Empty trenches and without a combrig: Bezlag told how the Russian Federation broke into Novogrodivka and Selidovo
People's deputy Marian Bezugla told about the possible causes of losses in the Pokrovsky direction on August 28 on the Facebook page. Bezugla explained that a few days ago she visited the fortifications of the Armed Forces in Selidovo - a city in Donbass, in which about 20,000 people lived before the invasion. What she saw, as well as previous events, gave her the opportunity to explain why "quickly" was lost Novogrodivka and why the enemy was heading to Pokrovsk.
According to the People's Deputy, the main reason is the miscalculations of the military command, which did not establish the defense of this shade. "The city of Novogrodivka south of Pokrovsk was seized in a few days. The trenches were empty before Novogrodivka," she wrote. The People's Deputy described the situation, which, in her opinion, under Pokrovsk and listed the threats. First, between Novogrodivka and Selidov built a line of fortifications, which for some reason stood empty.
The reason for this conclusion is empty armor and trenches, which visited Bezugla in Selidovo. She also stated that she did not see the military in the city, even - the fighters of Terroborons. "I went underground and went out into the field. There were already Russians. In the photo published by Bezlagla, we really see the trench, fortified with logs and land, which does not see people.
Secondly, the People's Deputy paid attention to the removal of the commander of 31 mechanized brigade, dissatisfaction with the fighters with this situation and the emergence of new units on the line of contact. According to her, "uninitiated units" arrived - and this is a possible reason for the deterioration of the situation near Pokrovsk, Toretsk. She also warns that similar events can happen under a carbon.
Bezugla ended the description of Pokrovsk, from which both civilians and military and empty Selidovoy leave. At the same time she stated that she was concerned about "Front fragmentation" and "criminal rotations. " At the time of publishing the material of the Command of the Land Forces and the 31st Brigade, they did not comment on the post of Bezroid. It should be noted that Focus wrote about the promotion of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the Pokrovsky direction.
On August 27, the OSINT investigative analyzed the photo from the front line and concluded that the Russians went beyond the fortifications of Pokrovsk-Mirnograd. At the same time, the analysts of the Deepstate project wrote that the units of the enemy broke into Novogrodivka: the jerk took place for two to three days, the city is a whole and not destroyed. The fighter of the 3rd storm brigade, in turn, confirmed that the Ukrainians had to retreat from this settlement.
At the same time, the report of the Armed Forces General Staff as of 8:00 on August 28, both Novogrodivka, and Selidovo-a total of 55 attacks took place at the 60-kilometer arc. The largest number of Russian troops - near Novogrodivka, wrote command. We would like to remind you that President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky reported on August 27, what percentage of the Ukrainian territory seized the Russian Federation.