Russia’s war in Ukraine has entered a new phase. Here’s what we know. | JUST THE FAQS

After early missteps, Russia has regrouped in Ukraine and focused on the east, giving Moscow momentum as the war moves into a bleak new phase.

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While Russian troops continue their assaults on Ukrainian sites, the Kremlin has made no gains in territory for the first time since it invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, the think tank Institute for the Study of War said Wednesday in its latest assessment of the situation, saying "Russian forces have largely initiated an operational pause."

"The Russian Defense Ministry claimed territorial gains every day from the start of the war but has not claimed any new territory or ground force movements since completing the encirclement of Lysychansk on July 3," the think tank posted on its website. The pause is meant to reset the battlefield, allowing for the military to regroup for "more significant offensive operations."

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33 comments

  1. This “new phase” began in March. Only now are people admitting that it’s working.

  2. I always pray to Lord Jesus Christ every day for peace negotiations.. Forgiving each other and talking to each other looking for a peaceful solution.. Lord Jesus Christ the true and living God..who died on the cross to atone for sins and rose again on the 3rd day…owner of eternal life or heaven (a very beautiful heaven with Jesus  ) and creator of heaven and earth,,,, really hate nuclear weapons …… ,,because……,

    , Lord Jesus Christ the true and living Lord..who died on the cross to atone for sins and rose again on the 3rd day… owner of eternal life or heaven (a very beautiful heaven with Jesus ) and creator of heaven and earth… really hate nuclear weapons..because nuclear weapons is a big sin.. big sins is the eternal fire of hellfire..nuclear weapons are a big sin.. big sins is the eternal fire of hellfire..ballistic missiles and hypersonic missiles are big sins…..

  3. Did this dinosaur say the US wouldn’t level cities? He’s old enough to have seen them do it multiple times over!

    1. May I ask if you care to know the fact that Native American population in their motherland, the Continent of America before European Colonizers arrived was around 15 millions, while European population in their motherland, Continent of Europe was around 25 millions.
      Today, Native Americans population in their motherland is 15 million, while the European population, in the Continent of America + Europe, is a staggering ‘TWO BILLIONS’! A sad truth. 🤔

    2. @Supremely Educated My jaw dropped as I read Native American population in their motherland, the Continent of America before European Colonizers arrived was around 15 millions, while European population in their motherland, Continent of Europe was around 25 millions.
      Today, Native Americans population in their motherland is 15 million, while the European population, in the Continent of America + Europe, is a staggering ‘TWO BILLIONS’!
      It is a sad truth.

  4. “The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation in Ukraine. The enemy suffers significant losses in all directions.

    As a result of Russian Aerospace Forces high-precision weapons strikes on Ukrainian combat positions in Soledar direction, the total losses of the 24th mechanized brigade of AFU already amount to about 2.5 thousand people, or 60 per cent of its personnel.

    79th Airborne Assault Brigade of AFU has been almost completely destroyed, with losses exceeding 80 per cent of its personnel.

    Russian Aerospace Forces have hit temporary deployment sites and ammunition depots of the units of 14th and 72nd Mechanized and 10th Mountain Assault Brigades of AFU near Artemovsk, Donetsk People’s Republic. Up to 350 personnel and 20 armoured combat vehicles were located at destroyed sites.

    Against this background, soldiers of 80th Airborne Assault Brigade are refusing to take part in combat operations and are deserting en masse to rear areas.

    The leadership of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has ordered a reduction in the treatment of wounded servicemen and their deployment without rehabilitation to make up for unit losses in areas of combat operations.

    Acute shortage of first-echelon personnel forced the Kiev regime to throw front-line National Battalions, which were performing tasks in the rear areas as barrier troops.

    On July 7, 226th battalion of the Ukrainian nationalist formation Kraken was ordered to move from Kharkov to Pokrovskoe, under the command of Soledar operational tactical group. But nationalist commanders and fighters refused to carry out this order.

    Amid military failures and a massive retreat of Ukrainian forces in Donbass, on the night of July 7, the Kiev regime attempted to symbolically deliver the flag to Snake Island.

    Around 5am, several Ukrainian soldiers boarded the island from a motorboat and were photographed with the flag.

    Russian Aerospace Forces aircraft immediately struck Snake Island with high-precision missiles, killing some of the Ukrainian troops. The survivors fled in the direction of Primorske, Odessa region.

    The Russian Armed Forces continue strikes against military facilities in Ukraine.

