Why we are losing Pokrovsk and Velyka Novosilka

The topic of the broadcast is the situation in the hottest spots of the frontline. First of all, we will talk about Pokrovsk-Kurakhove-Velyka Novosilka. These are all the areas of responsibility of the Donetsk OTG (operational-tactical group). We have to talk about this OTG most often. In recent months, the enemy has been advancing. Since July of this year, the enemy has managed to capture more than three and a half thousand square kilometers in this direction. Just since the beginning of 2024, in one year. The commanders of the OTG, the commanders of tactical groups are changing, the commander of the OSGT (operational strategic group of troops), Hnatov, is not changing, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Syrskyi, is not changing. And the enemy continues to advance. There are many explanations... But why does the enemy's superiority in numbers affect events in this way, why does the enemy advance with superior forces along the entire front, and why are there such failures only here, in this direction?

So, let's look at the maps: the situation in Pokrovsk

The enemy is advancing; enemy assault groups are now regularly entering Zvirove, сontact battles are taking place there, and fighting is also ongoing in Pishchane, where the enemy has already entrenched. These are small settlements, but they are already on the outskirts of Pokrovsk—Zvirove is practically part of Pokrovsk, located right on the edge. A very dangerous situation is the enemy’s advance into Kotlyne. Kotlyne is a key road junction that has been cut off, and it effectively enables the enemy to enter. These areas, the so-called grey zone, where the enemy is entering, are now just 4 kilometers from the Dnipro-Pokrovsk highway, a critical supply route to Pokrovsk. The enemy has entered Kotlyne, and fighting is underway there. The enemy is counterattacking because, unfortunately, there was no defensive line in place that could be held. In fact, the enemy is advancing in this direction.

If you look to the east, you can see Vozdvyzhenka, Novooleksandrivka. The enemy is advancing on Malynivka, Nova Poltavka, so it's a fairly standard Russian scenario where the enemy is trying to surround the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad agglomeration, Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad, to outflank it from both sides, to surround and capture it, to avoid getting involved in urban warfare. That is the Avdiivka and Vuhledar scenario, in fact, to simply go around without getting involved in fighting and to outflank, advance through the plantations and thus force our troops to withdraw when the communication routes are intercepted. The enemy is not far from the Pokrovsk railroad, and in principle, there will still be a highway through Rodynske to get there, but if the enemy reaches there, we can no longer talk about any kind of sustainable supply of Pokrovsk and the possibility of long-term defense.

So, the situation here is almost critical. So, there are so-called search and destroy operations, encounter battle in the Udachne area, in the Kotlyne area, but there is no stable defense there, the enemy is advancing there, bypassing Pokrovsk and trying to expand the area in the direction of Mezhova. The enemy is literally a few kilometers away from the borders of the Dnipropetrovsk region.

Mezhova of the Dnipropetrovsk region is already a combat zone. In fact, it is already the front line, a few kilometers away, and the enemy will move further into the Dnipropetrovsk region. But now they need to capture this main communication hub Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad. A year ago, at this time, there were battles in Avdiivka, there was a lot of talk about it. On February 8, as we remember, Supreme Commander-in-Chief Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that new decisions were needed, the frontline needed to be stabilized, and he appointed Oleksandr Syrskyi as the new Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, there was a new Minister of Defense, Umierov, the new Commander-in-Chief, all of which seemed to indicate that there would be some new strategic steps. We see now that the enemy has covered the distance from Avdiivka to Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad and to the borders with the Dnipropetrovsk region in a year. Unfortunately, there have been no changes here. We lost a lot of territory, we lost a lot of lives of Ukrainian defenders.

The defense is not stabilized. This whole gray zone is a zone where the enemy is simply engaged in encounter battles on some individual open positions or on empty plantations. Well, usually on empty forest plantations. There are no defense lines. There are no defense lines that would be occupied by troops, where the main firepower would be trained - none of this is available. The enemy realizes that our defense in this area is unstable and therefore sends reinforcements. The situation at Vozdvyzhenka is also very dangerous, meaning we see patterned actions.

