05 Sep: ONSLAUGHT. Russians GO ALL IN ON POKROVSK OFFENSIVE! | War in Ukraine Explained - 雙語字幕
Today, the most important developments come from the Pokrovsk direction.
Recently, Russians have made significant progress here, making large advancements to the west toward Pokrovsk and to the south towards Khurakhov.
Meanwhile, Ukrainians face significant obstacles to control and stabilize the situation.
The main Russian goal here is to take control of the city of Pokrovsk and cut off the Te-0504
highway supplying Ukrainian forces at Turezk and Chacivyar.
To take Pokrovsk and Mernorad,
which had a total pre-war population of about 100,000 people,
Russians must first break through the solidovanovokhodevka-devka defensive line, consisting of the three Ukrainian towns, respectively.
As you remember, Russians initially broke three Ukrainian lines at protest, leveraging their breakthrough to move deeper into Ukrainian territory along the rail route.
After Russians took control over Jalan,
they threatened the encirclement of Ukrainian forces in the fields on the eastern bank of the Vovcha River,
causing Ukrainians to withdraw from this area preemptively.
Here after Russians started launching assaults on two towns of the Ukrainian defense line, Hrudevka and Novohrudevka.
Simultaneously, Russians started moving further south to Karolivka to fully secure their control over the Vovcia River and the Karolivka Reservoirs.
After 6-12 days of heavy Russian assaults, Russians were able to take both Novo-Rodivka and Karolivka.
With this victory, Russians secured complete control over the Karolivka Reservoirs and broke through an important Ukrainian stronghold in the center of the defense.
Russians were able to accomplish these relatively large successes because they had moved a vast number of reserves to the region.
One month ago Russians had concentrated approximately 40 to 50,000 soldiers in this direction compared to only 12,000 Ukrainians.
Importantly, current Russian numbers are likely much higher, as Russians have halted many other
offensive efforts to strengthen their push toward Pokrovsk, redeploying a large number of reserves here.
A prominent Ukrainian military analyst even noted that Russians have now deployed more
reserves to the Pokrovsk direction than they had during the highest intensity of fighting for Ba'amut.
However, this has not come without a cost for Russian forces.
Geolocated footage shows how Ukrainians defeated several waves of Russian-mechanised assaults,
destroying 12 armoured vehicles and nearly 100 Russian soldiers in only one day, at not even the most intense part of the Pokrovsk Front.
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you can find it on our Telegram channel by using the link in the description.
Both Russian and Ukrainian sources reported that Russians are launching such attacks with up to 200 infantry with armored support at a time
and that the number of Russian assaults in this direction is around 30 a day.
Today, while no exact reliable figures are known, it is clear that Russian losses have skyrocketed.
The Institute for the Study of War and even Russian Whistleblowers in contact with Ukrainian
resistance groups report that Russian forces are suffering extraordinary losses in their increased effort to take focus.
A prominent Ukrainian military correspondent noted the intensity of fighting from the eyes of the Ukrainian 11th Motorized Infantry Battalion that had defended Karlyvka.
The fighters of the battalion stated that Russians launched full frontal assaults on the settlement with around 250 soldiers and armored vehicles.
They also came under daily heavy artillery barrages with Russians firing between 200 and 500 artillery shells,
200-dropped grenades, and dozens of FPV kamikaze strikes a day.
The battalion was able to fight off the Russian attacks for days,
but as Russians closed in from the north, Ukrainian artillery was forced to withdraw, leaving the battalion with little to no artillery support.
After six days of intense fighting,
ammunition stockpiles and supplies running low, losses and Russians surrounding the settlement from two sides, the battalion was forced to withdraw.
This is where a big Ukrainian issue at Pokrovsk became apparent,
as Ukrainian commanders in charge of the defence in this direction decided to sack the 11th battalion blaming him for the fall of Karlyevka,
whereafter the battalion soldiers opened up about the reality of the situation.
Generally, Ukrainians in the Pokrovsk direction suffer from a severe lack of communication between the different brigades and battalions fighting in this direction.
Ukrainian military analysts have also blamed this on a lack of management by the Ukrainian Pokrovsky tactical group command,
which they state is ineffectively managing Ukrainian forces here.
Russians have also launched an extensive misinformation campaign that even reached many Western news
out Russians are stating that the Ukrainian Kursk Offensive was a mistake,
and that the Ukrainian concentration of forces to the north allowed Russians to break through toward Pokrovsk,
however not launching the Kursk Offensive wouldn't have changed anything.
Russians were advancing toward Pokrovsk before the Ukrainian Kursk incursion and continued to do so afterwards.
Moreover, Ukrainians expanded relatively few resources in their course cooperation and mainly used rapid maneuver tactics to make large rapid gains at a low cost.
While Ukrainians are vastly outnumbered at Pokrovsk,
expanding resources here wouldn't have made a large enough difference to drastically change the current situation,
especially given that Ukrainians deployed a solvergates in Kursk, which are not meant to be used for defense purposes.
Some Ukrainian soldiers even suggested that the situation could have become even worse if it had not been for the Kursk offensive,
as Russians redeployed over 30,000 soldiers to hold the Ukrainian advance.
There were also realistic indications that Russian forces were planning to attack Sumi
in the near future and that the productive Ukrainian incursion over the international border eliminated this scenario.
Overall, Russians have increased their offensive effort on Pokrovsk and are making
considerable gains due to Ukrainians being vastly outnumbered and an inadequate command and communication
Russia's are launching huge waves of frontal infantry and mechanized assaults with up to 200 soldiers at a time.
While Ukrainians are able to inflict significant casualties on Russian forces,
Ukrainians simply cannot contest the current disparity in forces, allowing Russians to maintain their momentum.
It is also important to stress that the Ukrainian Kursk offensive did not lead to Russians
breaking through at Pokrovsk due to the overwhelming Russian numbers, advantage and determination to advance against all Kursk.
Lastly, the Institute for the Study of War stated that considering the extremely high losses
Russians are taking at Pokrovsk, it remains uncertain if Russians will even be able to reach Pokrovsk before their offensive culminates.
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