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A thousand two hundred sixty -sixth day. The troops of the Russian Federation, according to unconfirmed data, made a deep breakthrough in the Donetsk region - immediately 10 kilometers
Medusa from February 24, 2022 lives on the Russian-Ukrainian war on the air. In our daily materials, we publish your letters because we are sure: we must continue to talk about the war. Do you believe that the upcoming meeting of Putin and Trump is a harbinger of the soon world or at least a ceasefire? Look for a feedback form at the end of this article. The review of the previous day can be read here .
What's happened
Numerous Ukrainian sources reported that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation broke through near the city of Dobropolie in the Pokrovsky district of the Donetsk region of Ukraine in the direction of Kramatorsk and Slavyansk. There is no independent evidence of this information, the video recordings were not published in the public domain that could confirm such a deep breakthrough.
The Ukrainian Osint project Deepstate, close to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, said on August 11 that:
- The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation advanced eight to ten kilometers north of Pokrovsk, approached the villages of Kucherov Yar and a gold well, where they accumulate forces for further offensive;
- From Kucherov Yar, they approached the Volnye village located nearby, as of August 11, about 20 Russian military were in this area;
- Also, the Russian army is trying to gain a foothold near the Dobropolie - Kramatorsk highway, fixing on the villages of Novodanyanoy and Petrovka.
Deepstate said that the Russian military “felt weak places for further movement”, seek to quickly gain a foothold and accumulate forces in order to advance further, while Ukrainian commanders “either do not understand the whole depth of the problem, or give the situation as“ controlled ”.”
According to the OSINT project, in the area of the villages of the Golden Fully, Shakhovo and neighboring settlements, Ukrainian forces erected new engineering and formations, which the RF Armed Forces "calmly bypasses, and will take it into the future and uses for its defense." If the Russian military will be able to completely capture the gold well, Kucherov Yar, the cheerful and other nearest settlements, Ukraine may “face the fact that the Dobropolie will fall faster than Pokrovsk,” warned in Deepstate.
As the military analyst of the Finnish Black Bird Group Pasi Pakornin said on August 11, the situation north of Pokrovsk is rapidly deteriorating, over the past three days (August 9-11), the troops of the Russian Federation quickly penetrated the Ukrainian defense lines to a depth of about 17 kilometers. “According to reports, the advanced Russian units reached the T0514 Dobropoli -Kramatorsk road, and it is also reported that Russian groups penetrated the outskirts of the city of Dobropolie,” said Parainunen.
The troops of the Russian Federation, from May and to the end of July, were able to advance along the Pokrovsk - Konstantinovka highway with more than 10 kilometers, posed a threat to the surroundings of the agglomeration of Pokrovsk - Mirnograd, Ukrainian Pravda reported on July 29. The expansion of the territory controlled by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the direction of the Golden Colle and Novodanyanoy “actually means the final loss of this route,” the publication said . The road was considered the main line of supply of Pokrovsk, but in June it was closed to civilians because of the attacks of Russian drones.
What do Ukraine say
The operational group of troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "Dnipro" claims that the Russian army, using a numerical advantage and despite the losses, "is trying to seep in small groups past the first line of Ukrainian positions." At the same time, they said in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Russian military does not control the territory. The Dnieper added that the situation is difficult, in the area of Dobropol and Pokrovsk the most intense battles on the entire front line are underway, but the Ukrainian troops “destroy” the group of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
Azov fighters several days ago occupied the defense lane in the Pokrovsky direction near Dobropol and the Dobopoli-Kramatorsk road, Ukrainian Pravda reported on August 12. The military blocked the forces of Russia "in a certain area", said in Azov. Earlier, the operational and tactical group "Pokrovsk" was responsible for this area, but, as the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine told Ukrainian Pravda, "absolutely unable to cope with the defense in this section of the front."
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The former chief of staff of Azov Bogdan Krothevich, in circulation of the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, said that on the Pokrovsk -Konstantinovka line, “without exaggeration, a complete cunt,” and every day the situation was deteriorating. “The line of combat clash as a permanent line does not actually exist,” Krothevich said. He noted that Pokrovsk and Mirnograd are almost surrounded, Konstantinovka is “in a half -reduction”, and the RF Armed Forces are moving in the direction of Kramatorsk and Druzhkovka.
The head of the Foundation “Come back” Taras Chmut believes that the situation in the Donetsk region can lead to the fact that the armored groups of the Russian Federation will enter the rear of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces: “And the card will again“ shift ”, as it was in 2022, hundreds of square kilometers daily.”
An anonymous user of the social network X Tatarigami_ua, who calls himself a Ukrainian reserve officer, believes that "the current situation is serious, but far from the collapse, as some suggest." “In 2014 and in 2015, Russia began major offenses over negotiations to get an advantage,” he said.
Update. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the afternoon of August 12 published a message that states that the Ukrainian military “take effective measures” to stop the advance of the Russian army in the Dobropol and Pokrovsky directions. “Our units are conducting heavy defensive battles against superior enemy forces. So, only in the Pokrovsky direction the invaders concentrated the group of more than 110 thousand personnel. <...> The situation is not easy and dynamic, however, the defense forces take all the necessary measures to identify and destroy hostile groups, ”the Armed Forces of Ukraine said, adding that additional forces were sent to these areas.
What are they saying in Russia
Russian Z-channels believe that Russian sabotage groups have leaked in the Dobropol region. “Our advanced units really develop an offensive in that direction, but it is still difficult to say about the real scale and the forces of the Russian Army in the throw,” wrote the Two Maiga Telegram channel. It is too early to say that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have been fixed in the area of Dobropol, the Rybar channel, close to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, believes . “Before the advent of objective control, it is difficult to talk about a full -scale breakthrough,” the authors of the channel noted.
Former Kremlin adviser, political analyst Sergei Markov believes that Russian troops were able to break through due to the "partial collapse of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces due to the lack of troops." “This breakthrough - a gift to Putin and Trump to negotiations and says that Zelensky and Europe should give all the Donbass as an exchange of territories - otherwise the Russian army will take them by force,” Markov said.
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are going to meet on August 15 in Alaska to discuss the possible end of the Russian-Ukrainian war. According to unconfirmed media reports, Putin told the United States that he wants Ukraine to transfer part of the Donetsk region, which Russia does not control. At the same time, he is not ready to return to Ukraine parts of the Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions captured by Russia. President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky publicly opposed the territorial concessions of Russia.
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Alice. Since February 2022 I have been pursued by panic attacks and excitement. An endless stress of stress, at first it was painful to realize that this could be in our time, in our century. The reaction of people and close relatives was even more surprising, people do not understand or do not want to understand the obvious. They do not want to think, for them they have already done it and said how to do it right.
Most amazed and amazed at the opinion of one of the closest relatives. A person believes that what is happening in the country at the moment is “temporary inconvenience”, and as soon as it ends, all sites will unlock magically, the YouTube will stop slowing down, and the information bubble will burst and “heal as before”. And I won’t be surprised if many of my friends think so, I just don’t understand how to live in a state of amoeba and enjoy life, pretending that nothing happens, that all this is normal ...
Most of all, I am afraid of the realization that all this in principle has become the norm ... How did we reached this? How can people live and not think about it to everyone? No, I do not think that all the inconvenience, the whole information bubble and prohibitions are worse than being under the oppression of drones and night shelling. I believe that we are all hostages of the situation ...
Answering a question about negotiations and changes: no, Trump will not end the war. No, nothing will change. Everyone will bend their lines until someone first goes into the next world and guarantees that the same Russia or Ukraine will have a future. I'm just afraid that I can’t stand it and I will not see the end of this hell.
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