{"id":1962221,"date":"2023-07-01T11:32:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-01T15:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/milley-calls-prolonged-ukrainian-counteroffensive-very-very-bloody\/"},"modified":"2023-07-01T11:33:03","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T15:33:03","slug":"milley-calls-prolonged-ukrainian-counteroffensive-very-very-bloody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/milley-calls-prolonged-ukrainian-counteroffensive-very-very-bloody\/","title":{"rendered":"Milley describes lengthy Ukrainian counteroffensive as &#8216;extremely violent&#8217;"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fmilley-calls-prolonged-ukrainian-counteroffensive-very-very-bloody%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=1962221&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--><h2>Gen. Mark Milley: Ukraine&#8217;s Counteroffensive Against Russia Will Be &#8220;Very, Very Bloody&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Gen. Mark Milley, the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-a-simple-question-tom-cotton-confronts-top-generals-over-bidens-afghanistan-withdrawal\/\" title=\"\u2018It\u2019s A Simple Question\u2019: Tom Cotton Confronts Top Generals Over Biden\u2019s Afghanistan Withdrawal\">principal military adviser<\/a> to President Joe Biden, delivered a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/6-celebrities-who-risked-their-careers-to-defy-cancel-culture\/\" title=\"6 Celebrities Who Risked Their Careers to Defy Cancel Culture\u00a0\">sobering message<\/a> on Friday regarding Ukraine&#8217;s counteroffensive against Russia. Speaking at the National Press Club, Milley emphasized that progress is not being made as quickly as hoped and warned that the battle ahead will be &#8220;very, very bloody.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;What I had said was this is going to take six, eight, ten weeks; it&#8217;s going to be very difficult,&#8221; Milley told reporters. &#8220;It&#8217;s going to be very long, and it&#8217;s going to be very, very bloody. And no one had any illusions about any of that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ukrainian forces are currently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/milley-calls-prolonged-ukrainian-counteroffensive-very-very-bloody\/\" title=\"Milley describes lengthy Ukrainian counteroffensive as 'extremely violent'\">navigating treacherous minefields<\/a> as they advance, making progress of 500 to 2,000 meters per day. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed in a recent interview with the BBC that Russian forces have mined approximately 200,000 square kilometers (77,220 square miles) of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/4-times-cnn-cried-wolf-on-racism\/\" title=\"4 Times CNN Cried Wolf On \u2018Racism\u2019\">occupied territory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;War on paper and real war are different,&#8221; Milley emphasized. &#8220;In real war, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-stochastic-terrorism-scam\/\" title=\"The Stochastic Terrorism Scam\">real people die<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In June, CIA director William J. Burns made an unannounced trip to Ukraine to meet with top officials. During the visit, he was briefed on Ukrainian plans to retake Russian-occupied territory and initiate ceasefire negotiations by the end of 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Despite concerns over the slow pace of the counteroffensive, officials in Kyiv remain privately confident in their ambitious strategy. They believe it will ultimately bring Russia to the negotiating table.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;What&#8217;s at stake is people&#8217;s lives,&#8221; Zelensky emphasized. &#8220;Whatever some might want, including attempts to pressure us, with all due respect, we will advance on the battlefield the way we deem best.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>For more information, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">click here<\/a> to read the full article from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gen. Mark Milley warned that Ukraine&#8217;s counteroffensive against Russia will be extremely violent and progress is slower than anticipated. Speaking at the National Press Club, Milley stated, &#8220;It&#8217;s going to be very difficult, taking six, eight, ten weeks.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1962222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1962221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/1962221","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=1962221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1962221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1962222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1962221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1962221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1962221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}