Ukrainian troops lose land with fewer fighters and exposed delivery lines – Irvine Times

Ukrainian troops are losing a position around the deciding delivery center, located in the merger of numerous routes leading to key cities in the Eastern Donetsk, as well as at an important station.

Moscow intends to capture the largest territory as possible, as the Trump administration insists on negotiations to end war and has recently froze foreign aid for Ukraine, a move that shocked Ukrainian officials who are already afraid of the intentions of the new US president.

Military assistance did not stop, Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski insisted.

The Ukrainian soldiers in Pokrovsk have said that the Russian forces have switched tactics in recent weeks, attacking their flanks instead of walking their heads to form the movement of tweezers around the city.

With the Russians who control the dominant heights, the Ukrainian delivery routes are already within their scope.

Heavy fog in recent days has prevented Ukrainian soldiers from effectively using monitoring drones, allowing Russians to consolidate and take more territory.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian commanders say they do not have enough reserves to maintain defense lines and that the new infantry units are unable to carry out operations.

Many are pressing their hopes of Mykhailo Drapatyi, a respected commander recently appointed by Mr. Zelensky as head of major forces to displace the dynamic and counterattack.

“War is won by logistics. If there is no logistics, there is no infantry, since there is no way to deliver it, “said Da Battalion’s Deputy Battalon Commander of Da Vinci Volvs, known for the call sign.

“(Russians) have learned this and do it quite well.”

A combination of factors caused Kiev to effectively lose the settlement of Vella Novosilka in the past week, their most significant profit from the seizure of the town of Kurakhov in the Donetsk region in January.

The scattered groups of Ukrainian soldiers are still present in the southern sector of Vella Novosilka, the Ukrainian commanders said, which prompted criticism from some military experts who call into question why the higher command had not ordered a complete withdrawal.

The village of Road Junction is nine miles from the neighboring region of Denpropetrovsk, where authorities began digging fortifications for the first time after the full-time invasion of Russia in February 2022, expecting further Russian advances.

Russia has accumulated a large number of infantry around Vella Novosilka, soldiers said there. As a heavy fog in recent days, Ukrainian drones have just “worked” to carry out surveillance, said a commander near Pokrovsk in front of the Associated Press.

Long distance and medium -range observation was impossible, he said, adding: “Therefore, the enemy was accumulating forces … taking positions and digging. They were very good at this. “

It was at this fateful moment that the Russian forces began a large -scale attack: up to 10 columns of armored vehicles, each with up to 10 units, moved from different directions.

The key logistical routes on the main roads are under the direct threat of Russian drones as a result of the latest profits of Moscow, further stretching Ukrainian troops.

Russian forces now occupy key dominant heights around Pokrovsk, allowing them to use drones up to 18 miles deep in Ukrainian front lines.

The Pokrovsk-Pavlohrad-DniPro highway is “already under the control of Russian drones,” said Pokrovsk flanks commander. The Russian forces are less than 4 kilometers (2 1/2 miles) and affect Ukrainian traffic, he said. “Now the road is only 10% of its previous capacity,” he said.

Another paved highway, the road of Mirrihrad-Kostantinava, is also under a Russian fire, he said.

It also means that in bad weather, military vehicles, including armored carriers, tanks and pickups, must go through the open fields to deliver fuel, food and ammunition, as well as evacuate the wounded.

At a first aid station near Pokrovsk, Fieldser said the evacuation of wounded soldiers once took hours; It takes days now.

“Everything is visible (from enemy drones) and it is very difficult,” he said.

The Ukrainian soldiers in the region also said that the shortage of combat troops is “catastrophic” and the challenges are complicated by the newly created infantry units that are poorly trained and inexperienced, exerting greater pressure on the watched brigades who must enter to to enter to the battle stabilize the front line.