What about the Ukrainian Armed Forces? Unfortunately, the commander of the Donetsk OTG, General Tarnavskyi, cannot influence the chaos that is happening. The former commander, Lutsenko, was dismissed, and we hoped that there would be some improvement, flexibility, and adequacy. Unfortunately, there is none of this. Tarnavskyi has turned into just another general - watchman who thinks that his task is to shout at commanders, threaten them, and pass orders. That is, instead of enabling commanders to build defense lines, plan time, try on the capabilities of real troops, whether they are able to execute this order, ensure the interaction of drones and EW (electronic warfare).  Mr. Tarnavsky is not involved in any of this. I realize he is in a critical situation. He receives a lot of orders, instructions, demands, shouts from Hnatov, Syrskyi, and the manual control regime. But this is a situation where a commander must be able to say no to his superiors. Tarnavskyi is not the kind of person who says no. Tarnavskyi always says "sir, yes sir!". Unfortunately, Syrskyi has already dismissed a significant number of commanders, brigades, and battalions in the direction of the frontline who had the courage to stand their ground. And now there are a lot of officers who say "sir, yes sir!". We can see the results of their leadership, how Syrskyi, Hnatov, and Tarnavskyi lead together with their subordinates.

It may seem that the enemy has an incredible advantage here and cannot be stopped. I talk to many commanders, fighters at all levels who are directly involved in the fighting. None of them says that the enemy cannot be stopped. There is a considerable number of our troops here, quite considerable. We have ammunition here. What is missing, what are the commanders talking about? What is lacking in the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad direction? Adequate tasking that would match the capabilities of the troops. There are no defensive lines that have been prepared and occupied by troops at least a couple of days before the enemy goes there. There is no adequate centralized management and use of EW systems and drones.

Some of our well-known units, for example, the units of the Magyar Birds Brigade, are deployed in this area. But unfortunately, Magyar does not control the use of drones in the line, nor does it control the use of EW. Neither Magyar nor Lazar. "Lazar also works here, they could have built it. But, unfortunately, there is no such management of organized high-tech weapons here. 

In general, there is a problem with coordination. A large number of units, a large number of commanders, all operating in manual mode, with each general wanting to micromanage the platoon, deciding from some distant headquarters where exactly to take positions in the field. It's sheer madness. I wrote that what we need in this direction is someone with authority who can inspire the troops. Specifically, I wrote that we need General Mykhailo Drapatyi here, who has already played a key role in stabilizing the situation in 2024 near Kharkiv and in the Luhansk OTG.To be objective, I must mention that there are several other leaders, commanders, generals, and colonels in the Armed Forces who would also be fully capable of leading here. Why did I mention Drapatyi? Primarily because Drapatyi already holds significant authority. He was appointed as the commander of the Ground Forces, and you can’t just tell him, "General, do this." In other words, Drapatyi currently carries the most influence among competent commanders. Naturally, he shouldn’t be sidelined in Kyiv in this purely administrative position as Commander of the Ground Forces, but should be employed in a more active role, just as Oleksandr Syrskyi was. Syrskyi was Commander of the Ground Forces and simultaneously Commander of the Khortytsia OSGT. In this case, Drapatyi should similarly be Commander of the Ground Forces while also serving as Commander of the Donetsk OTG. This is the only logical solution: to appoint a commander with real weight, someone who can exert influence and who will be listened to, both from above and below, because his authority is real, not just based on 30 years of service while sitting in an office chair.

The attempts of Syrskyi, Hnatov and Tarnavskyi are simply vain. They cannot change the situation in any way. Reserves are being brought to the area, two brigades were sent to Pokrovsk - 32 and 155. We can see that even the deployment of fresh forces, numbering almost 10 thousand people, still does not change the situation. That is, it is not a problem of the number of people, it is a problem of the adequacy of management, which is not there. There is chaos in the government. Even drones and EW cannot be set up. There are continuous encounter battles, disorganized fire. Well, elementary things, I'm not telling you something so incredibly complicated right now. Every company commander understands this in this area. It's nothing special, people feel it all the time.

