Posted on 09/27/2025 4:47:59 AM PDT by Grzegorz 246
Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said Ukrainian forces have trapped and are destroying Russian units that advanced near Pokrovsk, after weeks of heavy fighting that shifted the front line northward. He shared this at a briefing with journalists on September 26, according to a UNITED24 Media correspondent.
Syrskyi said Moscow’s original spring and summer objectives—creating buffer zones in Kharkiv and Sumy regions, seizing the Pokrovsk agglomeration, reaching the Donetsk border, and advancing in Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk and Kherson—“were not realized thanks to the skillful actions of our warriors, smart decisions by commanders, timely reforms, and effective strikes on the enemy rear.”
He noted that Russia has since adopted a new tactic he called the “thousand cuts,” relying on small assault teams of four to six soldiers to infiltrate Ukrainian territory, disrupt logistics, and create pressure without committing large formations. This approach, he said, has been used on the Dobropillia and Novopavlivka fronts by the 8th and 51st armies and the 68th corps.
Near Pokrovsk, Syrskyi said Russian units advanced in groups 12 to 20 kilometers deep, but Ukrainian forces anticipated the maneuver and cut them off at the Kazennyi Torets river.
“Anticipating such a development, we redeployed a number of military units. The plan was to cut the enemy grouping along the barrier line—the Kazennyi Torets river. Thus the enemy units that had advanced in depth found themselves in a kind of ‘bag.’ At the same time we closed that line with actions by our Air Assault Forces units on converging axes from the north and south. The enemy ended up trapped. Its destruction is now actually underway,” Syrskyi stated.
He reported that 168 square kilometers of territory have been liberated, with another 182 square kilometers cleared of Russian sabotage groups—about 360 square kilometers in total.
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A more realistic assessment of the battlefield discussed on the tactical level. Military Summary channel ( youtube and Rumble) has been providing daily updates for almost 3 years.
https://youtu.be/ztYn1lJvPSM?si=nle69IgmrokxuxDw
Mark Milley quote
How many years was the big USA in the small, backward Afghanistan? How many years was the 100 years war?
Maybe Putin can set a record for the longest war in history and find himself in the history books.
Yep. Daily Ivan assuring that russia stronk.
He may have been quoting President Trump.
“Everyone thought Russia would win this war in three days – but it didn’t work out that way. It was supposed to be just a quick little skirmish. It’s not making Russia look good. It’s making them look bad. No matter what happens from here on out, this was something that should have taken a matter of days, certainly less than a week. And they’ve been fighting for three and a half years.”
https://youtube.com/shorts/k0rpESNtaIc?si=Cvrfibpmar_sXQ5G
Speaking of bad looks, it took 20 years (and a trillion dollars) for the US & NATO to admit defeat on Afghanistan.
You gave the slap at the American military but the military was fine, they did lose fewer than 2500 people in the 20 years of their part in that war, while politicians withdrew anyway.
Western Kupyansk Defenses Collapsed Completely l Russian May Capture Kupyansk Within Days
Large Russian Advance Within Kupyansk Threatens Ukrainian Supply Lines
Only if you're moving the goalposts and falsely claiming the Russian objective ever was to take all of Ukraine.
The Russian objective, first and foremost, was build a land bridge from Crimea to mainland Russia to protect its naval base there. That was within seven months.
The only land objective was to clear out Lugansk and Donetsk. And, the Russians are happy going with the meat grinder approach to clear it out, saving Russian lives and destroying the Ukraine military in the process.
“Does Marcus have the day off?”
No. Maxipad is paid overtime for weekends.
“But without a doubt, Polish Prime Minister Tusk wants our USA “in.””
A noob has approved my flag. Praise the Lord. Tusk is my very own PM just like Obambi was your very own Prez. Shit happens in democracies. But even muppets are right sometimes. In this case Tusk was mocking the EU-nuchs that they keep expecting America to defend their butts instead of putting more effort on their side. That's in line with Trump/Vance approach and one has to be utter imbecile to think that he is really asking America for anything in that speech.
“But as to turning some “news” to the service of propaganda is also very likely, as all nations play that game. What service is it to propagandize Freepers, a small population in a very large nation?”
Go and ask a dozen or so Peepers around here, who claim to be American patriots, while their English is crap and their main line, next to “Russia stronk” and “Putin a perfect leader is” is masturbation over the end of American hegemony, alleged de-dollarisation, rising power of BRICS etc. + presenting the US military as weak homos.
You are a clown. From Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia.
My bride and I were legal residents of "waving the Schwarz-Rot-Gold" for decades. My cousins still wave the "yellow cross on a blue background," and I have lived and worked in "waving the Union Jack." I have also worked in twelve or more countries for extended periods, and at this point I forget many details of my travels but precious few lessons. How far is Berlin from the Polish border, after all? Or Aachen to the Belgian border? The world is small, while big.
As to nations, yup, "Obambi" was president for those eight years. This is one reason I am so amused as today's American Left blathers on while once upon a time they were telling conservatives to "suck it up." It's their turn. "To suck."
Karol Nawrocki, as only a couple of months have passed, is interesting. How that will affect things will be something to watch. To be sure. I have my personal hopes for Europe as its individual nations, and hope that the grasp of the current EC is lessened. When the Euro first appeared, we raled against it, and lost perhaps 6-8 percent in the fair "exchange," by my reckoning. As to loose change, there's a Złoty here and there along with some old francs, Belgian and French, in my wee collection of souvenirs.
I refuse to predict the ultimate outcome of the Ukraine-Russia war for all the moving pieces, which peeves some Freepers. But I would wish for Europe -- mine and yours -- to have leaders acting in their own nations' interest first. The EU is a burden to so many in that regard, and a cost in terms of bureaucrats who are not needed in the larger scheme of things. Ronald Reagan used that old joke about politics being the "second oldest profession," after prostitution. I think he was incorrect. It's the oldest.
Take care and enjoy life there.
Freep off.
When America sends in the troops, and aircraft we will push out the Russians in 48 hours. US soldiers will be greeted like liberators and can push on to seize the Russian Oil fields. The Russians are about done, Their armies drained of strength by Banzai Charge “Meat Wave” attacks. They are reduced to using old rusty tanks and shells from North Korea. When we get into the war—It will be dome in two weeks! With NATO’s help it will be over by Christmas.
If you say Douglas Macgregor three times in a mirror, he will have another show with Andrew Napolitano, Clayton Morris, or Tucker Carlson.
Anyone who takes Macgregor seriously is reality challenged, and the same for those who give him so much airtime.
A Ukrainian girl shows off watermelons she grew in the Ternopil region.
The fact is that in Western Ukraine it was impossible to grow watermelons due to the cold climate. Watermelons grew in Kherson, Mykolaiv, Odesa. And now they grow in our country too due to climate change... pic.twitter.com/wK82Z6YNiT— Devana 🇺🇦 (@DevanaUkraine) September 25, 2025
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