Russia invasion of Ukraine - Ukrainian counter-offensive | Ipse by Context

Nikolay Mitrokhin

Inserted 1 week ago

“The return of Crimea is absolutely unrealistic. Before the failure of Ukraine's counteroffensive last summer there was a chance to return the annexed peninsula had Ukrainian forces reached the Azov Sea and started shelling the Crimean bridge and the Kerch Strait that divides the Azov and Black seas. But now it's hardly real to penetrate Russian defence farther than the takeover of the Kinburn peninsula.”

Aljazeera

Research Fellow at Bremen University

24 Apr 2024 9 4

Michael Kofman

Inserted 6 months ago

“The conflict had reached a transitional phase where both sides hold the initiative in different parts of the front. Overall, Ukraine's offensive in the south has either culminated or is about to. My sense is that the artillery advantage that Ukraine had for much of its offensive is now going to recede, and that Ukraine's ammunition availability is going to be constrained. Russia will also be forced to conserve ammunition, but will now increasingly benefit from the influx of supply coming from North Korea.”

Reuters

Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

03 Nov 2023 5 2

Seth Krummrich

Inserted 7 months ago

“You have a lot of wounded coming back to Russia who are disillusioned or resentful and you have a lot of people who are not coming back at all. The truth is definitely on the Russian street … this is like radiation or toxicity, slowly building up in the population, and over time it could become lethal to a government.”

Aljazeera

Colonel who has led special forces detachments in Afghanistan and the Middle East - Vice president for Global Guardian

27 Sep 2023 2 2

Sergei Shoigu

Inserted 7 months ago

“The Ukrainian armed forces are suffering serious losses along the entire front line. The Ukrainian counteroffensive had so far produced no results. The United States and its allies continue to arm the armed forces of Ukraine, and the Kyiv regime throws untrained soldiers to their slaughter in senseless assaults.”

Aljazeera

Russian Defence Minister

26 Sep 2023 4 3

Jens Stoltenberg

Inserted 8 months ago

“The Ukrainians are gradually gaining ground...They have been able to breach the defensive lines of the Russian forces, and they are moving forward. No one ever said that this was going to be easy. Hardly any time in history we have seen more mines on the battlefield than we are seeing in Ukraine today. So it was obvious that this was going to be extremely difficult. They are making progress. Not perhaps as much as we hoped for but they are gaining ground gradually. Some hundred meters per day, meaning that when the Ukrainians are gaining ground, the Russians are losing ground.”

Reuters

Secretary General of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

07 Sep 2023 4 2

Antony Blinken

Inserted 8 months ago

“We want to make sure that Ukraine has what it needs, not only to succeed in the counteroffensive, but has what it needs for the long term, to make sure that it has a strong deterrent.”

Reuters

U.S. Secretary of State

06 Sep 2023 2 3

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Inserted 8 months ago

“Ukrainian forces are moving forward. Despite everything, and no matter what anyone says, we are advancing, and that is the most important thing. We are on the move.”

Reuters

President of Ukraine

02 Sep 2023 1 1

Hanna Maliar

Inserted 8 months ago

“Robotyne has been liberated.”

Reuters

Ukraine Deputy Defence Minister

28 Aug 2023 1 1

John Kirby

Inserted 9 months ago

“We have gotten some initial feedback from the Ukrainians, and they're using them [cluster bombs] quite effectively. They are using them appropriately, they are using them effectively.”

Aljazeera

White House national security spokesperson

20 Jul 2023 3 2

Serhiy Cherevaty

Inserted 9 months ago

“We conduct detailed and step-by-step planning on how to pass minefields and obstacles.”

Aljazeera

Spokesman for Ukraine’s eastern forces

19 Jul 2023 0 2

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Inserted 9 months ago

“We must all understand very clearly - as clearly as possible - that the Russian forces on our southern and eastern lands are investing everything they can to stop our warriors. Every thousand metres we advance, every success of each of our combat brigades deserves gratitude.”

Aljazeera

President of Ukraine

14 Jul 2023 1 2

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Inserted 10 months ago

“This is a happy day. I wished the guys more days like this. It was a busy day, a lot of emotions… I was honoured to award our warriors, to thank them personally, to shake their hands.”

Aljazeera

President of Ukraine

26 Jun 2023 0 1

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Inserted 10 months ago

“Some people believe this is a Hollywood movie and expect results now. It's not. What's at stake is people's lives. In the Kupiansk sector, whatever the Russian terrorists might be planning, we are destroying the enemy. In the south, we are moving forward ... In the east, we are holding our defences.”