I want to say that if there are no changes in management, we will lose Myrnohrad and Pokrovsk, and it will happen quickly. Just like we lost Kurakhove. That's why it's critical. Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad is the last agglomeration that protects the Dnipropetrovsk oblast. Pavlohrad is 110 kilometers from Pokrovsk. This is already central Ukraine, an important industrial center.

The situation is not just critical, it is uncontrollable. It is uncontrollable at the level of headquarters, at the level of the Commander-in-Chief. Because here, Oleksandr Syrskyi several times personally gave orders to some brigades directly through the head of the OSG, OTG, TG (tactical group). The Khortytsia OSGT is incapable here, they are not in control of the situation. Our assault units in this area are not conducting directed assaults. They are mainly engaged in search and destroy operations and suffer the main losses. That is, the command has lost control of a certain area, and combat-ready units are sent there to find out how far the enemy has advanced. And if they find him, they kill him. This is a complete lack of planning. 

Instead of building a defense and just systematically killing the enemy, conducting counterattacks on specific targets, on a specific enemy, we are simply conducting search operations, a counterattack. And the enemy attacks with meat assaults, we have such a meat defense.

Here is the route of the enemy's approach from Selydove, Zhovte, it is under our fire control. The enemy is suffering huge losses. Yes, they lose several assault groups every day. But we cannot stop them like that. Then the next day, in 2-3 days, the next assault groups come, and they infiltrate. Further, further, further, further. That is, there are no permanent defense lines. As soon as the enemy strikes and looks for routes for their drones to enter, they send new, new, new people there. It would be possible to kill them all, but this requires planning, intelligence, and the interaction of forces and means. Well, someone has to build it. And there is no one there. Commanders have been changed, the 155th has been changed, the 32nd has been changed. Chaos in management, irresponsibility.

Why do you change commanders during a battle? Because you don't give them adequate tasks. In fact, all our generals are engaged in tactical management, trying to command platoons and companies. If a person wants to command a company, he should resign, take the company and command the company's battle. If you are the commander of OTG, you have to build a defense within the OTG. The same is true for the OSGT, and the same is true for the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. Companies should be commanded by company commanders, battalion commanders, brigade commanders. Well, this is a war for points on the map, the absence of defense lines. This is the main problem that our soldiers are talking about here. Something has to be done about it.

We have one opportunity. Since Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Rustem Umierov, the Minister of Defense, who is not at war and has no influence on what is happening at the front, they only respond to publicity. If there are a lot of views, if there are a lot of reposts, likes, they only then pay attention that they need to respond. If the situation is bad and everyone is silent, they believe that the people support their actions.

I specifically want to say during this stream that Zelenskyy, Umierov and Syrskyi are criminally negligent and inactive, failing month after month to defend Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad. This is negligence that leads to serious consequences. The lack of a planned defense operation. I hope that this will have enough resonance for them to start doing at least something, to pay attention to the need for planned actions. I don't know how else to knock until one is heard. Information is being transmitted through all channels. There are no solutions. Until we have some kind of high-profile scandal in our government, it does not act on anything at all.

The situation with Kurakhove

The enemy has actually captured Kurakhove completely. He is gradually advancing.

What are we doing with this salient? What is the purpose of graduating from academies, serve for 30 years, talk about your experience, only to warm the bench in chairs in the General Staff, in the OSGT, in the OTG, while commanders allow such absurd, disadvantageous situations? Is that the purpose of this salient? It has no value, it is unfavorable for our troops. There is nothing but unnecessary losses. In the Uspenivka area, we’ve already lost people during a withdrawal because we didn’t manage to withdraw in time, leading to heavy casualties— all because of holding these pointless positions. And then these generals and career officers have the audacity to claim that they can’t be criticised—that only military personnel, only those with a military education, can criticise the military. Let me tell you, there isn’t a single person stationed in this absurd salient who has said anything commendable about the intelligence of those making these decisions. They all speak from the comfort of their sofa or from an armchair in their headquarters, safely positioned 50 kilometers from the front. It’s absurd.

