Posted on 11/14/2025 8:42:05 AM PST by Navy Patriot
The Russian army overran three settlements in the southern Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine, Kyiv’s top military commander said Wednesday, as Moscow’s forces expand their efforts to capture more Ukrainian territory.
Dense fog enabled Russian troops to infiltrate Ukrainian positions in Zaporizhzhia, Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi wrote on the messaging app Telegram, adding that Ukrainian units are locked in “grueling battles” to repel the Russian thrust.
He noted, however, that the fiercest battles are still in the besieged Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, in the eastern Donetsk region, where close to half of all front-line clashes took place over the previous 24 hours.
The cities of Kupiansk and Lyman in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region have also recently witnessed an uptick in combat.
Kyiv officials, meanwhile, risk being distracted by a growing corruption scandal engulfing senior members of the government. Ukraine’s Justice Minister Herman Halushchenko was suspended from his post Wednesday after being placed under investigation, Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko announced.
Russia’s bigger and better-equipped army has scaled up its attacks, placing the short-handed Ukrainian military under severe strain. Ukrainian officials said in September that the front line has grown in length to nearly 1,250 kilometers (800 miles). Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said earlier this month that Russia had deployed around 170,000 troops in Donetsk.
Over the past four weeks, the Russian Defense Ministry has reported capturing nine settlements and villages in Donetsk: eight in the Zaporizhzhia region, seven in the Dnipropetrovsk region and five in the Kharkiv region.
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Of course we have to be careful that we don't fall for the Associated Presstitutes Russian Propaganda ...
That would be awful.
Whatever happened to all those NORKS that were sent to be used as cannon fodder?.................
NATO/Ukraine can’t even admit the obvious fact that they’ve lost Pokrovsk and Kupiansk, so expecting honesty from them any time soon is a fools game.
I haven’t heard anything lately of NK involvement. They took about 600 KIA (not a handful, but not the thousands of dead that NATO fabulists were claiming), and had a ceremony honoring them a while back. That ceremony may have been an indication that their involvement was done. I suspect NK just treated it as an opportunity to give troops and commanders some real-life combat experience.
Looking back at many claims over the last few years, reality becomes the final authority. The Freepers who post the "Bagdad Bob" meme are aware of this.
Time will tell.
Another Devastating Strike Delivered💥The Battle for Pokrovsk is Nearing its End🏁 MS For 2025.11.14
Western press is under reporting St Z’s current clobbering.... detailed maps and video confirmation in the daily updates. Between St Z’s current nationwide corruption scandal and the loss of recently deployed western air defense systems, one wonders how long before he receives the “ Mussolini” treatment.
It must be Ukrainian Propaganda...after all, Ukraine has been "completely gone" for years now - nowhere left for Russia to be "making gains" according to sources propped up as credible by some here for years and those suggesting they weren't and aren't credible were ruthlessly mocked time and time again even after time proved the sources wrong time and time again...
Duck Duck Go Search: Ukraine Corruption (Articles dated in Last Week)
Have fun!
And what does that have to do with anything I said?
It lets you figure out what you said.
It has nothing to do with what I said in any shape, manner, or form.
Ukrainian forces are simultaneously counterattacking within Pokrovsk and on its western outskirts to prevent further Russian advances on the southern shoulder of the pocket.[2] Russian advances in northern and western Pokrovsk have slowed in recent days, likely due to continued Ukrainian efforts to counterattack
The recent law allowing Russia to train active reservists in wartime and peacetime did not include a provision geographically restricting reservists’ deployment locations, even though Russian officials had claimed that Russian authorities would only send reservists to protect critical infrastructure within their home region.[15] The Kremlin has previously ignored contractual obligations that interfere with its ability to conduct the war in Ukraine as it chooses, and Putin has previously manipulated laws to both overtly and covertly violate contractual agreements without outright breaking the law.[16] Russian officials notably violated contract agreements as the Kremlin has forced those who signed short-term military contracts with expiration dates to serve for an indefinite period.
Gref’s statements are notable as Russian officials have largely refrained from admitting to any weakness in Russia’s economy and as the Kremlin has undertaken an information campaign to portray the Russian economy as stable and strong.
Gotta get their last advances in before winter.
By foot?..................
“They took about 600 KIA (not a handful, but not the thousands of dead that NATO fabulists were claiming)”
What is your source for 600 KIA?
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