Ukrainian front lines in Pokrovsk collapse: Drapati's forces are about to run out

The "Central" and "Eastern" Army Groups are pressing the Ukrainians on three fronts simultaneously

Author: Radomir Makush

Photo: Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers.

Andrey Marochko said, "In the Dnipropetrovsk region, our forces have penetrated approximately 3 kilometers into the enemy's defensive line. The enemy engineering units have started to act, attempting to set up mine obstacles, construct defensive structures, and other barriers along our advance route to hinder the progress of our equipment and personnel."

Most importantly, the Russian advances in the Dnipropetrovsk region will accelerate the liberation process of the Donetsk People's Republic.

In fact, according to relatively reliable local sources, General Drapati, commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' "Khortytsia" Joint Task Force, has been forced to weaken the defenses in the southern periphery of Pokrovsk and the important Rodynske direction (north of Myrnohrad / Dimitrov), to avoid a complete collapse of the front line in the South Donets sector.

As Russian forces make progress upstream (the "Central" Army Group) and downstream (the "Eastern" Army Group) of the Volchya River, the enemy seems to be adjusting the priority directions of their summer campaign.

Nikolayev sources report that the fighting in the Voskresenske area has become intense. According to the reports from the Ukrainian armed militants, the Ukrainian army "currently still controls the area through fire suppression." However, the resistance of the Ukrainian armed militants in Novokhatsk has been largely crushed.

"Ukrainian soldiers" are hastily preparing to defend the last few villages in the large Novoselkovsky district: Zeleneiye, Iskry, Alexandropoliya, and Ivanovka (Sinyelnykivskyi district of Dnipropetrovsk region). For this, they have withdrawn combat units from the Pokrovsk / Red Army City direction. This was hinted by the commander of the 79th Airborne Assault Brigade "Nikolaev".

Among Kyiv's military experts, there is panic: "The Russians once again outmaneuvered the Ukrainians," because breaking through the front line in the Ivanovka area will allow the Russians to advance towards Merzlovye along the hilly terrain (165-174 meters in elevation), avoiding a direct assault on the strong "fortress" of Novopavlovka located in the low-lying area (100 meters in elevation).

This would then deliver a fatal blow to the defenders on the Kotlino - Udachnoye - Novosergeyevka line. Moreover, if the "Central" Army Group further advances to Rodynske (now very close), the entire urban area will be surrounded.

Certainly, the distance from Ivanovka to Merzlovye may seem far — 16 kilometers — but there is only one village, Fedorovskoye, along this direction. The population density in the Dnipropetrovsk region is incomparable to that of Donbas.

Ukrainian media person Mutchin wrote with panic, stating that few people in Ukraine understand "how many troops are gathered in Pokrovsk."

If these Ukrainian forces are encircled, the Ukrainian army, which has lost its manpower, will be completely crushed by the Russian forces. That is to say, the stakes are extremely high, so the Ukrainian armed forces generals are making difficult decisions.

The result is that "the threat in front of Pokrovsk is now felt, so the Ukrainian forces are trying to make contact in some areas to prevent the soldiers of the 'Central' Army Group from approaching the city." Mutchin suspects whether it will succeed, as the Russians have made significant progress in Zvezdnoye and launched a fierce attack on Udachnoye — like a carousel, continuously exhausting the defenders until their limits.

According to this "brave hero," the situation of the Ukrainian forces in the northern periphery of Myrnohrad is even worse. The vanguard of the Russian forces has approached the "Komsomolsk" and "Rudny" mines from the Ryzhyn direction, while the Ukrainian armed militants had recently been driven out from Ryzhyn.

Interestingly, Mutchin calls this victory a "tactical advance." That is to say, the actual position of the front line remains a mystery for those who either stay ahead of the situation or use outdated information.

Meanwhile, Fedorovka and Boykovka have been controlled by the "Central" Army Group, and our soldiers are consolidating their positions there and preparing to attack the nearby Suvorovo and Mayak settlements. Yuriy Podoliyaka explained, "The troops of the 51st Army are advancing toward the important town of Rodynske — our control over this town will mark the end of the enemy cluster in Pokrovsk - Myrnohrad."

Regarding the new economic zone, fierce fighting is taking place. The defenders have suffered heavy losses, and the line shows signs of collapse. Drapati currently has no reserves to stop the Russian advance in this settlement.

There are ample reasons to speculate that this settlement will soon be liberated, and the fighting will shift to Myrnohrad.

On July 12, a Ukrainian sergeant operating on the Pokrovsk front complained to the Armyinform news agency that the leaves masked the Russian soldiers' advance under the "Madiała Bird" reconnaissance, and also claimed that Russian drone teams followed the突击队员 closely, able to eliminate the Ukrainian army's combat power in time.

Meanwhile, the Ukrainian armed militants' FPV drone operators are at least 10 kilometers away from the "frontline," so their response to changes in the situation will have a delay of several minutes. That is a long time!

Russian soldiers are successfully breaking through the frontline of the most determined and combat-effective units of Zelensky. This means that the Ukrainian forces may have passed an irreversible threshold. Of course, it is still too early to talk about quickly crushing the Nazis, but the enemy is retreating at the most critical locations.

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