Instead of withdrawing to the Konstiantynopol-Andriivka line, we are grinding down our combat-ready forces in a pointless salient near Kurakhove. This has been dragging on for weeks now. And we have no Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, no Minister of Defence to ask the generals the crucial question: "Ukrainian citizens are dying there! It’s an untenable situation! Why are you doing this?"

Zelenskyy makes videos, travels abroad, and is engaged in foreign policy. Everything is going well for this person. Our defense minister does not go to the front at all. They know nothing about the situation, have no influence on it, and believe that it is the way it should be. Sometimes Syrskyi takes photos once every two weeks of him visiting a brigade command post 40 kilometers from the front. It's as if he's with the troops. Why did you all study at the defense academy if you allow such situations in the war? I just don't know. This is just a demonstration of such a negative selection for command positions. The withdrawal from these salients is necessary, it is just critical, as soon as possible. It's just shameful that such situations are allowed to happen here. Again, it is the responsibility of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, the responsibility of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, the Khortytsia OSGT, the Donetsk OTG.

The situation in Velyka Novosilka

The situation is simply critical. It's like deja vu. A year ago, the 110th Mechanized Brigade was half-grinded off in Avdiivka. The enemy was advancing, the main highway was already under fire, and we had to ensure the maneuver of the troops and reinforce them. None of this was done. Now two 110th brigades, the 110th TDF (Territorial Defence Forces) and the 110th Mechanized Brigade are sitting in this pocket, defending Velyka Novosilka to the end. There is a very narrow passage left there. There are no solutions, no one is withdrawing troops. The flanks have not been covered, nothing has been done. OTG "Donetsk".

I don't know how Syrskyi and Taynavskyi are going to live their lives. It's just a shame what you are doing at the front. How can such irresponsibility happen? This is a completely unfavorable configuration of the front. There are no timely measures. Just hold on, to grind off the combat capability of the troops and then there will be a Vuhledar scenario. Just hold any uncomfortable positions until the last, and then, when you run out of people, then later on, the collapse of several dozen settlements can be done and you get away scot-free.

Holding Velyka Novosilka in this configuration is absolutely unprofitable from a tactical point of view. From any point of view. No timely steps were taken. There was no reinforcement of troops, no counterattacks, no defense lines were set up. The enemy took a primitive approach and pushed through, and now we have to hold on to it. It's absurd. And this is all repeated over and over again. These patterned actions of the Russians, they advance, everyone knows it, everyone sees it, it all repeats, repeats and repeats. Why? There is no explanation.

Answers to questions

What can you tell us about the commander of the 'Donetsk' OTG and his connection to Syrskyi?

But they are all connected, there is a vertical of responsibility. Who appoints everyone? Zelenskyy appoints and controls them. The Minister of Defence approves. Well, Syrskyi also appoints whomever he sees fit. What's the connection? This is his subordinate. 

How can the situation at the frontline be improved to hold on to our positions?

To begin with, commanders need to act in a way that inspires trust, stop lying to their subordinates, and stop setting unrealistic objectives. They should start paying attention to what's really happening in the troops. Right now, it's all lies and a paper war in the headquarters. "Go, hold the point, no objections accepted." What is this point? You have to hold it. How does it look on the ground? What are the defense lines? The generals - watchmen are trying to command platoons, I would say. That's why all the trouble. Instead of focusing on matters at their own level. This creates distrust, and it's all lies. How can you fight without trust? Honestly, I’m shocked. Neither Syrskyi, Tarnavskyi, nor Hnatov seem to care that most of the army holds them in low regard and simply doesn’t trust them. They don’t even attempt to increase that trust. They don’t try to become leaders, set an example, or foster trustful relationships. None of that exists. It's all showmanship, PR, and falsehoods in reports. Leadership begins with trust. If a commander wants to establish trust, they must focus on working with their subordinates to figure out how to accomplish tasks together, not simply by shouting, shifting blame, or launching internal investigations.