Reuters

President of Ukraine

21 Jun 2023 3 1

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Inserted 10 months ago

“In some areas, our warriors are moving forward, in some areas they are defending their positions and resisting the occupiers' assaults and intensified attacks. We have no lost positions. Only liberated ones. They have only losses.”

Aljazeera

President of Ukraine

19 Jun 2023 0 1

Hanna Maliar

Inserted 10 months ago

“The biggest blow is yet to come. The ongoing operation has several objectives, and the military is fulfilling these tasks. The enemy will not easily give up their positions, and we must prepare ourselves for a tough duel. In fact, that is what is happening right now.”

Aljazeera

Ukraine Deputy Defence Minister

19 Jun 2023 1 2

Demetries Andrew Grimes

Inserted 10 months ago

“All we're seeing right now is softening of the [Russian] front lines with harassment fire with everything from small arms and rockets to drones and artillery. The aim of that is to stretch out the opposition to thin their forces… they're lengthening the conflict zone and forcing the Russians to expose their supply lines so those can be disrupted and [Ukrainian forces] can encircle smaller groups.”

Aljazeera

Former commander who spent two years retraining the Ukrainian military from 2015 to 2017

14 Jun 2023 3 2

Valeriy Shershen

Inserted 10 months ago

“We're seeing the first results of the counteroffensive actions, localised results.”

Aljazeera

Spokesperson for Ukraine’s “Tavria” military sector

11 Jun 2023 1 1

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Inserted 10 months ago

“Counter-offensive and defensive actions are taking place in Ukraine, but I will not say in detail what stage they are at. They (the generals) are all in a positive mood. Pass that on to Putin.”

Reuters

President of Ukraine

10 Jun 2023 2 2

Vladimir Putin

Inserted 10 months ago

“We can clearly say the offensive has started, as indicated by the Ukrainian army's use of strategic reserves. But the Ukrainian troops haven't achieved their stated tasks in a single area of fighting. We are seeing that the Ukrainian regime's troops are suffering significant losses. It's known that the offensive side suffers losses of 3 to 1 - it's sort of classic - but in this case, the losses significantly exceed that classic level.”

Aljazeera

President of Russia

09 Jun 2023 4 2

Jonah Hull

Inserted 10 months ago

“Ukraine has made it clear it will not give a running commentary on what is going on as it appears to not want to give up the element of surprise. What is or what may be going on now, well, military analysts have given their view, and their view is that Ukraine is engaged in a series of probing attacks, so-called shaping operations ahead of the counteroffensive. Probing Russian weaknesses, looking for vulnerabilities and, at the same time, essentially keeping Russia guessing.”

Aljazeera

Al Jazeera’s journalist reporting from Kyiv

08 Jun 2023 1 2

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“We want to make sure that Ukraine has what it needs, not only to succeed in the counteroffensive, but has what it needs for the long term, to make sure that it has a strong deterrent.”

“Ukrainian forces are moving forward. Despite everything, and no matter what anyone says, we are advancing, and that is the most important thing. We are on the move.”

“Robotyne has been liberated.”

“We have gotten some initial feedback from the Ukrainians, and they're using them [cluster bombs] quite effectively. They are using them appropriately, they are using them effectively.”

“We conduct detailed and step-by-step planning on how to pass minefields and obstacles.”

“We must all understand very clearly - as clearly as possible - that the Russian forces on our southern and eastern lands are investing everything they can to stop our warriors. Every thousand metres we advance, every success of each of our combat brigades deserves gratitude.”

“This is a happy day. I wished the guys more days like this. It was a busy day, a lot of emotions… I was honoured to award our warriors, to thank them personally, to shake their hands.”

“In some areas, our warriors are moving forward, in some areas they are defending their positions and resisting the occupiers' assaults and intensified attacks. We have no lost positions. Only liberated ones. They have only losses.”

“The biggest blow is yet to come. The ongoing operation has several objectives, and the military is fulfilling these tasks. The enemy will not easily give up their positions, and we must prepare ourselves for a tough duel. In fact, that is what is happening right now.”

“We're seeing the first results of the counteroffensive actions, localised results.”

“Counter-offensive and defensive actions are taking place in Ukraine, but I will not say in detail what stage they are at. They (the generals) are all in a positive mood. Pass that on to Putin.”

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