On August 12, 2025, local time, Russian sources have confirmed that the Russian suicide assault troops have made a major breakthrough on the Pokrovsk front line. In 24 hours, the Russian suicide assault troops have occupied 157 square kilometers of land. At the same time, the Russian suicide assault troops, in addition to advancing northward, have also conducted the final encirclement and elimination of the Red Army City River Twin Cities.

The offensive depth of the Russian suicide assault troops has expanded again

Russian forces are now launching a fierce attack on the western areas of Donetsk Oblast

The 12th "Azov" National Guard Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has been deployed to Rubizhne, ready to fight against the Russians at any time. The Russian suicide assault troops are establishing three large dumplings, conducting a comprehensive annihilation campaign in the western areas of Donetsk Oblast. From the current situation, if the Russian Western Group Army can follow the pace of the Central Group Army, it will be a large encirclement, with at least 20 Ukrainian armed forces brigades within the encirclement, at least 50,000 people. Currently, the Russian forces are well-equipped. The 110th Brigade is participating in the battle at Rogovskoye, and the 1st, 9th, and 5th Brigades are in reserve, ready to join the main attack.

Ukrainian army sniper rifles captured by Russian soldiers

The Russian forces should get into the battle and expand their gains. If the reserve forces charge forward, they might accelerate the capture of the three strongholds. The battle for Severansk is taking too long for the Russians. If the Russians also encircle Kupiansk now, it would be a terrifying situation for the entire Ukrainian forces in Donbas. This large encirclement by the Russians must be established on the capture of Red Army City, creating a stable logistics center for the southern Russian forces, then steadily pushing northwest. At the same time, the Russian Western Military District capturing Kupiansk, even Izyum, establishes a logistics center for the northern frontline forces, performing deep penetration to capture. If the Russians capture Izyum, they will close the northern gate of Donetsk and open the southeastern gate of Kharkiv. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lack sufficient manpower, and currently, the Russian forces have a two-to-one advantage on this battlefield, barely, basically focusing on driving and killing.

Russian soldiers firing BM-30 Storm remote artillery rocket

The Ukrainian Armed Forces' front line collapsed so quickly, just like in 1943 in Kursk, when the Germans could still press the Soviets, but less than a year later, the Bagration Offensive and the Right-Bank Ukraine Campaign caused a complete collapse. That's a mobile war! From the very beginning of the war, the Russians were fighting a fast, large-scale mobile war. Many people saw over three years of battlefield stalemate, and the Russians were only known for their mechanized equipment, carrying infantry across minefields for short assaults. Now, the Ukrainian minefields have been cleared by the Russians, and the American and NATO-supplied anti-tank missiles in the hands of the Ukrainian forces have been exhausted. The rear of the Ukrainian forces is completely exposed, no mines, no missiles, and just a few drones couldn't stop the powerful mechanized army of the Russians from attacking!

The Russian suicide assault troops have made great achievements in this round of attacks

By August 12, the Russian suicide assault troops continued to push forward. It is reported that they have reached 30-40 kilometers into the rear of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, possibly even reaching 50-60 kilometers. The Russian rear forces need to quickly advance to expand the gains. If the Russians can directly launch a big encirclement from behind, that would be impressive. This wave of Russian suicide assault troops' attack seems to be an operation that the Russians had planned for a long time. The silence and secrecy on the front lines are much better than many previous operations, resulting in most of the current progress of the Russian suicide assault troops being first reported by the Ukrainian side. The only uncertainty now is where the final goal of this attack is set.

The Ukrainian army's defense line has finally been broken

Have the Russians put all 110,000 prepared personnel into the battle? Russia's armed forces increased to 2.39 million last year, of which 1.5 million are military personnel. Now, the Russian forces on the front line may not even reach half of the 1.5 million, plus the regular spring and autumn conscription in Russia, there are still many personnel available for deployment. The Russians are currently attacking four main directions: Kupiansk, Kupiansk, Konstantinovka, and Red Army City, with very good coordination, far from being a combination of feint and main attacks.

The current Russia-Ukraine war has entered an era of firepower strikes and large-scale breakthroughs

The current main target of the Russian forces is Red Army City. The overall Russian goal is to create a huge encirclement, aiming to eliminate all Ukrainian armed forces from Izyum to Slavyansk! The Russian forces have advanced so quickly, indicating that the Ukrainian forces have already collapsed. If these strongholds are captured this year, the rest will be a flat plain. Zelensky knows there's no chance left, and he will agree to Russia's conditions, and the war should soon end.

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