We have the following situation: watchmen shout and accuse their subordinates of not doing something. They don't want to hear the real situation. Generals are watchmen. Zelenskyy and Umierov are sitting there in Kyiv in their houses and pretending that they have nothing to do with it, that the war is on its own, and they are on their own. Their life, sweet, diplomacy, diplomats, it is not interesting to think about soldiers, unfortunately.

Is there still a chance to save Pokrovsk from the Russians as of now?

As of now, it is possible to hold Pokrovsk, but it requires very serious efforts and serious resources to talk about holding Pokrovsk. Now we need to talk about holding the entire front, not just Pokrovsk. Velyka Novosilka and then the Kurakhove direction and the Dobropillia direction. We need defense and planned actions everywhere. Quick and decisive actions. Now we are talking about saving Pavlohrad, I would say. Pavlohrad and Mezhova. As for Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad, the task now is to hold them as long as possible.

Do the orcs intend to occupy the Dnipropetrovsk region now?

Of course, there can be no doubt.

Is the occupation of Pavlohrad possible, and when do you think it could happen?

Unfortunately, the occupation of Pavlohrad is possible, if we continue to fight and govern as we do now. But it will not happen quickly. I want to say that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are doing everything possible to inflict maximum losses on the enemy. And they are advancing very slowly because every day they are simply being eliminated in massive numbers in the fields. And, of course, it will take the enemy a very long time to advance from Pokrovsk to Pavlohrad. It took them a year to walk 40 kilometers from Avdiivka to Pokrovsk. Here it will take them even longer, much longer. But, nevertheless, this is already central Ukraine, one of the few industrial areas, heavy industry, that we have left. Pavlohrad, Kryvyi Rih, we cannot let the enemy enter into central Ukraine. But with this kind of management, when there are no defense borders, nothing is prepared, a miracle will not happen. We need to get ready. The enemy must be stopped now at this line. At the frontier, not at the point. Now we are talking about stopping the enemy on the border of the Dnipropetrovsk region. To protect Dobropillia, to protect Mezhova.

Do you know anything about the pocket near Kurakhove? Comrades-in-arms say they are surrounded.

There is no encirclement there yet, but the situation is very critical. And we need to get out of there, as I said, it is unprofitable.

Is the main problem to detect and defeat the enemy or to hold the position?

The main issue lies in the management of organization. The enemy surpasses us in terms of organization and commitment to their command and control over troops. The organizational structure and coordination of Russian forces give them certain advantages. However, our troops demonstrate greater flexibility in adopting new types of weapons and drones. When it comes to tactical decisions, we have significantly more proactive, courageous, and motivated individuals on the frontline. In contrast, the enemy relies heavily on organizational efficiency. They have improved their organizational structure to compensate for the lack of initiative and motivation at the individual level, ensuring they can maximize the effectiveness of their numerical superiority. This is the crux of the problem. We need to counteract our organizational decisions against Russian numerical superiority, and there are a lot of vulnerabilities in Russian tactics that allow the enemy to be defeated. We see that there are many areas of the front where they suffer huge losses with zero advance. 

What should the Dnipropetrovsk region and the city of Dnipro expect?

I would say, I don't know about the Dnipropetrovsk region, the city of Dnipro. All the authorities, people assume that someone at the top — Zelenskyy, the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, Minister Umierov, or Syrskyi — is sitting there, just like us, thinking, "What should we do about Pokrovsk? Let's find a way to save Dnipro or Pokrovsk."Friends, in war, we must tell the truth as it is, because people's lives depend on this truth and our assessment of the objective situation. 

