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Re: Russia has invaded Ukraine
Russia hints at scaling back war on Ukraine
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/5...e93e9a0b8a84e6
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The Kremlin has given its strongest indication that Russia will scale back its military ambitions in Ukraine to focus on fighting for control of the east.
After defeats around Kyiv and stalled efforts to capture ports on the south coast, Moscow said it would “focus our core efforts “ to achieve the “main goal, the liberation of Donbas”.
Full control of the contested province has long been identified as critical to Russia’s war. However, Putin has consistently said his objective is removing “the pro-Nazi regime in Kyiv”. The announcement by the defence ministry appears to indicate that Russia is scaling back its ambitions…
… Colonel-General Sergei Rudskoi, head of the Russian general staff’s main operational directorate, said Russian-backed separatists now controlled 93 per cent of Ukraine’s Luhansk region and 54 per cent of the Donetsk region, the two areas that constitute the Donbas.
“The combat potential of the armed forces of Ukraine have been considerably reduced, which . . makes it possible to focus our core efforts on achieving the main goal, the liberation of Donbas,” he said.
He added that Russia’s army had considered two options at the outset of the conflict: a national operation and one limited to the Donbas. “The main objectives of the first stage of the operation have generally been accomplished,” Rudskoi said.
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