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Posted on 08/29/2025 5:30:23 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
According to a military and security analyst, Russia's summer offensive in Ukraine has utterly collapsed. Julian Röpcke, a journalist for the German news outlet Bild, has been closely following the war since Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022.
In a recent column, he outlined four primary reasons why he believes Putin's summer campaign in Ukraine has crumbled. One of Russia's main objectives in the east was to capture the city of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region - a crucial logistical hub for Ukraine's army.
Despite positioning troops at the city's gates since January, Röpcke contends that all attempts to storm it or sever its supply have been unsuccessful so far.
Earlier in August, several hundred Russian saboteurs managed to infiltrate Pokrovsk, sparking fears of a significant breakthrough for the Kremlin's forces.
However, within three weeks, all the Russians in Pokrovsk had either been killed or captured, with a Ukrainian officer telling BILD: "We are holding the city and have prepared a few surprises for the Russians. The military situation is better than it appears on maps."
After Ukraine's invasion of Kursk and subsequent withdrawal in March, Putin instructed his army to establish a 600-kilometer "buffer zone" within the Chernihiv, Sumy, and Kharkiv regions.
Yet, Röpcke points out that Moscow currently controls less than 70 kilometers along the Ukraine - Russia border. "Here, too, Putin's military failed completely," he penned. The military analyst has described Russia's situation in southern Ukraine as "even more devastating" noting that despite the annexation in 2022, the front lines in Zaporizhzhia and Kherson have remained largely unchanged.
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Spamming azzhole
Get a life
I don’t support Putin.
Never have.
Don’t support the uke grifter either.
Simple as that.
But the zeepers are great entertainment!
SLOBBO URCRAYKNEE!!!
zeepopaths are believing the Brit and American Media - the same ones that lied about Trump for the Deep State.
I see that marcus the zeepopath and his Brit MI-6 stooge John Viagra are still lying the hapless, press-ganged Ukrainians into their early graves.
Brit sociopath: “The military situation is better than it appears on maps.”
Into the Russian guns, dear Ukies. Into the Russian guns again.
The Ukies were never taught about the Charge of the Light Brigade, and the Brit muttonheads who were behind it.
You just lost another oil refinery tonight, Ivan. lol!
You mistake me for someone that givwes a shiite, azzhole spammer
Make it TWO refineries tonight, Ivan.
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