{"id":1445136,"date":"2022-04-19T07:15:41","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T11:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1445136"},"modified":"2022-04-19T07:15:49","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T11:15:49","slug":"russia-launches-new-offensive-in-ukraine-after-regrouping-following-battering-from-ukraine-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-launches-new-offensive-in-ukraine-after-regrouping-following-battering-from-ukraine-forces\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia Launches New Offensive In Ukraine After Regrouping Following Battering From Ukraine Forces"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frussia-launches-new-offensive-in-ukraine-after-regrouping-following-battering-from-ukraine-forces%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1445136&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/ukraine-1-scaled.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Russia launched a new, 300-mile-long ground offensive in Ukraine on Monday after\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/show\/russian-forces-regroup-in-the-east-leaving-destruction-in-their-path\">regrouping<\/a> its forces following extremely stiff resistance throughout the country.<\/p>\n<p>The new offensive included missile strikes and shelling of cities, including the western city of Lviv, with rockets and artillery, The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2022\/04\/18\/world\/ukraine-russia-war-news\">reported<\/a>. Citing sources on the ground, the paper reported that the Russian army was still prioritizing Donbas, the southeastern region along its border.<\/p>\n<p>But the intense missile barrage on Lviv, which left several dead for the first time in the war, \u201cpunctured any illusions that the picturesque city of cobbled streets and graceful squares near Poland\u2019s border was still a sanctuary from the horrors Russia has inflicted elsewhere in Ukraine over the past two months,\u201d the Times wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Maksym Kozytsky, the governor of Lviv, described one example of the carnage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a barbaric strike at a service station, it\u2019s a completely civilian facility,\u201d Kozytskyy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/ukraines-zelenskiy-condemns-shelling-bodies-line-streets-mariupol-2022-04-18\/\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that \u201ca very large part of the entire Russian army is now focused on this offensive\u201d and that his forces would continue to fight the Russian invaders. Zelensky added that the Russian military had been preparing for the battle of Donbas \u201cfor a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Russia has been prepping troops and supplies for weeks to mount a new assault on the Donbas region, The Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2022\/04\/18\/russia-ukraine-war-news-mariupol-live-updates\/\">reported<\/a>. The largely ethnic Russian area became a priority after Russia failed to take the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.\u00a0Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of Ukraine\u2019s national security and defense council, told the Post Russia attacked along the front line in Donbas and Kharkiv.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Kofman, the director of Russian studies at CNA, a research institute, said that while Russia still has more military resources at its disposal than Ukraine does that\u00a0\u201cno matter what happens in the Donbas, the Russian military will be a spent force.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The news comes as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/04\/18\/russia-ukraine-war-missiles-00026102\">supplies<\/a> from other nations have arrived or will soon arrive in Ukraine, including 18 howitzer cannons\u00a0 with 40,000 rounds of ammunition, British anti-ship missiles, tanks and armored vehicles from around the world, 16 self-propelled Zuzana 155mm howitzers, and other various other weapon systems.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Related:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. 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