Posted on 01/13/2025 9:58:31 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russian forces are bypassing a key stronghold in eastern Ukraine that they have fought for months to capture and are focusing instead on cutting supply lines to it, a Ukrainian official said Monday.
Russian troops are going around the vital logistics hub of Pokrovsk, where a steadfast Ukrainian defense has kept them at bay, and are taking aim at a highway that leads from there to the central Ukraine city of Dnipro, Maj. Viktor Trehubov, a local Ukrainian army spokesperson, told The Associated Press.
That route is crucial for supplies feeding Ukrainian forces in the entire region. Cutting the highway traffic would also severely weaken Pokrovsk.
“So far, they have not achieved their goal and (Ukrainian forces) are working to ensure that they do not achieve it in the future – just as they have not been successful in other attempts to bypass the city,” Trehubov said in a WhatsApp message.
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Me too. All this could have ended in March 2022 but the Biden Cheerleaders 📣 demand war
“Everybody has plans until they get hit for the first time,”
That’s been the nature of this war so far
Putin tried a ‘decapitation’ strike at the start, and it nearly worked - Ukraine managed some defense, but more importantly, the West convinced Ukraine with corruption money and weapons, it was a better idea to fight, than sign an agreement Ukraine and Russia themselves negotiated.
How’s that working out for everyone?
Now, Russia is forced to go into the towns and cities of Donbas, but they do this only after first cutting the supply lines, turning the towns into rubble, and decreasing the will of the remaining Uke defenders, who will either surrender or die.
There’s really no other way for this war to proceed.
Zelensky is obsessed with North Koreans fighting for Russia to distract from this situation.
“Now, Russia is forced to go into the towns and cities of Donbas, but they do this only after first cutting the supply lines, turning the towns into rubble, and decreasing the will of the remaining Uke defenders, who will either surrender or die.”
They will continue this slow march, Trump or no Trump, until their objectives are achieved.
Believe nothing until Tulsi Gabbard is in place to sterilize intelligence.
And heads up, they are targeting her. She is the most important of the nominees and they are avoiding talk about her so they can try to stop her quietly.
Aww, Gee Whiz, that means the Uke Globalist Nazis will need More Money from impoverished Americans.
Things are falling apart fast. Kursk troops supply lines cut, and they will be encircled soon. Those are Ukraine’s best troops BTW, wasting their time and lives where it doesn’t matter. Russia in no hurry about land, they are killing soldiers with heavy artillery, firing 7 shells for every one fired by Ukraine. Firing into fixed positions day and night, at poor guys in dirt ditches.
A report about the surrounded UKR troops and their supply lines.
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The complete transcript.
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[ Russians Lose 50 Tanks & Armored Vehicles. Fields Filled With Russian Bodies ]
Today [ Jan 12, 8 pm ], the biggest news comes from the Kursk direction.
Here, Russian forces, after falling short of their operational goals, decided to go all-in in the most massive mechanized assault to secure a foothold in Malaya Loknya.
As the core of Ukrainian defenses held strong in the face of the Russian onslaught, Ukrainians are grinding down Russian offensive capabilities, pushing them ever closer to complete culmination.
The goal of the Russians was to once again try to approach Malaya Loknya by establishing a foothold in the settlement of Viktorovka. Since the previous Russian attempts at taking Malaya Loknya with frontal assaults failed, they adjusted their approach and tried to attack it from the south.
This way, they can cut off the Ukrainian forces in Malaya Loknya by establishing fire control over the main supply road, undermining the Ukrainian defensive operation. By establishing a presence in Viktorovka, the Russian forces would also be able to subsequently assault Malaya Loknya, since it is only administratively separate from Viktorovka, as both settlements are in an agglomeration.
To achieve this, the Russians launched a series of 6 massive combined assault waves, with the total of 50 vehicles and hundreds of soldiers engaged, launching wave after wave, until they accumulated enough soldiers in Viktorovka from the survivors of the attacks.
The main advantage of the Russian forces in this area was the road and frozen ground in the fields, which allowed Russians to maneuver more rapidly, decreasing the time Ukrainians had to respond to the Russian attacks. The significant number of armored vehicles also gave Russians a distinct advantage in firepower, allowing the Russian stormtroopers to overwhelm Ukrainian defenses.
However, if we look at the topographic map, we can see that the main Ukrainian positions in Malaya Loknya are located at a higher elevation, which allows them to observe and detect Russian movements along the road.
This means that the Ukrainian forces in Malaya Loknya can enforce fire control over the Russian mechanized units, using anti-tank missiles and FPV drones to target Russian vehicles. Simultaneously, the Ukrainians placed land mines across the road to Viktorovka, which could disable the lead vehicle, and halt the entire armored column with it.
Combat footage from the area reveals the demise of the Russian mechanized assault units sent to Viktorovka. The lead vehicle of each column was effectively disabled by land mines or FPV drones, which stopped each vehicle behind it.
Scared of becoming sitting ducks for Ukrainian artillery, the Russian soldiers immediately dismounted from their BMPs, once they stopped driving and attempted to take cover in nearby trenches and dugouts. This effectively isolated the Russian soldiers, as they became pinned down by Ukrainian small arms fire from the settlements, making them easy targets for Ukrainian drone operators dropping grenades directly from above.
However, due to the massive scale of these attacks, Russians have been able to advance and clear out the grey zone within the villages of Leonidovo and the eastern part of Novoivanovka.
However, it is important to note that the newly captured Russian ground mainly consists of just fields, with the only controlling factor being Novoivanovka and Leonidovo. Additionally, Ukrainians only maintained a limited presence here due to the settlements already being reduced to ruins in previous assaults.
Most importantly, these gains did not come without a cost, as Russians lost nearly a full mechanized company in one day, without achieving their goal of taking Vikorovka, and only taking swaths of fields. Recently released footage shows Russian soldiers filming as they move along their newly captured terrain, revealing a large number of dead Russian soldiers along the road and in the field, already slowly becoming buried in the snow.
Overall, the Russians launched a poorly organized attack along a narrow area of a road, bunching up their armored formations and turning them into sitting ducks, once the lead vehicles were disabled, allowing Ukrainians to inflict massive casualties, despite the lost terrain.
While the Russians have made significant gains in the western part of the salient, Ukrainians have ground down the Russian and North Korean combat capabilities over several weeks, while Russians are only now getting closer to the core of the Ukrainian salient, where Ukrainian logistics are stronger, and defenses more robust.
Russian artillery has been heavily attrited since the days of firing 7:1 shells - now its 1:1 or even UKR 1:1/2 Russian
Sure
That’s a whole lot of typing and the usual nonsense we appreciate and count on you to spew. By the way did you and Speedy break up? 😂🕺🏻
I’ll condense your post…
Russia kicking Ukraine Ass.
For those Not struggling with a crack addiction.
I present the situation on the ground.
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