{"id":630964,"date":"2024-08-15T04:17:59","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T01:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/after-ukraine-incursion-russia-slow-to-respond-why\/"},"modified":"2024-08-15T04:17:59","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T01:17:59","slug":"after-ukraine-incursion-russia-slow-to-respond-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/after-ukraine-incursion-russia-slow-to-respond-why\/","title":{"rendered":"#After Ukraine incursion, Russia slow to respond. Why?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\"><media-video video-id=\"74784607007\" title=\"US politicians express support for Ukraine incursion\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2024\/08\/13\/USAT\/74784743007-20240813-vpc-ukraine-incursion-draws-us-support-reuters-00-00-00-00-still-003.jpg?crop=1919,1079,x0,y0\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\" placement=\"snow-video-story-priority\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2024\/08\/13\/USAT\/74784743007-20240813-vpc-ukraine-incursion-draws-us-support-reuters-00-00-00-00-still-003.jpg?crop=1919,1079,x0,y0\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">US politicians express support for Ukraine incursion<\/p>\n<p>The cross-border operation is the biggest attack on sovereign Russian territory since the war started.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/media-video><\/div>\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 Russian forces have begun slowly responding to a week-long Ukrainian border raid that caught Moscow and even Kyiv&#8217;s allies by surprise, according to three U.S. officials.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"><\/partner-banner>\n<p>Ukrainian troops poured across the lightly defended border northeast of Kyiv last week, seizing villages and taking Russian troops prisoner. The Ukrainians, backed by more than $55 billion in Pentagon aid since Russia\u2019s invasion in Feb. 2022, did not inform the White House or Pentagon in advance of their incursion, a U.S. official said.<\/p>\n<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin as blamed Ukraine&#8217;s allies for the embarrassing breach.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ears that the enemy, with the support from their Western backers, is executing their directives, and the West is using Ukrainians as proxies in this conflict,&#8221; he said Monday at a national security meeting in Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It seems the opponent is aiming to strengthen their negotiating position for the future,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"><\/partner-banner>\n<p><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">More: <\/strong>Russia opens new front in Ukraine war. Is Ukraine losing the war with Russia?<\/span><\/p>\n<partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"><\/partner-inline>\n<p>Caught off guard, Russia&#8217;s initial response has been muted. Three U.S. officials, none of whom were authorized to speak publicly, described an under-prepared Russian military that may be constrained in its efforts to repel the Ukrainians by an over-reliance on artillery.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian military lacks quick-reaction forces that can respond to an emergency, one of the officials noted, while the Pentagon trains and equips forces to respond quickly when needed. For example, the Army\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.army.mil\/82ndAirborne\">82nd Airborne Division<\/a> is capable of \u201cforcible entry\u201d missions anywhere in the world within 18 hours. Within four days, the division is prepared to deploy larger numbers of soldiers.<\/p>\n<partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"><\/partner-inline><cta-atoms-container-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/cta\" class=\"spacer-large\"><\/cta-atoms-container-inline><\/p>\n<p>While Russian forces have pummeled the front lines in eastern and southern Ukraine with millions of artillery shells in the more than than 900 days since Putin first invaded, Moscow has has been reluctant to use heavy artillery shelling to expel the Ukrainians from Kursk, two officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the reason may be a reluctance to attack its own towns, officials said. The Russian may also be running short on artillery ammunition, which they\u2019ve fired constantly during intense fighting in eastern Ukraine.