Neither Zelenskyy, nor Umierov, nor Syrskyi are paying any real attention to the events on the front, to the changes, or to the defence of the Dnipropetrovsk region. This is not a subject of interest or priority — not the third, fifth, or even the twenty-fifth on their list. So, what should be done? I would not wait for a miracle for the central government to do something, but if I were the mayors of the Dnipropetrovsk region, which is the only adequate capable branch in the state government, local self-government, I would gather, make some coordination, as it was at the beginning of the Russian invasion in 2022, I would coordinate and plan a line of defense with the help of local communities, we have competent military to turn to, we have brigades that fortify positions well, that have very powerful engineering works done on a large scale, and I would plan a line of defense without expecting a miracle, without expecting someone to suddenly do something. It won't happen, friends, we all know it won't happen. Zelenskyy will record another video or maybe visit some military strongpoints opened by the regional administration for show. However, these positions are not occupied by the troops and do nothing to protect against drones, it’s all just window dressing. In other words, we need an adequate line of defense that ensures the effective use of drones and saves lives. Effective protection of logistics routes on these defense lines, maneuvering in defense, a significant number of them, proper terrain association, cutting down plantations in the direction in order to equip the kill zones in front of our positions. And this is what can help save the Dnipropetrovsk region in reality.

The Kyiv authorities, Zelenskyy, will not save us, they will not raise a finger. You can be sure of that, you shouldn't have any illusions. If the community of Dnipropetrovsk region unites, and all the efforts, I understand, are small, modest, because all the money has already been taken from local communities to the central budget, but if there is no community amalgamation now, if the equipment, all the equipment that is available in the region, is not collected, construction workers, will not be planned properly, and not as these liars and show-offs in the Ministry of Defense, in military-civilian administrations, in the General Staff do, just money laundering, corruption and the construction of useless, ineffective, in general, separate structures. If an effective defense line is not built, the Dnipropetrovsk region will not be held. We will be waiting there for many months, and what will Trump do, and who will stop there, Zelenskyy will be giving away a thousand again, or some other nonsense, well, he will not do anything systematic for the defense of the Dnipropetrovsk region. He doesn't care. The sooner the community of the Dnipropetrovsk region and other regions realizes this, the sooner they start acting on their own, the sooner we will have positive changes at the front. We have the capabilities to stop the enemy from reaching deep into the region. We have a sufficient number of adequate military personnel in the defense forces. We have competent commanders who know what to do. We need the right organizational decisions. We have a problem with the lack of organizational decisions. Everything is improvised, everything is based on people's enthusiasm.

So, it's everything all about Syrskyi personally and his system. Is it time to demand his dismissal?

I don’t believe that everything is all about Syrskyi. I said the same when Zaluzhnyi was being replaced. The real issue lies in the strategy implemented by the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief and the demands Zelenskyy places on Syrskyi. I have information on how the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief is going. Those questions that are raised, the president throws tantrums: why a village is surrendered but then listens indifferently to how 20 villages are surrendered. There is no search for reasons, no analysis of what happened. It depends solely on emotions and mood. And this is not taken seriously at all. We do not have the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief. And when Zaluzhnyi was in charge, did Zelenskyy have one complaint against Zaluzhnyi that he voiced? One. He said: Zaluzhnyi is engaged in too much politics and information activities. That was it. No professional requirements, no objective criticism. There was nothing. They put Syrskyi in charge and gave him a task. 

For February 8, I will prepare a program about what tasks were set for Syrskyi and how he fulfilled them. We'll just analyze it thoroughly and objectively. Criteria, requirements. Requirements. Politicians have to formulate a strategy. Because politicians, statesmen, allocate resources, people, money, and material assets to implement the strategy. Generals execute orders, they are appointed by politicians. These orders must be backed up by material resources, people. If the orders and requirements are inadequate, then, dear friends, no miracle happens. If another general, not Syrskyi, is asked and managed in such an inadequate manner, the result will be just as crazy. Syrskyi is not an independent person, and if the other one is pulled on the strings and taken a run at him like this, there will be a conflict again.

