There is Two types of soldiers in the Ukrainian war: Those who hold their breath every time they enter the battle front, position themselves in their car windows with Kalashnikovs in hand to shoot down the ubiquitous attacking Russian drones, and those who crank up the volume on their radios and press the accelerator.
With music or in silence, today more and more Ukrainian military units are moving into the corners of the world. Pokrovsk This is to contain Russia’s relentless advance, which is swallowing up what is left. donbass.
Once in combat position, the objective is to neutralize Russian movements and provide oxygen to Pokrovsk and the infantry inside. Mirnogradfighting head-on against a group of Russian subversives who have infiltrated the city.
The situation in this part is donbass front The situation has significantly worsened in recent days as Russia has increased the number of airstrikes by troops, drones and guided bombs. Even within positions spread across those borders, the impact of bombs, as Ukrainians call them, turnip– Every few minutes.
“Cubs are constantly falling and are being launched towards Pokrosk and even towards cities further north. They reduce everything to rubble, have plenty of ammunition, and do not discriminate“From one of the trenches dug underground, one of the Ukrainian soldiers said: “We have few resources, so we have to choose our targets well before attacking. But they just shoot to shoot,” he says.
When everything is reduced to rubble, the Kremlin’s strategy is to send small groups of saboteurs to advance street by street. “We neutralized them, but soon they were sending them one after another,” said an officer with the Azov Army Corps, which is deployed to the area. ”Some days we lose 1,000 soldiers. “We’re fighting…for just one day, but they don’t care,” he claims.
Ukrainian soldiers walk through the besieged city of Mirnograd (Pokrosvk Front) in a combat position.
Although the conquest of Pokrosvk has resulted in a loss of life for Russia that may exceed the losses recorded in Bakhmut, Putin seems obsessed with announcing victory before the year is over.
And Putin’s officers do not discuss orders. They just send their men in as pieces of meat. It was aimed at breaking through the saturated Ukrainian fronts, and was preceded by a swarm of drones that would not give them any respite.
death zone
At the moment, the density of drone attacks in this area of the front line is very high; 15km “death zone”. This is the distance soldiers would have to travel on foot to enter Pokrovsk. Half of Pokrovsk is surrounded by three thin men, so there is only one accessible road through which vehicles cannot pass without being spotted and pursued by drones.
This means that reinforcing Ukrainian infantry within urban areas is extremely difficult, and Zelenskiy’s forces are being forced to increase the use of large unmanned aerial vehicles (drones). vampire or bomber gala– Around the city.
These unmanned vehicles will not only thwart Russian attacks, but also deliver logistics to Ukrainian forces. These fighters are now Extend your rotation by 30 or even 60 days In places like Mirnograd, a city to the east that is still under Ukrainian control all around, it’s to avoid crossing that dead zone too often.
Ukrainian soldiers from an unmanned vehicle unit prepare a GARA bomber drone for an attack mission on the Pokrovsk Front.
Located right in the Mirnograd region, predator brigade It has an operational area that uses GARA type bomber drones to carry out combat missions.
They receive live images of the Russian front showing troop movements and war supplies. If the target is deemed worthy enough, They carry bombs weighing up to 5 kilograms on GARA Then perform a ranged attack.
“This drone has excellent performance in combat use, but in reality, Limited number of pilotsAlso, we have a limited number of drones, but they are not cheap. In addition to this, it must be added that the direct actions of the enemy are very intense: guided air bombs, Lancet, Shahed… They pull everything against us,” admits the commander of this position, nicknamed viking.
Fight back or lose?
Ukraine, currently facing an 8-1 numerical disadvantage on the Pokrovsk front, is at the next crossroads. launch a powerful counterattack Either the brigade responds quickly, as it did in August when it recaptured Milnograd’s eastern flank, or it withdraws its troops before it is completely surrounded by Moscow forces.
If they launch a counterattack, Ukrainian military casualties will increase significantly. But the Kyiv army Unable to tolerate large personnel lossesespecially infantry units, now also have to strengthen their positions in Kupyansk and Liman (Kharkov Front).
However, about 1,200 civilians remain in the city People surviving in basements without electricity, heat, or running water cannot be rescued at this time because vehicles cannot enter them.
Ukrainian pilots from the Predator Brigade carry out attack missions with GARA bomber drones on the Pokrovsk Front.
If they retreat from Pokrovsk without launching a counterattack, the next major battle of the war will take place 100 kilometers north of that city. Pavlograd -Russia has already stepped up its air strikes.
But Pavlogad is not a Donbass. This mining town belongs to the Donbas tribe. Dnipropetrovsk regionis a very important industrial region for Ukraine, where the country’s main steel centers are concentrated.
Neither of the two possible scenarios is open to Zelenskiy’s government. The president of Ukraine seems more inclined to protect the lives of soldiers than the commander-in-chief of the country’s armed forces. General Shirskyclearly willing to maintain the siege of Pokrossk, despite the human losses, to prevent Russia from extending the war to the country’s heartland.
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