The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation "suppress" the Armed Forces, trying to completely capture Pokrovsk in 2-3 months-ft
The situation on the Eastern Front of Ukraine continues to exacerbate, and Russian troops intensified their offensive in the Donetsk region, trying to "suppress" Ukrainian troops on the Eastern Front. The British newspaper Financial Times writes about it on September 23. In August, the Ukrainian forces conducted an unexpected operation in the Kursk region of Russia, hoping to reduce the pressure in the Donbass.
However, according to the Ukrainian commanders, this offensive, despite the weaknesses of Russian troops, led to significant losses in their own territory. Russian troops did not move resources from the East, as expected, and increased pressure on key Ukrainian cities - Pokrovsk and Mirnograd.
According to the newspaper, these cities are strategically important logistics units, and their loss can open the way for further attacks by Russia to larger cities, such as Konstantinovka, Druzhkivka, Kramatorsk and Slavyansk. The losses in these areas harm the moral spirit of the Ukrainian troops, which was undermined after heavy battles and significant losses. According to the Ukrainian commanders, Russia uses its strategy for mass suppression, exceeding Ukraine in size and firing power.
Russian troops also adapted, avoiding major tank attacks and using more effective tactics, which led to success in the Donetsk region. The Ukrainian side actively increases the defense, but the Russians changed their tactics, slowing down the advance at the front and trying to surround Ukrainian positions from the flanks, expanding the battlefield. Some Ukrainian commanders report the formation of "boilers" - the centers of the environment that make the Ukrainian forces retreat.
Yuri, the commander of the 68th Eger Brigade, whose troops fought, but eventually could not defend the city of Novogrodivka, says the last fighting was "very tense". "We have a lot of losses," he said. "Losses are larger than before. " Refusing to name the number of losses, he said that his unit is in a "destroyed" state, the wounded soldiers sent to hospitals and psychiatric units, and healthy transferred to other units.
Yuri also spoke about the attacks of Russian troops with the use of chemical weapons, including one incident in April, when the soldiers jumped out of the trenches to breathe fresh air but were shot. "Our boys were suffocated and spanned," he said. In May, the US State Department confirmed that Russia had used chlorpikrin against Ukrainian troops, violating international law. While the losses of Ukraine were growing, Yuri says that Russia's losses were higher.
But, according to Yuri and other commanders, despite the fact that hundreds of Russian soldiers died daily, they were replaced by recruits. "It's incredible," Yuri said. "How long will they be able to continue in the same spirit?" The chief of the reconnaissance unit of drones is afraid that the answer to this question can take several years, and predicts "complete destruction and probable occupation" Pokrovskaya for two to three months.
"Real," he said, "Pokrovsk will look like Bakhmut, a city, which is equal to the land of Russian bombs and occupied by" Wagner "last year. " We will remind, on September 21 the Armed Forces noted that Russian troops could not step simultaneously in the direction of Pokrovsk, Mirnograd and Selidov. Russian invaders are trying to maintain the intensity of hostilities in the Pokrovsky direction, but they do not have enough forces and means for simultaneous offensive in three directions.