Putin issues new order after conquest; Experts: "Look what's happening in the south"
After Putin said Russian soldiers were winning a victory over Ukrainian forces in the Luhansk region, Russia turned to targets in the Donetsk region.
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As Reuters reports, Russia captured the city of Lysychansk on Sunday, ending its offensive on one of the two areas that make up the bulk of Donbas, an industrially developed region in eastern Ukraine.
However, both Russia and Ukraine suffered heavy losses during the battle for the Luhansk region, especially during the clashes in Lysychansk and Severodonetsk, which are now reduced to ruins.
On Tuesday, Ukrainian forces took up defensive positions in the Donetsk region, where they still control major cities. Russian President Vladimir Putin told his soldiers on Monday to rest and restore their military strength and equipment.
On the other hand, the adviser to the Ukrainian President, Oleksiy Arestovych, says that the conquest of Lysychansk is "the last Russian victory on Ukrainian territory", recalling that it took the Russians three months to conquer it with huge casualties.
He also said that Ukrainian forces in the south of the country want to launch a counterattack. "Capturing the cities in the east meant that 60 percent of Russian soldiers were sent to the east, which means that it will be difficult for them to return to the south," Arestovych said.
"There are no more soldiers that can be sent from Russia. They paid a high price for controlling Severodonetsk and Lysychansk." Some military experts believe that Russia did not gain much by capturing Lysychansk and Severodonetsk, as well as that the outcome of the battle for Donbas was uncertain until the very end.
"I think it's a tactical victory for Russia, but it was very expensive," said Neil Melvin, a London-based military analyst, Director International Security Studies at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). He compared the battle for Donbass to battles fought during the First World War that resulted in minor territorial gains.
"This has been going on, and progress has been very slow. I think the Russians will declare some sort of victory, but the key battles are yet to come," he added. According to his opinion, the key battles of the war in Ukraine will most likely not take place in the east of the country, but rather in the south of the country.
Namely, the Ukrainian soldiers started attacking the Russian forces there in order to regain the territories that the Russians occupied.
"That's why we see that the Ukrainians are making progress near Kherson. They are carrying out counterattacks there, and I think it is certain that they will take the initiative in that area. They will try to suppress the Russians thanks to large counteroffensives," Melvin added.
The loss of troops and officers by Russia are not worth the ground it has gained. This will come back to haunt Putin. Ukraine is retaking ground it had temporarily lost because Russia does not have enough troops left after its heavy losses.
(Ross Kendall, 5 July 2022 19:14)
Are you one of the NATO strategist advising the Elinsky regime? If so, I now fully understand why they are losing and losing badly where even some of the most hard-line western media are reporting what really happened.
I have never heard of a victory where the "winning" side abandons equipment, from tanks armoured carriers to masses of equipment still in unopened boxes.
Perhaps this is something new taught at West Point LOL.
(sj, 6 July 2022 06:44)
The Chinks in Putin’s armor are starting to show. For one, the Orthodox church in Russia has broken ranks with Putin and his as evidenced by criticism of him from the pulpit by the Russian Biship. It is only a matter of time before church goers take the lead and start verbally attacking Putin. Average Russian citizens are well aware of the unnecessary deaths of their young sons’.
(Teller Schied, 6 July 2022 00:47)
The loss of troops and officers by Russia are not worth the ground it has gained. This will come back to haunt Putin. Ukraine is retaking ground it had temporarily lost because Russia does not have enough troops left after its heavy losses.
(Ross Kendall, 5 July 2022 19:14)
What nonsense from the British “expert.” Apparently the latest Russian victory was really a defeat. And now Russia will struggle to progress in Donetsk!!! The simple fact is that Russian artillery and tactics are slowly destroying massive Ukrainian bunkers designed and built by NATO over the past 8 years. Once these are smashed then the Ukrainian flatlands will be open for Russian tanks. If Russia can liberate the Donetsk oblast by the end of summer, then it could take the whole of the Ukraine by Christmas. However I don’t think it will rush to take the rest of the Ukraine. It will wait until next Spring for the final push. Russia wants to inflict pain on Britain and the EU and so it will let us suffer power cuts and food shortages until then. The 6 months from September 2022 to March 2023 are going to be very difficult for everyone in Europe.
(Michael Thomas, 5 July 2022 18:47)
"That's why we see that the Ukrainians are making progress near Kherson. They are carrying out counterattacks there, and I think it is certain that they will take the initiative in that area. They will try to suppress the Russians thanks to large counteroffensives," Melvin added.
Wrong again, fake news. The Ukranian counter offensives in the south have met with devastating loss of troops and armor. Ukraine is now shipping reinforcement to DonBas from Odessa. The Ukraine army is the one that is running out of troops! The Russian army is recycling its troops from its reserves to keep them fresh.
