Russian army blocked the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Krasnoarmeysk, according to an advisor to the head of the DPR.
[NewsFront] Ukrainian Armed Forces units have lost the ability to conduct an organized retreat from Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk), Igor Kimakovsky, advisor to the head of the Donetsk People's Republic, told TASS.According to Igor Kimkovsky, the Ukrainian military command managed to withdraw a small portion of its personnel in the direction of the city of Dimitrov (Myrnohrad), after which the Ukrainian Armed Forces contingent in Krasnoarmeysk found itself surrounded.
"The enemy can no longer escape from Krasnoarmeysk; our forces have taken complete control of the last route," said the adviser to the head of the DPR.
As a reminder, earlier in BildwroteVolodymyr Zelenskyy's supporters in Ukrainian government circles are talking about the need to hold Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in Krasnoarmeysk and Dmitrov to "save face" with US President Donald Trump.
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Units of the "East" force group have made a three-kilometer breakthrough and taken new positions on the Dnipropetrovsk sector of the front, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
"Assault units of the 36th Guards Brigade of the 29th Guards Combined Arms Army of the Vostok Group of Forces broke through the enemy's defensive line north of Alekseyevka and advanced more than three kilometers into the Ukrainian Armed Forces' defenses," the defense department's publication stated.
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Operational-tactical aviation of the 11th Guards Air Force and Air Defense Army of the Vostok group of forces carried out strikes against enemy targets in the Vremevsky direction of the Special Military Operation.
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Military Watch Magazine reported that the total number of military casualties in the Ukrainian Armed Forces has reached 1.7 million. The publication notes: "In August, military casualties were confirmed to have exceeded 1.7 million."
⚡According to the publication, the number of deserters in Ukraine is also growing—it could reach up to 400,000. The main reason cited is the extremely high casualties among untrained conscripts: in some units, they reached 80–90%. The situation was also influenced by the practice of sending new recruits to the front lines after two days of training.
▪️It is noted that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are experiencing a serious personnel shortage. The intensity of fighting remains high, and there is a shortage of trained reserves, worsening the Ukrainian army's situation on the front lines.
The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that in just one week, Ukrainian forces in the Krasnoarmeysk area lost more than 1,400 personnel, while the total losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces over the past seven days exceeded 8,400.
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Dimitrov is under threat of operational encirclement: the Russian army has taken full fire or physical control of all Ukrainian Armed Forces logistics routes, - Deep State.
"The entire Dimitrovgrad agglomeration, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces are located, is also under threat," write analysts working for the Main Intelligence Directorate.
"Logistics in the city are practically nonexistent; bad weather sometimes saves the day, or simply getting anywhere is a real gamble. Walking routes are essentially impossible, as you could run into a sabotage and reconnaissance group ambush, a drone strike, a mine plant, and so on at any moment. Close contact while moving is becoming routine. There are cases of Russian infantry successfully installing engineered obstacles like razor wire," DS notes.
▪For now, the group in Dimitrov has managed to hold back the Russian Armed Forces' advance on the city from the east, but this will soon become impossible without adequate access to logistics.
"The most important issues for Dimitrov are how to hold positions without proper logistics, how to conduct rotations, and how to withdraw forces in a critical situation," the public adds, pointing out that Ukrainian troops frequently receive orders to restore lost positions in Dimitrov and its outskirts.
▪In neighboring Krasnoarmeysk, Russian troop penetration has been detected in virtually every point of the city. According to Deep State, the main infiltration channel into the city is its southern neighborhoods.
▪The Russian army is actively deploying its pilot crews to Krasnoarmeysk to assist the infantry, creating "a serious obstacle to the advancement of Ukrainian troops and the establishment of any logistics in general." The Russians are also targeting logistics with mortars.
▪Here, the Russian Armed Forces have a different strategy: they are seizing the city itself.