{"id":1976488,"date":"2023-07-18T17:10:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T21:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-is-massing-100000-troops-for-offensive-ukraine-says\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T17:12:12","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T21:12:12","slug":"russia-is-massing-100000-troops-for-offensive-ukraine-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-is-massing-100000-troops-for-offensive-ukraine-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine claims Russia is amassing 100,000 troops for an offensive."},"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\">20<\/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-is-massing-100000-troops-for-offensive-ukraine-says%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=1976488&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>\n<h2>Ukraine: Russia \u2064Amasses \u200c100,000 Troops in\u2063 Push\u200d to Advance<\/h2>\n<p>\u2063  <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n    \u2062<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2064 said Tuesday\u200d that Russia has amassed\u2063 100,000 troops \u2063in\u2062 a \u200cpush\u200d to advance through Ukrainian\u2064 defenses in the Kharkiv region in\u2062 the country&#8217;s \u2062northeast.<\/p>\n<p> \u2062 <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> \u2064 <\/p>\n<div>\n \u200d   \u2063<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/handsoffmyrewards.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" target=\"_blank\"\u2062 rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>   \u2062 \u2063<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/handsoffmyrewards.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" \u2064target=\"_blank\" \u2062rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p> \u200b <\/p><\/div>\n<p> \u2064\u200b <\/p>\n<h3>Russian Army\u2063 Attacks \u2064Kharkiv Region<\/h3>\n<p>Serhiy Cherevatyi, spokesman for Ukraine\u2019s Army \u2062Command \u2062East, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/russia-troops-kharkiv-kyiv-ukraine-war-kupiansk\/\">said<\/a> Russia has around 900 tanks \u2062and\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-is-massing-100000-troops-for-offensive-ukraine-says\/\" title=\"Ukraine claims Russia is amassing 100,000 troops for an offensive.\">555 artillery systems accompanying<\/a> the troops.\u200d The\u2062 Russian \u200bArmy is attacking the\u2063 region while Ukrainian forces focus on the southern \u200dfront in their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukrainian-forces-outsmarted-the-russians-with-us-artillery\/\" title=\"Ukrainian forces 'outsmarted the Russians' with US artillery\">ongoing counteroffensive<\/a>. The Russian \u200cforces have reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/russia-troops-kharkiv-kyiv-ukraine-war-kupiansk\/\">been<\/a> unsuccessful \u2064in breaking\u2063 through \u200bthus far.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are concentrating everything \u200cin order to break through \u200dour defense,&#8221; \u2064Cherevatyi said. &#8220;Our soldiers \u2064are firmly on the defensive. They do not allow\u2064 the enemy \u200bto seize the initiative.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> \u200b <\/p>\n<div data-og-block-area=\"article-blocks\"\u200b data-og-block-nth=\"5\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<h3>Russian \u200cGoal: Recover Lost Territory<\/h3>\n<p>The goal \u2062of the Russians, <a \u200dhref=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/the-war-zone\/ukraine-situation-report-kyiv-claims-massive-russian-buildup-near-kharkiv\">according<\/a> \u2064to Hanna Maliar, Ukrainian deputy defense\u2063 minister, is to recover\u2063 lost\u200b territory and force Ukraine to &#8220;transfer reserves\u2063 there from other directions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Russia \u2063is attempting\u2064 to divert Ukrainian \u200dattention \u2064to \u2064regain\u2063 territory, <em>Politico<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/russia-troops-kharkiv-kyiv-ukraine-war-kupiansk\/\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<div>\n  \u200d    <\/p>\n<p><a \u200dhref=\"https:\/\/handsoffmyrewards.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2063     \u200d <\/p>\n<p><a\u2064 href=\"https:\/\/handsoffmyrewards.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \u200d\u200c <\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u2063  \u200d<\/p>\n<p><em>Russia\u200b has also \u2064recently\u2064 reinforced\u2063 its positions\u200b around Bakhmut\u200d with \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-monsters-might-be-lurking-there-scientists-say-particle-may-overturn-laws-of-physics\/\" title=\"\u2018What Monsters Might Be Lurking There?\u2019: Scientists Say Particle May Overturn Laws Of Physics\">additional forces<\/a> \u200d&#8230; and Moscow\u2062 is seeking to break through\u2064 in \u2063the Kharkiv region as \u2062President\u2062 Vladimir \u200dPutin wants a big win.<\/em><\/p>\n<p> \u2063 \u2062<\/p>\n<p><em>Ukraine\u2019s Deputy Defense\u2063 Minister Hanna \u200cMaliar supported that \u2064view,\u2062 saying: \u200b&#8221;As soon as we\u200b seize\u2062 the operational \u2064initiative and begin to advance, the enemy immediately activates in additional\u2064 directions to distract and draw\u200d our forces there.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>  \u200b<\/p>\n<div>\n\u200b   \u200d <\/p>\n<h3>Recent\u200c Developments<\/h3>\n<p>   \u200b \u200d<\/p>\n<p>The development\u2062 comes a \u200bday <a\u200b href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/russia-says-it-will-shut-down-ukraines-grain-exports\/\">after<\/a>\u2064 a\u2063 Russian\u2062 bridge in Crimea\u200b was \u2064crippled in \u2063a \u200cblast\u200d and Russia \u200bresponded by pulling out of a U.N.-brokered agreement which \u200dallowed Ukraine\u200b to\u200c export grain via the Black Sea.<\/p>\n<p> \u2063 \u2064<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine claims Russia has gathered 100,000 troops, 900 tanks, and 555 artillery systems in an attempt to breach Ukrainian defenses in the Kharkiv region. 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