{"id":11754,"date":"2025-03-10T04:20:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T04:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/russian-forces-depleted-and-stalling-on-eastern-front-ukraine-says\/"},"modified":"2025-03-10T04:20:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T04:20:57","slug":"russian-forces-depleted-and-stalling-on-eastern-front-ukraine-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/russian-forces-depleted-and-stalling-on-eastern-front-ukraine-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Forces Depleted and Stalling on Eastern Front, Ukraine Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ukrainian forces have stalled the Russian offensive in the eastern Donetsk region in recent months and have started to win back small patches of land, according to Ukrainian soldiers and <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.understandingwar.org\/backgrounder\/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-march-7-2025\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">military analysts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Russia still holds the initiative, and conducts dozens of assaults across the eastern front every day, the soldiers and analysts say. But after more than 15 months on the offensive, Russian brigades have been depleted and Moscow is struggling to replace <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iiss.org\/online-analysis\/military-balance\/2025\/02\/combat-losses-and-manpower-challenges-underscore-the-importance-of-mass-in-ukraine\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">destroyed equipment<\/a>, offering limited opportunities that Ukrainian forces are trying to exploit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe Russian offensive effort in Donetsk has stalled in recent months due to poor weather, exhaustion among Russian forces, and effective Ukrainian adaptation to the way Russian troops have been fighting,\u201d said Michael Kofman, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">While it is too early to say the front has stabilized in Donetsk, he said, the situation has improved as Ukraine finds innovative ways to compensate for its shortage of troops.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The pause in intelligence is expected to be among the topics Ukrainian and American officials will discuss this week at their first high-level in-person meeting since a blowup between President Trump and President Zelensky at the White House on Feb. 28. Mr. Zelensky said the meeting will be held Tuesday in Saudi Arabia and the State Department says Secretary of State Marco Rubio will be part of those talks. (Mr. Zelensky also <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ZelenskyyUa\/status\/1898361925807018492\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> he would meet in Saudi Arabia on Monday with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Western military analysts and U.S. officials believe that the order to hold back equipment is likely to take several months to have a significant impact on the front. But <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/05\/us\/politics\/cia-director-ukraine-intelligence.html\" title=\"\">the loss of intelligence<\/a> is already hurting Ukraine\u2019s ability to strike Russian command centers, logistics hubs and concentrations of troops behind the front lines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ukrainian soldiers said the lack of intelligence was especially problematic in the Kursk region of Russia, where Russian and North Korean soldiers are on the offensive and have <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/08\/world\/europe\/ukraine-russia-north-korea-kursk.html\" title=\"\">rapidly advanced<\/a>. Ukraine considers its hold on Kursk to be crucial to use as leverage in any negotiations to end the war. The soldiers, speaking from the front by telephone on Friday and Saturday, requested anonymity to discuss sensitive operations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A senior U.S. military official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss operational matters, said that the pause on sharing intelligence had hurt Ukraine\u2019s ability to detect and attack Russian forces in Kursk and hampered its ability to strike high-value targets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Keith Kellogg, a retired Army general who is the special U.S. envoy for Ukraine, acknowledged that the move would have a \u201csignificant\u201d impact on Ukraine\u2019s battlefield conduct.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ukraine has proposed an immediate partial truce in air and sea operations and has acknowledged that some territory would remain under Russian occupation. But American officials have said the suspension would stay in effect until the Ukrainians bend to unspecified White House demands.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Many of the war\u2019s hardest fought battles continue to be concentrated along the 260-mile front in the Donbas region, which includes Donetsk.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">While Russia made significant gains in the southern part of the Donbas last year, it remains far from capturing the remaining cities and towns that make up the backbone of the Ukrainian defense.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">This is a snapshot of where things stand in three hot spots in the region.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-537384df\">The Defense of Pokrovsk<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Russian forces <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/12\/world\/europe\/russia-ukraine-war-pokrovsk.html\" title=\"\">advanced<\/a> in December to within about three miles of <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/09\/11\/world\/europe\/russia-pokrovsk-advance.html\" title=\"\">Pokrovsk<\/a>, a city at the center of many of the rail and road lines for the Donbas region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But well-prepared Ukrainian defenses have prevented a frontal assault, so the Russians have been trying to envelop the city from the south.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">As the Russian advance slowed, then stalled, Ukrainian forces have engaged in a series of localized counterattacks to regain advantageous positions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Maj. Taras, a deputy battalion commander in the 68th Jaeger Brigade, described one operation last month to retake part of Dachenske, a village south of Pokrovsk.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe stocked up on ammunition, conducted, let\u2019s say, a mini-artillery preparation, identified in which parts of the village the enemy was located, and delivered a massive strike there,\u201d said Major Taras, who like many soldiers asked to be identified by his first name in accordance with military protocol.