev’s forces over the …
Read More »Russia makes new claim on Ukraine’s counter-offensive losses
Russian forces have taken out hundreds of Ukrainian troops and dozens of tanks and armored military vehicles after repelling Kiev’s ill-fated offensive in southern Ukraine, which was mounted at the personal order of President Vladimir Zelensky, the Defense Ministry claimed on Tuesday. “The effective actions by the Russian forces destroyed …
Read More »Ukraine’s attempt at counter-offensive has failed – Russia
Ukraine’s much-heralded “counter-offensive” in Kherson has “failed miserably,” the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday, listing the losses suffered by Kiev at the end of the day. Ukrainian forces attempted to attack in three directions on orders of President Vladimir Zelensky but made no gains, Moscow said. Russian troops caused …
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