{"id":1739145,"date":"2022-11-15T07:52:22","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T12:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1739145"},"modified":"2022-11-15T09:18:14","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T14:18:14","slug":"putin-the-beaten-russia-lost-kherson-and-it-looks-bad-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-the-beaten-russia-lost-kherson-and-it-looks-bad-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin the Beaten: Russia Lost Kherson and It Looks Bad in Ukraine"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fputin-the-beaten-russia-lost-kherson-and-it-looks-bad-in-ukraine%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=1739145&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--><p><span>Ukrainian forces have liberated\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/as-ukraine-retakes-kherson-u-s-looks-to-diplomacy-before-winter-slows-momentum-11668345883\"><span>Kherson City<\/span><\/a><span>\u00a0and are now planning their next steps as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2022\/11\/putin-should-be-ashamed-russias-kherson-withdrawal-was-a-disaster\/\">Russian military tries<\/a> to determine where the next attack will come from. On day 264 of the war in Ukraine, the picture on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2022\/11\/could-putin-invade-ukraine-from-belarus\/\">battlefield<\/a> continues to look grim for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2022\/11\/putin-is-crazy-russia-says-kherson-remains-russian\/\">Russian forces<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<\/p>\n<h2><b>Kherson: The Day After\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span>The Ukrainian forces have liberated the western bank of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2022\/11\/could-putin-invade-ukraine-from-belarus\/\"><span>Dnipro River<\/span><\/a><span>, and with it the city of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/11\/14\/1136363589\/ukraine-russia-war-kherson\"><span>Kherson<\/span><\/a><span>, the capital of the province and the largest urban center to have fallen into the hands of the Russians. As the Ukrainians consolidate their positions in the area, what happens next is on everyone\u2019s mind.\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><span>The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2022\/11\/08\/world\/ukraine-war-news-russia-updates\"><span>Ukrainian military<\/span><\/a><span> will most likely decide to move forces now based in the south elsewhere to reinforce other counteroffensives (for example, in the east toward Svatove and Kreminna) or start new actions. The Ukrainian defensive positions around Bakhmut and Avdiivka could also use some much-needed reinforcements after resisting <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/national-security\/3731575-end-the-ukraine-war-well\/\"><span>Russian attacks<\/span><\/a><span> for the past four months.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is unlikely that the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-63246153\"><span>Ukrainian military<\/span><\/a><span> will try to immediately push on the east bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson. The Russian withdrawal was relatively organized, and the Russian forces had time to prepare some defensive lines in the area. Had the Ukrainian forces chased the Russians out of Kherson, then it would have made sense for them to keep pushing across the Dnipro River.\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<h3><b>Russian Casualties in Ukraine<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span>The withdrawal from Kherson cost the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.military.com\/daily-news\/opinions\/2022\/10\/28\/russian-armys-quiet-fatal-flaw-no-sergeants.html\"><span>Russian forces<\/span><\/a><span> dearly. Over the last couple of weeks, the Russian military has been averaging 500 casualties every day, an unsustainable rate of losses for any military that wishes to conduct offensive operations on three fronts without any large-scale reinforcements.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Overall, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mil.gov.ua\/en\/news\/2022\/11\/14\/the-total-combat-losses-of-the-enemy-from-24-02-to-14-11\/\"><span>claimed<\/span><\/a><span>\u00a0that as of Monday, Ukrainian forces have killed approximately 81,370 Russian troops (and wounded approximately thrice that number), destroyed 278 fighter, attack,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2022\/11\/stealth-bomber-faceoff-americas-b-21-raider-vs-russias-pak-da\/\"><span>bomber<\/span><\/a><span>,\u00a0and transport jets, 261 attack and transport helicopters, 2,848 tanks, 1,839 artillery pieces, 5,748 armored personnel carriers, and infantry fighting vehicles, 393 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS), 16 boats and cutters, 4,316 vehicles and fuel tanks, 206 anti-aircraft batteries, 1,509 tactical unmanned aerial systems, 160 special equipment platforms, such as bridging vehicles, and four mobile Iskander ballistic missile systems, and 399 cruise missiles shot down by the Ukrainian air defenses.\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<h3><b>Paramilitary Training in Russian Schools<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span>The Russian military is short on numbers. Very short indeed, as frontline units are trying to come up with sufficient forces to defend against Ukrainian counteroffensives. Earlier this year, President Vladimir Putin called for a partial mobilization of Russian military reserves.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Last week, the Kremlin announced that military training will be returning to all\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/russia-to-launch-military-training-in-its-schools-in-2023-uk-says\/6832210.html\"><span>Russian schools<\/span><\/a><span>\u00a0in September 2023, 30 years after it was discontinued. The Soviet Union had a mandatory military training program for schools that trained students in several tasks, including marksmanship, first-aid, and how to shield themselves from a chemical or nuclear attack.\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_74447\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74447\" class=\"wp-image-74447 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Ukraine-Kherson-War-1200x675-1.jpg\" alt=\"Ukraine Kherson War\" width=\"880\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Ukraine-Kherson-War-1200x675-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Ukraine-Kherson-War-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Ukraine-Kherson-War-768x432-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Ukraine-Kherson-War-1024x576-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Ukraine-Kherson-War-600x337-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Ukraine-Kherson-War.jpg 1280w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-74447\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot from military action in the Kherson region. Image Credit: Twitter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>The reintroduction of military training in schools is likely an attempt to improve the quality of conscripts to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/as-russian-army-falters-in-ukraine-paramilitary-leader-close-to-putin-flexes-power-11668258001\"><span>Russian military<\/span><\/a><span>, who normally join immediately or shortly after graduating from high school.\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe Russian MOD supports this process, stating that no less than 140 hours per academic year should be devoted to this training. This training likely intends to prepare students with military skills as they approach conscription age and to increase the take-up for mobilisation and conscription drives. This initiative is also likely to be part of a wider project to instil an ideology of patriotism and trust in public institutions in the Russian population,\u201d the British Military Intelligence\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DefenceHQ\/status\/1591682337770983424\"><span>assessed<\/span><\/a><span>\u00a0about the development.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Expert Biography:<\/b><span>\u00a0A\u00a0<\/span><i><span>19FortyFive Defense and National Security Columnist,\u00a0<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/sofrep.com\/author\/stavros-atlamazoglou\/\"><i><span>Stavros Atlamazoglou<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>\u00a0is a seasoned defense journalist specializing in\u00a0<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/soldiers-one-militarys-most-dangerous-161118164.html\"><i><span>special operations<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>, 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 <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/delta-force-sas-hunted-iraqi-scud-missiles-during-gulf-war-2021-2\"><i><span>Business Insider<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>,\u00a0<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandboxx.us\/blog\/author\/stavros\/\"><i><span>Sandboxx<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>, and\u00a0<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/sofrep.com\/news\/exclusive-the-perilous-state-of-the-special-forces-combat-diver-capability\/\"><i><span>SOFREP<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian forces have liberated\u00a0Kherson City\u00a0and are now planning their next steps as the Russian military tries to determine where the next attack will come from. On day 264 of the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1739148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1739145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1739145","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=1739145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1739145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1739148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1739145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1739145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1739145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}