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Russia says first phase of war is over as its advances in Ukraine appear to
have stalled
http://www.cnn.com/2022/03/25/europe/russian-general-calls-encirclement-of-ukrainian-cities-a-deliberate-plan/index.html
Lviv, Ukraine (CNN)A top Russian general gave some of the most detailed
public remarks to date on Russia's military strategy in Ukraine, claiming on
Friday that the "first stage" of Russia's military plan is now complete,
with their primary focus now centered on eastern Ukraine.
"In general, the main tasks of the first stage of the operation have been
completed," Colonel General Sergei Rudskoy, first deputy chief of Russia's
General Staff, said in a Friday briefing. "The combat potential of the armed
forces of Ukraine has been significantly reduced, allowing us, I emphasize
again, to focus the main efforts on achieving the main goal - the liberation
of Donbas."
Rudskoy's remarks come as Russia's advances appear to have stalled around
major Ukrainian cities such as Kyiv and Kharkiv. Russia has also failed to
achieve air superiority in Ukraine and has suffered heavy losses of
personnel since the start of the invasion.
"The public and individual experts are wondering what we are doing in the
area of the blockaded Ukrainian cities," Rudskoy said. "These
actions are carried out with the aim of causing such damage to military
infrastructure, equipment, personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the
results of which allow us not only to tie down their forces and prevent them
from strengthening their grouping in the Donbas, but also will not allow
them to do this until the Russian army completely liberates the territories
of the DPR and LNR."
Rudskoy was referring to the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics,
separatist territories in eastern Ukraine that Russia recognized on the eve
of its invasion.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that the goal of what Russian
officials refer to euphemistically as the "special military operation" in
Ukraine is the complete demilitarization of the country. Putin has said the
war is going according to plan, but Russian forces have incurred serious
losses: Rudskoy said in the same briefing that 1,351 military personnel had
been killed in Ukraine and 3,825 had been wounded. US, NATO and Ukrainian
officials estimate the Russian casualty count is much higher.
"Initially, we did not plan to storm them in order to prevent destruction
and minimize losses among personnel and civilians," Rudskoy said. "And
although we do not exclude such a possibility, however, as individual
groupings complete the tasks set, and they are successfully solved, our
forces and means will be concentrated on the main thing -- the complete
liberation of Donbas."
It is unclear if Rudskoy's statement implies a shifting of the goalposts for
the Russian military, or just represents a change in public messaging.
The Russian military has claimed it is not targeting civilians or
residential areas, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. |
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