    High-precision weapons of the Russian Aerospace Forces have destroyed: 6 command posts, including 107th Battalion of 63rd Mechanised Brigade of the Reserve Command near Barmashevo and 2 territorial defence battalions near Nikolaev; 3 armament and ammunition depots near Artemovsk, Seversk and Zvanovka in Donetsk People’s Republic; enemy manpower and military equipment in 14 areas, including 1 foreign mercenary position in Posad-Pokrovskoye in Nikolaev Region and 1 training centre for AFU units near Ochakov.

    As part of the counter-battery fighting, 3 platoons of Grad multiple-launch rocket systems near Dzerzhinsk, 4 artillery batteries near Seversk and 1 artillery platoon of 152 mm Hyacinth-B howitzers at firing positions near Gorlovka in Donetsk People’s Republic have been neutralised.

    Operational-tactical and army aviation, and missile troops and artillery have hit 142 areas of AFU manpower and military equipment concentration.

    Russian Su-35s fighters have shot down: 1 MiG-29 of Ukrainian air force near Nikolaev and 1 Su-25 near Adamovka in Donetsk people’s republic.

    Also, Russian air defence means have shot down 17 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles near Nadezhdovka, Zelenyi Gai in Nikolaev Region, Skadovsk, Davydov Brod in Kherson Region, Izyum, Nortsovka, Novoplatovka, Dibrovnoe, Brazhkovka, Pitomnik, Malye Prokhody and Grushevka in Kharkov Region.

    Six Ukrainian Tochka-U ballistic missiles have been intercepted near Skadovsk, Novaya Kakhovka in Kherson Region, and Grushevka in Kharkov Region, and 12 projectiles of multiple-launch rocket systems near Chernobayevka in Nikolaev Region, Glinskoye, Izyum, Dolgenkoe, Chervony Oskol, Donetsk, Ryasnoe, Grabshkoe, Makeevka, Krinichnoe and Oktyabrskoe in Donetsk People’s Republic.
    In total, 234 Ukrainian airplanes and 137 helicopters, 1,479 unmanned aerial vehicles, 353 anti-aircraft missile systems, 3,935 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 724 multiple launch rocket systems, 3,102 field artillery and mortars, as well as 4,064 units of special military vehicles were destroyed during the operation.”
    Russian Defence Ministry Briefing Thursday 7th 2022

    1. “Russian ships moskva has not been hit by missle but catched a fire on it’s own, didn’t sunk and entire crew survived”
      -also Russian Defence Ministry

  5. It is very clear at this point that Russia never intended to take Kyiv but only to keep the best of Ukrainians in the capital city while they got their forces together to take the east. Simple draw play. Easy to see if you wanna see it

  6. What is this new word I can hearing in every main stream media “Incremental” 🤣🤣😭😭☠️

    1. We have access to a lot of satellite footage where I am. No MSM sitting on top of Satellites Yet.

    2. @MH Actually just a small time Corporal with two stripes in a Infantry Battalion in Australia. Ready to always be with our allies, and dispose of traitors.

  7. The Western media cracks me up! They seem to think the surrounding of Kiev was a defeat against the Russian armed forces. When in reality it was a fixing operation, a (feint) to force the UAF to devote the significant portion of its combat power to the defense of the capital. Hence the three day episode of the fourty mile long stationarity convoy. Any military strategist knows you can’t subdue or occupy a city of three and a half million with only fifty thousand troops. While the UAF were fixed and focused on defending Kiev the main thrust of Russian forces consolidated their gains in the south and the Donbass. The same is true with the more recent battle of Kharkiiv. The truth of the matter is Russia is only using 7% of it’s 1.4 million troop strength and there’s plenty more where that came from if it were needed with over 2 million more in reserve.
    Today nearly 80% of Ukraine’s military infrastructure has been destroyed or and rendered inoperable while the remaining 20% are cobbled together amongst the UAF’s best forces. To suggest that the UAF has any chance of winning this contingency against Russia to say nothing of reacquiring the occupied territory is laughable to say the least it’s is simply unrealistic.

  8. Putin comes back from the afterlife and goes to a bar in Moscow. He is
    very curious to know if Russia is still a great Empire. He keeps asking
    questions to the barman.
    Putin: “So, is Crimea still ours?”
    Barman: “Yes, Mr. President.”
    Putin: “And Donbass belongs to us?”
    Barman: “Yes, Mr. President.”
    Putin: “So, Russia is the most powerful state in the world?”
    Barman: “Yes, Mr. President.”
    Putin: “That is very good. How much do I owe you?
    Barman: “10 Dollars! Euro, British Pound, Swiss Franc and Hryvnia we do accept as well, Mr. President.”

  9. War will be best lession for west in the future.Germany already taken u-turn for gas.trying to complete nord stream2

  10. “We’ll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false.”
    – William J. Casey, CIA Director (1981)

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