{"id":46571,"date":"2022-09-14T15:20:32","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T12:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=46571"},"modified":"2022-09-14T15:20:38","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T12:20:38","slug":"russia-admitted-its-defeat-in-the-kharkiv-region-isw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=46571","title":{"rendered":"Russia admitted its defeat in the Kharkiv region &#8211; ISW"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>KYIV.UkraineGate . 14 . \u00a0September . 2022 | Society.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Russia recognized its defeat in the Kharkiv region.\u00a0This is the first time that Moscow has openly admitted defeat since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.\u00a0<strong>Analysts of the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) report this<\/strong>\u00a0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Quote<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The Kremlin has admitted its defeat in the Kharkiv region.&nbsp;Moscow openly admitted defeat for the first time since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.&nbsp;&#8220;Kremlin officials and state media propagandists are actively discussing the reasons for Russia&#8217;s defeat in the Kharkiv region, a marked change from their previous pattern of reporting on exaggerated or fabricated Russian successes with limited detail,&#8221; the report said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Details<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is noted that the Kremlin never admitted that Russia was defeated around Kyiv or, later, on Zmiiny Island, viewing the retreat from Kyiv as a decision to prioritize the &#8220;liberation&#8221; of Donbas, and the exit from Zmiiny Island as a &#8220;gesture of goodwill.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Institute for the Study of War reports that the Russian Ministry of Defense initially offered a similar explanation for the Russian failure in Kharkiv, claiming that Russian forces were withdrawing troops from the Kharkiv region to regroup, but this false narrative was met with swift and loud criticism online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Sources in the Kremlin are now working to remove any responsibility for the defeat from Putin, instead blaming the loss of almost all of the occupied Kharkiv region on insufficiently informed military advisers from Putin&#8217;s entourage,&#8221; analysts report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Addition<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ministry of Defense reported that the real number of liberated territories in the Kharkiv region is almost twice as large &#8211; so far, the\u00a0deoccupation\u00a0of 300 settlements has been officially confirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Experts say that Russia&#8217;s collapse in the Kharkiv region is\u00a0the biggest problem\u00a0in Vladimir Putin&#8217;s career, and that the Kremlin leader is running out of options.\u00a0For more than two decades, dictator Putin has carefully cultivated his domestic political image as a strong foreign policy strategist capable of outwitting Western leaders and retu2rning Moscow to its former glory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Source<\/strong>:\u00a0<strong>Ukrgate<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KYIV.UkraineGate . 14 . \u00a0September . 2022 | Society. \u00a0Russia recognized its defeat in the Kharkiv region.\u00a0This is the first time that Moscow has openly admitted defeat since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.\u00a0Analysts of the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) report this\u00a0. 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