{"657656":{"#nid":"657656","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Losses, Morale and Counterattacks Stymie Russia\u2019s Donbas Offensive","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERobert Bell, distinguished professor of the practice in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, was interviewed for the piece, \u0026#39;Losses, Morale and Counterattacks Stymie Russia\u0026rsquo;s Donbas Offensive\u0026#39;, which aired on\u0026nbsp;April 18, 2022 in \u003Cem\u003EThe Moscow Times\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAn excerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUkrainians remain in heavily fortified positions to the west of the line of contact with separatist forces that has been in place since 2015, explained Bell.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The plan of the Russians is to bring pincer movements down from the north and up from the south in an attempt to encircle Ukrainian forces and get beyond the line of contact,\u0026rdquo; he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"35926","created_gmt":"2022-04-27 13:46:05","changed_gmt":"2022-04-27 13:51:31","author":"schurchman3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/2022\/04\/18\/losses-morale-and-counterattacks-stymie-russias-donbas-offensive-a77338","dateline":{"date":"2022-04-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-04-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"625987":{"id":"625987","type":"image","title":"Robert Bell","body":null,"created":"1568147382","gmt_created":"2019-09-10 20:29:42","changed":"1637089940","gmt_changed":"2021-11-16 19:12:20","alt":"Headshot of Robert Bell","file":{"fid":"247675","name":"Screen Shot 2021-11-16 at 2.10.08 PM.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202021-11-16%20at%202.10.08%20PM.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202021-11-16%20at%202.10.08%20PM.png","mime":"image\/png","size":547807,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202021-11-16%20at%202.10.08%20PM.png?itok=3P4egNKn"}}},"media_ids":["625987"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}