In my opinion, Zelenskyy should simply stop, we need a defense minister, if Zelenskyy himself is not in charge, then there should be a defense minister. Rustem Umierov is not a defense minister. He is just a person who writes press releases, statements, travels abroad for official meetings. Well, he cannot be, he is not the Minister of Defense, he does not perform the functions of the Minister of Defense. He is just holding on to his chair and saying a lot of good words that he is not able to implement. We need a defense minister. Zelensky cannot be responsible for the war, he is just messing everything up. There has to be a person who, despite the stupid decisions of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief and what Yermak is inventing, takes the responsibility and does what is right for the army. There is no such person in power now. And then, if there is an adequate minister, then it makes sense to change the Commander-in-Chief in tandem and appoint a new one, because he will have at least some interaction. And now we have Syrskyi on his own, trying to do PR, trying to guess what Volodymyr Oleksandrovych wants to hear. The administration is collapsed. Zelenskyy must recognize that he cannot influence the situation at the front, and he must delegate it, he must have a capable minister. He does not have one. Due to the lack of adequate decisions at the highest level, everything is collapsing. And Syrskyi should be replaced only if there is a defined strategy, requirements, and trust in the person who will be replaced.

Do you know the current state of the fortifications on the border of the Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk regions?

Unfortunately, it is in a very, very inadequate and unsuitable state for modern warfare. There are no defense lines there. There are some positions that have been dug, but the troops will not station in a significant number of them because they are poorly equipped. There are opportunities to defend the region.

Your opinion on the 25th Brigade and 425th Battalion being grinded off near Pokrovsk

That's what I'm talking about, this is the tactic of using troops. When instead of thinking about how to minimize your losses and maximize the losses of soldiers, quite absurd actions are constantly being carried out, units are being grinded off, the 25th has been grinded off, and it is not being replenished. The 425th Battalion is actually the core of the defense there, cementing the defense on the front of several brigades, which is constantly being pulled apart. The 425th Battalion is an assault battalion, the operational reserve of the OSGT. So of course it has to fill in the gaps everywhere. These are the problems in use.

Friends, the situation is very difficult and very serious. I am not in favor of saying that everything is lost. It makes no sense. This is a situation that is not a catastrophe at the front, but a catastrophe in the minds of specific people. In Kyiv, there is a catastrophe on Bankova Street, just complete intellectual degradation and impotence. And they are simply scaling up the same thing, transferring it to the headquarters up to the OTG "Donetsk". We need adequate solutions. And we need to let our competent commanders and fighters do their job properly. We need to set tasks that take into account the capabilities of the troops. And then a simple miracle will happen - the enemy will be stopped. He will be simply eliminated. Just as it is happening in other parts of the frontline where there is no such advance. Only in the "Donetsk" OTG. We must finally draw conclusions. And we need to make decisions.

The enemy is not invincible in this war. All these assault groups of several dozen people are sent to their deaths every day by the enemy. These groups are not such that we cannot kill them all. We can kill 100 Russians every day in this direction in Kotlyne, Zvirove, Shevchenko. We can kill 100 people a day. They will run out of assault units very quickly in a couple of months. And there is no desire to send new ones. But someone has to organize it. To concentrate firepower, to distribute targets, ranging, to interact with the infantry, with all units. Someone has to do it. Nobody is doing it. Everyone is busy with only watchkeeping: shouting, giving orders that are not related to any real reasons.

Therefore, we need publicity so that we can force the authorities to make competent, adequate management decisions. The fate of the war, the fate of the defense of central Ukraine depends on the management of the organization. We have the strength, we have the will, we have the abilities, we have talented military to stop the enemy and defeat the Russian strike groups and protect central Ukraine. So thank you for the broadcast. Thank you for being with us, thank you for supporting the channel and subscribing and liking us. Such support is the only thing that can influence the decisions of our military and political leadership. Thank you and Glory to Ukraine!