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"><\/partner-banner>\n<p><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">More: <\/strong>Maps: Ukraine&#8217;s incursion into Russia forces Moscow to make an important decision<\/span><\/p>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2024\/08\/14\/USAT\/74804589007-20240813-t-081749-z-1633112593-rc-2-xd-9-aw-2-y-8-h-rtrmadp-3-ukrainecrisisrussiakursk.JPG bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2024\/08\/14\/USAT\/74804589007-20240813-t-081749-z-1633112593-rc-2-xd-9-aw-2-y-8-h-rtrmadp-3-ukrainecrisisrussiakursk.JPG?crop=4555,3416,x282,y0 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2024\/08\/14\/USAT\/74804589007-20240813-t-081749-z-1633112593-rc-2-xd-9-aw-2-y-8-h-rtrmadp-3-ukrainecrisisrussiakursk.JPG?crop=2562,3416,x2557,y0 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2024\/08\/14\/USAT\/74804589007-20240813-t-081749-z-1633112593-rc-2-xd-9-aw-2-y-8-h-rtrmadp-3-ukrainecrisisrussiakursk.JPG?crop=5119,2880,x0,y0 16:9\" image-alt=\"\" credit=\"Anatoliy Zhdanov, via REUTERS\" caption=\"Medics provide assistance in a vehicle near a mobile medical station opened by volunteers to treat wounded Russian military personnel and local residents, after an incursion by Ukrainian troops in the Kursk region, Russia August 11, 2024.\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"><\/media-image><\/p>\n<p>More recently, Russia has begun to move forces to confront the Ukrainian forces that now occupy as much as 1,000 square kilometers in Kursk, according to a second official. Among the reasons for the slow response is that Russian authorities don\u2019t have a clear sense of what the Ukrainians are trying to do.<\/p>\n<p>One possible motive for Ukraine\u2019s attack is capturing Russian troops that Ukraine could use in a prisoner exchange, one official said. More than 3,000 Ukrainian prisoners of war have returned home in prisoner swaps, but it&#8217;s unclear how many POWs each side is holding.<\/p>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2024\/08\/14\/USAT\/74804573007-20240812-t-134506-z-741392058-rc-2-de-9-a-8-ccg-2-rtrmadp-3-ukrainecrisisrussiakurskputin.JPG bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2024\/08\/14\/USAT\/74804573007-20240812-t-134506-z-741392058-rc-2-de-9-a-8-ccg-2-rtrmadp-3-ukrainecrisisrussiakurskputin.JPG?crop=3039,2279,x403,y0 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2024\/08\/14\/USAT\/74804573007-20240812-t-134506-z-741392058-rc-2-de-9-a-8-ccg-2-rtrmadp-3-ukrainecrisisrussiakurskputin.JPG?crop=1710,2279,x1377,y0 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2024\/08\/14\/USAT\/74804573007-20240812-t-134506-z-741392058-rc-2-de-9-a-8-ccg-2-rtrmadp-3-ukrainecrisisrussiakurskputin.JPG?crop=3442,1937,x0,y171 16:9\" image-alt=\"\" credit=\"Gavriil Grigorov, via REUTERS\" caption=\"Russia's President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with security officials to discuss an incursion of Ukrainian troops, via a video link at a residence outside Moscow, Russia August 12, 2024.\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"><\/media-image><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our advance in Kursk is going well today \u2013 we are reaching our strategic goal. The &#8216;exchange fund&#8217; for our state has also been significantly replenished,&#8221; Zelenskyy said Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine&#8217;s Kursk gambit has raised morale in the country amid a dismal stalemate that&#8217;s seen small but punishing Ukrainian losses in recent months.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"><\/partner-banner>\n<p><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">More: <\/strong>Life on Ukraine\u2019s front line: \u2018Worse than hell\u2019 as Russia advances<\/span><\/p>\n<p><media-gallery-promo asset-id=\"6949931001\" class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-large\"><\/media-gallery-promo><\/p>\n<p>Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with his Ukrainian counterpart, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, on Wednesday, according to a summary of their call.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMinister Umerov provided an update on battlefield dynamics, as well as the impact of Russia&#8217;s continued attacks in Ukraine,\u201d Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<lit-timestamp class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-small\" slot=\"timestamp\" publishdate=\"2024-08-14 22:25:18 +0000 UTC\" updatedate=\"2024-08-15 01:17:59 +0000 UTC\"><\/lit-timestamp><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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