Yesterday, the enemy set a sunny note for the area of the captured territory since 2024, ISW analysts wrote.
The Russian army, on August 12, held the largest 24-hour progress from the end of May 2024, getting 110 square square, the American Institute for studying war reports. According to statistics, the enemy usually spends at least 5-6 days taking such territory, sometimes more.
The most difficult situation is now observed in the Donetsk region. According to the military, Pokrovsk and Mirnograd are almost surrounded.
The purpose of the enemy
Deputy Commander of the 3 -3th OSHBR, Maxim Zhorin, the day before, said the situation in the direction of Pokrovsky was hardly controlled. Among the major problems that led to a breakthrough with the enemy, he called the following: poor communication between units, ineffective use of troops, lies at all levels and the lack of sufficient decisions.
Today, Zhorin added that Moscow has thrown a huge resource to advance in almost all front directions, and mainly for taking Pokrovsk.
“The goal is to reach the boundaries of the Donetsk region, has been set in front of Russian troops for a long time. For such activities, they are ready for all … I now know that Ukrainian units are strengthened there and make efforts as much as possible to stabilize positions. It is very important to understand the seriousness of the situation in the direction,” he wrote.
The vice is already compressed
Due to the difficult front situation, the ex-head of the headquarters of the 12th Brigade of Azov Bogdan “Tavr” Krothevich on his Social Network X page turned to the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky.
According to him, Pokrovsk and Mirnograd in Donetskin are almost surrounded by enemy’s offensive action. The enemy also moves in the direction of Kramatorsk and Druzhkovka, which worsens the front situation.
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Problems at this battle site have intensified since 2024, Sloor Krothevich.
“The public warned it about it, and it was exactly what happened. The reason for this problem is not new buildings, which inherits a failure with subordinates with unit units, and not OTU or it has been placed, which for the past year and a half have really controlled anything, but only sent the orders to the general staff,” he wrote. “
The Washington Post, citing resources at the Pentagon, also writes that Ukrainian troops have been threatened by the siege of Pokrovsk. According to the American official, defense forces probably prepared defensive boundaries in the region by analogy with attempts to prevent Russia’s attack on Bakhmut in 2023.
The battles in the city were then worthwhile to the Ukrainian side, but now the Russians realized another tactic.
Pokrovsk, which is a major logistics node and the supply center for Ukraine’s armed forces, has undergone massive Russian shots that have damaged most of the transportation routes.
Reserves
Kotevich’s information is now officially confirmed by the operation of the operation-strategic grouping of DNIPRO troops Viktor Tregubov. According to him, the Russians are trying to get Pokrovsk in a vice.
“Around Pokrovsk is constantly permanently against. The enemy tries to cover the city from both sides: from the north and the south -east, and at the same time from the south and south -west,” the representative said in a commentary for UKRinform.
Tregubov also confirms significant efficiency in the enemy’s efficiency, so Ukraine attracts reserves containing the enemy in the direction of Dobropol.
At the same time, Tregubov emphasized that the situation gradually changes in favor of defense forces, even though the speed is not fast enough. According to him, the invaders use small groups’ tactics, which are in the direction of Kupyansk.
“They accumulated Infantry on the back of the first line and, when a certain number gathered, they led it. Now this group is already running behind our first line. The task is to destroy it,” Tregubov added.
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