Posted on 11/01/2025 3:43:24 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Ukraine's top military commander has admitted his soldiers are facing "difficult conditions" defending Pokrovsk - a key eastern front-line town - against massed Russian forces.
Gen Oleksandr Syrskyi said Ukrainian troops were facing a "multi-thousand enemy" force - but denied Russian claims that they were surrounded or blocked.
He confirmed that elite special forces had been deployed to protect key supply lines which, army sources said, were all under Russian fire.
The defence ministry in Moscow reported that Ukrainian troops were surrendering and 11 of their special forces had been killed after landing by helicopter, something denied by Kyiv.
In Saturday's posts on Telegram, Gen Syrskyi said he was "back on the front" to personally hear the latest reports from military commanders on the ground in the eastern Donetsk region.
In a short video, Syrskyi is seen studying battlefield maps with other commanders, including the head of Ukraine's military intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov.
It is unclear when and where the footage was recorded.
Ukrainian media earlier reported that Budanov was in the region to personally oversee the operation by the special forces.
The deployment of special forces suggests officials in Kyiv are determined to try to hold on to the town, which Russia has been trying to seize for more than a year.
Ukraine's 7th Rapid Response Corps said on Saturday Ukrainian troops "have improved [their] tactical position" in Pokrovsk - but the situation remained "difficult and dynamic".
Late on Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stressed that the defence of Pokrovsk was a "priority".
There have been growing reports of Russian advances around the strategic town to the west of the Russian-seized regional capital of Donetsk.
Russia's defence ministry said it had thwarted the deployment of Ukrainian military intelligence special forces north-west of the town, killing all 11 troops who landed...
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Boris Johnson and Joe Biden’s autopen pushed things to this sickening point. And if it wasn’t for the Neocon cheerleaders here in the States, DJT would have had peace months ago.
We already know, they're ALL Dead.
He’s lying again. Pokrovsk Is a ‘kessle’ now, much like Stalingrad.
A lot of Russians have died trying to capture Pokrovsk, but not "ALL" of them yet. That will take a little while longer.
Please see email and respond.
I didn't realize Putin's every move was controlled by "Neocon cheerleaders" here in the USA. Do you know how they control him?
Has it ever occurred to you that the reason President Trump hasn't been able to negotiate any kind of peace treaty in Ukraine is that Putin just won't do it?
“deployed to protect key supply lines which, army sources said, were all under Russian fire”
If all your supply lines are under enemy fire, you’re in a LOT of trouble. You would have to neutralize all that fire to survive.
A prudent army would retreat to safer ground.
There they are...
No, those are other brave Ukrainian patriots who died defending their homeland.
Seeing as you’re active tonight, please reply by 6 pm PDT.
“Ukrainian media earlier reported that Budanov was in the region to personally oversee the operation by the special forces.”
Those guys are there to ensure NO RETREAT.
They’re still all Dead.
Since you seem to be ignoring or not reading email, here it is in the clear:
Please retract your #12 publicly and in stream to correct the record. That information is now known by you and me to be false.
That’s the simple, easy and gentlemanly thing to do. It corrects the record so that known misinformation is not further propagated.
The less pleasant option is for you to stick by your original post #12 as truth. That will not go well. I will bring to everyone’s attention your sticking with the lie.
You and I haven’t had any run in’s over the years. I don’t have you on my radar as a bad guy.
But I’m not going to let a lie stand. Please take care of it in a gentlemanly fashion, and we’ll move on.
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Hush, Libertarian freak
Yup, just like our patriots buried at Arlington. So?
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