{"id":2018006,"date":"2023-08-31T12:15:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T16:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-tells-critics-of-slow-counteroffensive-to-shut-up\/"},"modified":"2023-08-31T12:16:49","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T16:16:49","slug":"ukraine-tells-critics-of-slow-counteroffensive-to-shut-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-tells-critics-of-slow-counteroffensive-to-shut-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine silences critics of sluggish counteroffensive."},"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%2Fukraine-tells-critics-of-slow-counteroffensive-to-shut-up%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=2018006&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>Ukraine Tells Critics\u200c to \u200d&#8221;Shut Up&#8221; as Counteroffensive\u200b Progresses<\/h2>\n<p>Ukraine\u2062 has \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-grilled-over-if-hes-mentally-fit-for-office-ex-obama-doc-demands-immediate-cognitive-test\/\" title=\"Biden Grilled Over If He\u2019s \u2018Mentally Fit\u2019 For Office; Ex-Obama Doc Demands Immediate Cognitive Test\">responded strongly<\/a> to critics who claim that \u2063its counteroffensive\u200b against Russia is moving \u2062too slowly. In a \u2064bold \u2062statement, Ukraine&#8217;s\u200d foreign minister Dmitro Kuleba \u200btold reporters to &#8220;shut up&#8221;\u2064 and challenged them to\u2062 come \u2064to Ukraine \u2064and try to liberate even a square centimeter of territory \u2063themselves.<\/p>\n<p>The offensive, which\u2062 began three months ago with\u200c the support of Western military\u200b equipment, has seen Ukraine recapture several villages. However, \u200bit has yet to breach Russia&#8217;s main defenses,\u2064 leading to doubts and criticism from Western officials.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the criticism, Ukrainian commanders argue that they are intentionally moving slowly to weaken Russia&#8217;s defenses and\u2062 logistics before launching a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-ambassador-to-u-n-says-moscow-has-compiled-lists-of-ukrainians-to-target-after-invasion\/\" title=\"U.S. Ambassador to U.N. Says Moscow Has Compiled Lists of Ukrainians to Target After Invasion\">full-scale attack<\/a>. NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg has expressed trust in the Ukrainian commanders and emphasized that they should\u200d be the ones making decisions.<\/p>\n<h3>Advancing Towards Russia&#8217;s Main Defenses<\/h3>\n<p>After months of \u2062intense fighting, Ukraine&#8217;s forces have finally reached\u2064 Russia&#8217;s main \u2063defensive lines. They are currently advancing in an area between the villages of Novopokropivka and Verbove, searching for a way around Russia&#8217;s formidable fortifications.<\/p>\n<p>A breakthrough in this \u2063area would test Russia&#8217;s deeper defenses, which Ukraine \u2062hopes will be less heavily fortified. Ukrainian commanders have\u200d claimed that they \u200bhave already breached\u2062 the most difficult line, but this has\u2064 not been independently verified.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine rarely discloses details of its offensive operations, but reports suggest that there have been \u200dunspecified successes near Novopokropivka. Ukrainian forces have also reported a &#8220;positive dynamic&#8221; near Bakhmut, where they have been advancing around a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-tells-critics-of-slow-counteroffensive-to-shut-up\/\" title=\"Ukraine silences critics of sluggish counteroffensive.\">city previously captured<\/a> by\u2062 Russia.<\/p>\n<h3>Drone Attacks and Escalation<\/h3>\n<p>In addition\u200c to ground operations, Ukraine has escalated its use of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-officials-warn-rough-road-ahead-in-afghanistan-critics-warn-bidens-response-will-shatter-international-partnerships\/\" title=\"Biden officials warn rough road ahead in Afghanistan, critics warn Biden\u2019s response will shatter international partnerships\">drone attacks<\/a>. These attacks have targeted both Russian-controlled territory in Ukraine and deep within \u200cRussia itself. Russia has reported drone attacks in its neighboring Bryansk region\u2063 and even in occupied Crimea.<\/p>\n<p>While Ukraine&#8217;s Western allies generally prohibit the use of supplied weapons to attack Russian territory,\u2063 they acknowledge \u200bUkraine&#8217;s right\u2062 to carry out such attacks on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gaza-militants-fire-missiles-into-israel-as-middle-east-crisis-heightens\/\" title=\"Gaza Militants Fire Missiles Into Israel As Middle East Crisis Heightens\">military targets<\/a> using its own weapons. These\u200b recent attacks have brought the\u2063 war closer to\u200b home for many Russians.<\/p>\n<p>Russia \u200cis\u200b also dealing\u200c with the aftermath of a mutiny by Wagner, a private army that played a significant role in its winter offensive. The leader of Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, and his main lieutenants were killed in an air crash. The Kremlin denies involvement in the crash.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the challenges\u2062 and\u2064 criticism, Ukraine remains determined to press \u2064forward with its \u200bcounteroffensive against Russia.<\/p>\n<p>(Writing by Peter Graff; editing by Alex Richardson)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine snapped at critics of its slow counteroffensive, urging them to &#8220;shut up.&#8221; Kyiv expressed frustration over leaked reports from Western officials, claiming their forces were advancing too slowly. Despite launching the counteroffensive three months ago with substantial Western military support, progress remains limited.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":2018007,"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":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2018006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"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\/2018006","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\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2018006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2018007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2018006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2018006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2018006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}