(Jugoslavija, 5 July 2022 16:55)
What nonsense from the British “expert.” Apparently the latest Russian victory was really a defeat. And now Russia will struggle to progress in Donetsk!!! The simple fact is that Russian artillery and tactics are slowly destroying massive Ukrainian bunkers designed and built by NATO over the past 8 years. Once these are smashed then the Ukrainian flatlands will be open for Russian tanks. If Russia can liberate the Donetsk oblast by the end of summer, then it could take the whole of the Ukraine by Christmas. However I don’t think it will rush to take the rest of the Ukraine. It will wait until next Spring for the final push. Russia wants to inflict pain on Britain and the EU and so it will let us suffer power cuts and food shortages until then. The 6 months from September 2022 to March 2023 are going to be very difficult for everyone in Europe.
(Michael Thomas, 5 July 2022 18:47)
"That's why we see that the Ukrainians are making progress near Kherson. They are carrying out counterattacks there, and I think it is certain that they will take the initiative in that area. They will try to suppress the Russians thanks to large counteroffensives," Melvin added.
Wrong again, fake news. The Ukranian counter offensives in the south have met with devastating loss of troops and armor. Ukraine is now shipping reinforcement to DonBas from Odessa. The Ukraine army is the one that is running out of troops! The Russian army is recycling its troops from its reserves to keep them fresh.
(Jugoslavija, 5 July 2022 16:55)
The loss of troops and officers by Russia are not worth the ground it has gained. This will come back to haunt Putin. Ukraine is retaking ground it had temporarily lost because Russia does not have enough troops left after its heavy losses.
(Ross Kendall, 5 July 2022 19:14)
The loss of troops and officers by Russia are not worth the ground it has gained. This will come back to haunt Putin. Ukraine is retaking ground it had temporarily lost because Russia does not have enough troops left after its heavy losses.
(Ross Kendall, 5 July 2022 19:14)
Are you one of the NATO strategist advising the Elinsky regime? If so, I now fully understand why they are losing and losing badly where even some of the most hard-line western media are reporting what really happened.
I have never heard of a victory where the "winning" side abandons equipment, from tanks armoured carriers to masses of equipment still in unopened boxes.
Perhaps this is something new taught at West Point LOL.
(sj, 6 July 2022 06:44)
The Chinks in Putin’s armor are starting to show. For one, the Orthodox church in Russia has broken ranks with Putin and his as evidenced by criticism of him from the pulpit by the Russian Biship. It is only a matter of time before church goers take the lead and start verbally attacking Putin. Average Russian citizens are well aware of the unnecessary deaths of their young sons’.
(Teller Schied, 6 July 2022 00:47)
The loss of troops and officers by Russia are not worth the ground it has gained. This will come back to haunt Putin. Ukraine is retaking ground it had temporarily lost because Russia does not have enough troops left after its heavy losses.
(Ross Kendall, 5 July 2022 19:14)
"That's why we see that the Ukrainians are making progress near Kherson. They are carrying out counterattacks there, and I think it is certain that they will take the initiative in that area. They will try to suppress the Russians thanks to large counteroffensives," Melvin added.
Wrong again, fake news. The Ukranian counter offensives in the south have met with devastating loss of troops and armor. Ukraine is now shipping reinforcement to DonBas from Odessa. The Ukraine army is the one that is running out of troops! The Russian army is recycling its troops from its reserves to keep them fresh.
(Jugoslavija, 5 July 2022 16:55)
The Chinks in Putin’s armor are starting to show. For one, the Orthodox church in Russia has broken ranks with Putin and his as evidenced by criticism of him from the pulpit by the Russian Biship. It is only a matter of time before church goers take the lead and start verbally attacking Putin. Average Russian citizens are well aware of the unnecessary deaths of their young sons’.
(Teller Schied, 6 July 2022 00:47)
What nonsense from the British “expert.” Apparently the latest Russian victory was really a defeat. And now Russia will struggle to progress in Donetsk!!! The simple fact is that Russian artillery and tactics are slowly destroying massive Ukrainian bunkers designed and built by NATO over the past 8 years. Once these are smashed then the Ukrainian flatlands will be open for Russian tanks. If Russia can liberate the Donetsk oblast by the end of summer, then it could take the whole of the Ukraine by Christmas. However I don’t think it will rush to take the rest of the Ukraine. It will wait until next Spring for the final push. Russia wants to inflict pain on Britain and the EU and so it will let us suffer power cuts and food shortages until then. The 6 months from September 2022 to March 2023 are going to be very difficult for everyone in Europe.
(Michael Thomas, 5 July 2022 18:47)
The loss of troops and officers by Russia are not worth the ground it has gained. This will come back to haunt Putin. Ukraine is retaking ground it had temporarily lost because Russia does not have enough troops left after its heavy losses.
(Ross Kendall, 5 July 2022 19:14)
Are you one of the NATO strategist advising the Elinsky regime? If so, I now fully understand why they are losing and losing badly where even some of the most hard-line western media are reporting what really happened.
I have never heard of a victory where the "winning" side abandons equipment, from tanks armoured carriers to masses of equipment still in unopened boxes.
Perhaps this is something new taught at West Point LOL.
(sj, 6 July 2022 06:44)
