{"id":2019652,"date":"2023-09-01T17:11:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T21:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-makes-gains-against-russia-and-tells-skeptics-to-shut-up\/"},"modified":"2023-09-01T17:14:16","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T21:14:16","slug":"ukraine-makes-gains-against-russia-and-tells-skeptics-to-shut-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-makes-gains-against-russia-and-tells-skeptics-to-shut-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine&#8217;s progress against Russia silences skeptics."},"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-makes-gains-against-russia-and-tells-skeptics-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=2019652&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>Russia&#8217;s Occupation Forces Wearing \u200dDown in the Face \u2064of \u2062Ukraine&#8217;s Counteroffensive<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Its reserves are limited, there&#8217;s not much left,&#8221; Col. Margo Grosberg, \u200cwho \u200dcommands the \u200cEstonian Defense Forces Intelligence Center, \u2064said Friday.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to Estonia&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-intels-claim-that-russia-put-bounties-on-u-s-troops-softens-biden-harris-used-it-to-attack-trump\/\" title=\"U.S. Intel\u2019s Claim That Russia Put Bounties On U.S. Troops Softens. Biden, Harris Used It To Attack Trump.\">military intelligence unit<\/a>,\u200b Russia&#8217;s occupation \u200bforces are showing signs of weariness in the face of Ukraine&#8217;s counteroffensive. This assessment \u2062aligns with recent reports that Ukrainian forces have made progress in breaching Russia&#8217;s primary fortification \u2062line in Zaporizhzhia, one of \u200dthe partially occupied \u200bregions of eastern Ukraine. The\u2062 advancement of Ukrainian troops has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-makes-gains-against-russia-and-tells-skeptics-to-shut-up\/\" title=\"Ukraine's progress against Russia silences skeptics.\">sparked renewed international optimism<\/a>, despite Western pessimism about their progress.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would recommend \u200ball critics to\u200b shut up,&#8221; Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told reporters while traveling in Spain. \u200c&#8221;Come to Ukraine\u200c and try to liberate one square centimeter by\u200c themselves.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b counteroffensive\u2063 has come at a high cost for Ukrainian troops,\u200b who have\u2064 faced land mines, <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>,\u200c and\u200b artillery fire from Russia. However, their incremental progress has reached a critical phase near Robotyne and Verbove, \u2063forcing Russian commanders to divert resources from other areas to fill the gap.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This action demonstrates quite a high level \u2064of risk-taking\u200d by Russia,&#8221; Col. Grosberg said.<\/p>\n<p>Simultaneously, Ukrainian leaders are intensifying drone \u200cstrikes against targets deep inside Russia to exert additional military and psychological pressure on their \u2062enemies. Ukrainian Maj.\u200c Gen.\u2062 Kyrylo Budanov confirmed \u200dthat they are operating from within Russian territory.<\/p>\n<p>The eyes of military observers worldwide are focused on Zaporizhzhia, a crucial region in Russian President Vladimir\u2064 Putin&#8217;s plan to establish a &#8220;land\u200d bridge&#8221; from Russia to Crimea. The Institute for the Study of \u200dWar reported that Ukrainian forces have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russias-focus-is-now-on-liberating-donetsk\/\" title=\"Russia\u2019s Focus Is Now On \u201cLiberating\u201d Donetsk\">continued offensive operations<\/a> in western Zaporizhzhia Oblast\u200b and made progress\u2062 on August 31. Russian forces are \u200bfacing challenges in \u2064conducting counterattacks against the flanks of Ukrainian\u200c advances due to the current composition of their\u2064 defensive layer.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden&#8217;s team expressed cautious optimism about the\u200b situation.\u2064 &#8220;We\u2063 have noted that over the last 72\u200d hours \u200bor so, some notable progress by Ukrainian armed forces on that southern line of \u200badvance \u2064coming out of the Zaporizhzhia area, \u2064and they \u200chave \u2063achieved some success against \u200cthat second line of Russian defenses,&#8221; said White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign Minister \u200cKuleba criticized those who criticize the \u2063slow pace of the counteroffensive, \u200cequating\u200d it to \u200cdisrespecting the sacrifices made by Ukrainian soldiers. He suggested that\u2063 countries like Germany should join France \u200band the United\u2062 Kingdom in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-battles-fuel-elite-chatter-about-nuclear-war\/\" title=\"Ukraine Battles Fuel Elite Chatter About Nuclear War\">providing long-range missiles<\/a> to Ukraine to support their counterdefense efforts and bring an end \u200bto the war sooner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia&#8217;s occupation forces are weakening due to Ukraine&#8217;s counteroffensive, Estonia&#8217;s military intelligence unit reports. Colonel Margo Grosberg, commanding the Estonian Defense Forces Intelligence Center, stated that Russia&#8217;s reserves are limited and dwindling. 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