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Then two infantry assault teams attacked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The battle lasted about 90 minutes and by the time it was over the Ukrainians controlled about half of the village, a claim supported by combat footage verified by military analysts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But, Major Taras said, \u201cto fully control and take the entire village, more people and more resources are needed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It was indicative of the fighting in general, he said, with Ukrainians trying to exploit Russian weaknesses but limited by their own shortages of troops and firepower.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-8\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Col. Oleksii Khilchenko, the commander of the Third Operational Brigade of the National Guard, said Russian forces notably reduced attacks last month after suffering heavy losses. At one point, he said, the Russians were sending injured soldiers on crutches to join assaults. It was not possible to independently confirm the claim.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But it would be a mistake, he cautioned, to underestimate the enemy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe Russians are constantly regrouping their forces, replenishing losses and redeploying units from other directions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Major Taras said Russian forces were engaged in \u201cdetailed reconnaissance of our positions, our rear, and our logistical routes every day\u201d and were \u201cplanning, preparing, and looking to launch either a creeping or a sudden offensive.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-60e604e9\">Street by Street Fighting in Toretsk<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The strategic city of Toretsk has been the scene of furious urban combat for eight months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Capt. Bohdan Ravlikovskyi, of the 12th Special Forces Brigade Azov, said Ukrainians have found themselves holding positions on the same street or even in the same building as the enemy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThere have even been cases where the enemy crawls forward with mines strapped to their backs to blow up our positions \u2014 crawling under a building, throwing in mines, and detonating them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-9\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The objective of Russian assaults in Toretsk is the same as it is elsewhere: to penetrate as deeply as possible using <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/31\/world\/europe\/ukraine-russia-attacks-eastern-front.html\" title=\"\">motorcycles, civilian vehicles, armored vehicles or on foot<\/a>. If they can hold the position, they await reinforcements and try to push again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But in recent days, it is the Ukrainians who have been advancing in parts of Toretsk in localized counterattacks and furious clashes, soldiers said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-10\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Russian <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/08\/06\/world\/europe\/ukraine-war-donetsk-toretsk.html\" title=\"\">entry into the city<\/a> in August came at a moment when Ukrainian forces were struggling across the eastern front.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Critical shortages of troops and ammunition \u2014 made worse by <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/03\/us\/politics\/ukraine-weapons-us.html\" title=\"\">a six-month delay<\/a> in American assistance as well as <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/14\/world\/europe\/ukraine-russia-war-battlefield.html\" title=\"\">organizational issues<\/a> \u2014 resulted in Russia\u2019s seizing about 1,600 square miles of Ukrainian territory in 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-11\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ukrainian forces remain outmanned and outgunned. But with the assistance of an ever expanding <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2025\/03\/03\/world\/europe\/ukraine-russia-war-drones-deaths.html\" title=\"\">constellation of drones<\/a>, the heavy losses they are inflicting on Russian forces are taking a growing toll.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-2d772c3a\">The Destroyed Fortress Town: Chasiv Yar<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Lt. Mykola, a 37-year old commander with the Ukrainian 5th Assault Brigade, was first assigned to a defensive position around Chasiv Yar, a vital hilltop town, two years ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe are still holding almost the same lines,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">After the fall of the eastern city of <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/05\/22\/world\/europe\/bakhmut-russia-ukraine-retreat.html?searchResultPosition=4\" title=\"\">Bakhmut<\/a> in May of 2023, it took the Russians nearly a year to advance eight miles toward Chasiv Yar. The Russians have <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.twz.com\/news-features\/russians-erect-mesh-net-tunnel-over-a-mile-long-to-counter-ukrainian-fpv-drones\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">released video<\/a> showing how they have now covered the road to the town with netting to protect their supply line from Ukrainian drone attacks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Like Toretsk to the south, Chasiv Yar serves as a buffer holding Russian forces back from a direct assault on Kostiantynivka and other cities still under Kyiv\u2019s control in the Donetsk region.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-12\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Russians mounted their <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/25\/world\/europe\/ukraine-russia-war-chasiv-yar.html\" title=\"\">first direct assaults<\/a> on Chasiv Yar in April 2024 and have employed a range of tactics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-13\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Russian warplanes leveled Ukrainian fortifications with powerful guided bombs. They have attacked with armored columns and in small infantry-led assaults. Sometimes they sneak in behind Ukrainian lines using pipelines and tunnels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Over many months, they have clawed their way into the town and captured much of it. But the soldiers said that large areas are \u201cgray zones,\u201d with neither side in complete control.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Lieutenant Mykola said the fighting was relentless but the enemy was also suffering.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe see their declining troop quality and quantity, which, fortunately for us, is worsening,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Eric Schmitt<!-- --> and <!-- -->Liubov Sholudko<!-- --> contributed reporting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     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