{"id":1558399,"date":"2022-07-17T08:04:19","date_gmt":"2022-07-17T12:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1558399"},"modified":"2022-07-17T09:04:13","modified_gmt":"2022-07-17T13:04:13","slug":"putins-ukraine-operational-pause-looks-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putins-ukraine-operational-pause-looks-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin&#8217;s Ukraine &#8216;Operational Pause&#8217; Looks Dead"},"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\">12<\/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%2Fputins-ukraine-operational-pause-looks-dead%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=1558399&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><\/div>\n<p>On day 143 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2022\/07\/16\/world\/russia-ukraine-war-news\">Russian invasion of Ukraine<\/a>, the fighting in the Donbas is starting to flare up again as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2022\/07\/16\/russia-ukraine-war-putin-news-live-updates\/\">Russian military<\/a> has increased its offensive operations in the area.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Situation in the Donbas, Ukraine<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>In its daily estimate of the war, the British Ministry of Defense focused on the fighting in the Donbas and how the current situation favors the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-government-and-politics-9adeb7820eefbcc9ed466a89f01a13b9\">Ukrainian military<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRussian offensive operations remain reduced in scope and scale, with fighting west of Lysychansk focussed on Siversk and Bakhmut. This is despite Russian claims to have entered the outskirts of Siversk town earlier in the week,\u201d the British Military Intelligence <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DefenceHQ\/status\/1548166948428533763\">assessed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRussia has previously made premature and false claims of success. This is likely at least in part aimed at demonstrating success to domestic audiences and to reinforce the morale of the fighting forces,\u201d the British Ministry of Defense added.\n<\/p>\n<p>Something that we have covered before here at <em>19FortyFive<\/em> is that despite the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/warning-sirens-sound-ukraines-capital-russia-steps-up-bombardment-2022-07-16\/\">Russian advances<\/a> of the past couple of weeks, the current situation actually favors the Ukrainian defenders before the frontlines have shrunk and straightened. Whereas before, during the battles for Severodonetsk and Lysychansk, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2022\/jul\/16\/russia-ukraine-war-air-raid-sirens-in-kyiv-as-russia-intensifies-long-range-bombardment-latest-updates\">Russian forces<\/a> were attacking from five and six directions, now they can only do so from three, thus making it easier for the Ukrainian forces to defend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUkrainian defence has been successful in repulsing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/latest-developments-in-ukraine-july-16\/6661311.html\">Russian attacks<\/a> since Lysychansk was ceded and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2022\/07\/russian-invasion-ukraine-democracy-changes\/661451\/\">Ukrainian defensive line<\/a> was shortened and straightened. This has allowed for the concentration of force and fires against reduced Russian attacks and has been instrumental in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2022\/07\/putin-has-a-problem-russia-in-danger-of-losing-momentum-in-ukraine\/\">reducing Russia\u2019s momentum<\/a>,\u201d the British Military Intelligence assessed.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Russian Casualties\u00a0 in Ukraine<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/07\/16\/1111868514\/russian-missile-attack-in-ukraine-leaves-at-least-24-dead-including-4-year-old\">Russian military<\/a> continues to suffer heavy casualties in Ukraine, and the Kremlin is hard to put to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2022\/07\/putin-may-win-battle-for-donbas-but-ukraine-causalities-are-unsustainable\/\">replace<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2022\/06\/russia-might-win-in-donbas-but-the-war-in-ukraine-looks-unsustainable\/\">men it has lost<\/a>. Moscow is increasingly relying on ad hoc measures to bolster its combat forces on the frontlines. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/07\/15\/russia-ukraine-live-updates.html\">The Kremlin<\/a> has been providing financial incentives in order to attract more volunteers to the military and has even gone as far as to declare civilians who have fought in the war as veterans, giving them prestige and benefits. Of course, no ordinary civilian would find himself in a warzone. So, this new legislation is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2022\/07\/russia-is-getting-ready-for-a-long-war-in-ukraine\/\">aimed<\/a> at mercenaries who are fighting with Russian private military companies.\n<\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KyivIndependent\/status\/1548197900768841731\/photo\/1\">claimed<\/a>\u00a0that as of Saturday, Ukrainian forces have killed approximately 38,140\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2022\/04\/15\/ukraine-facial-recognition-warfare\/\">Russian troops<\/a>\u00a0(and wounded approximately thrice that number), destroyed 220 fighter, attack, and transport jets, 188 attack and transport helicopters, 1,677 tanks, 846 artillery pieces, 3,874 armored personnel carriers, 247\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/the-war-zone\/44479\/the-truth-about-russias-terrifying-tos-1a-thermobaric-rocket-launchers-now-in-ukraine\">Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS)<\/a>, 15 boats and cutters, 2,735 vehicles and fuel tanks, 109 anti-aircraft batteries, 687 tactical unmanned aerial systems, 68 special equipment platforms, such as bridging vehicles, and four mobile Iskander ballistic missile systems, and 162 cruise missiles shot down by the Ukrainian air defenses.\n<\/p>\n<p><em>1945\u2019s New Defense and National Security Columnist,\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/sofrep.com\/author\/stavros-atlamazoglou\/\"><em>Stavros Atlamazoglou<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0is a seasoned defense journalist\u00a0specializing in\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/soldiers-one-militarys-most-dangerous-161118164.html\">special operations<\/a><em>, a Hellenic Army veteran (national service with the 575th Marine Battalion and Army HQ), and a Johns Hopkins University graduate. His work has been featured in\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/delta-force-sas-hunted-iraqi-scud-missiles-during-gulf-war-2021-2\"><em>Business Insider<\/em><\/a><em>,\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandboxx.us\/blog\/author\/stavros\/\"><em>Sandboxx<\/em><\/a><em>, and\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/sofrep.com\/news\/exclusive-the-perilous-state-of-the-special-forces-combat-diver-capability\/\"><em>SOFREP<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On day 143 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the fighting in the Donbas is starting to flare up again as the Russian military has increased its offensive operations in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1574136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1558399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1558399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1558399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1558399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1574136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1558399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1558399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1558399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}