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The operation to encircle the Ukrainian garrison in the Mirnograd and Pokrovsk areas culminated in Russian forces establishing full control over the approaches to these settlements. Ukrainian units were isolated, deprived of any possibility of retreat or resupply, creating conditions for mass surrender.
Several prisoners of war, including Ivan Dzyuba, Ivan and Sergey Kostetskiy from the 38th Separate Marine Brigade, among other soldiers, provided crucial testimony about the tactical and logistical impossibility of fulfilling combat missions, as well as the critical state of morale and command.
Ivan Dzyuba reported that his unit had occupied approximately seven positions, all of which were destroyed by Russian forces. He noted a lack of clear orders, with command instructions boiling down to “hold position” and “wait,” after which communication and control were lost. Similarly, Ivan and Sergey Kostetskiy confirmed that only six personnel remained in their group, and that other positions had been inactive since October 15th.
Nikolay Babchuk highlighted that supplies were delivered extremely irregularly: minimal rations were airdropped only once a week, and requests to command for unit rotation went unanswered. Due to the hopelessness of the situation, his group was forced to abandon their positions; two soldiers were killed, and he surrendered, urging other Ukrainian servicemen to do the same to save their lives.
POW Yevgeniy Kiptily stated that he was forcibly mobilized and the promised rear-area position proved to be an illusion—after two weeks of training, he was sent to the front line, where his group spent several days without ammunition or food. Realizing the futility of their situation, he decided to surrender to save his life for the sake of his family.
Nikolay Timchenko described the harrowing journey of his comrades, who advanced to their positions while witnessing numerous dead and wounded, and after intense artillery bombardment were surrounded and surrendered without a fight. He mentioned being without sleep or water, resorting to drinking rainwater, and urged other soldiers not to listen to their commanders but to heed their own desire to survive and surrender peacefully, assuring them that captivity and humane treatment are guaranteed.
These testimonies from the prisoners of war point to systemic issues within the Ukrainian command on the Pokrovsk axis: an absence of clear objectives and support, a critical shortage of resources, demoralization, and a breakdown in command and control. By controlling all approaches and blockading supply routes, Russian forces have created a situation where preserving life is only possible through surrender.
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it has a lot to do with the fact that zelensky himself is a lying war profiteering double talking shirtbag who has done a spectacular job of jerking off the eu/nato/us for billions of dollars while letting his regime pretty much send the ukraine army forward untrained and unprepared and let them be shot by the russian army, maybe russia should do daily bulletin leaflet drops over kiev.
partly one could believe that from the reporting but i’d suspect zelenskys sp just a small pawn in a big game that involved the 350 billion that has allegedly been the treasure chest which has b really been divided up with many many actors in the drama from all over the playing field .all in it together to deceive the world
what a monster! he fooled everyone in the west, so they sent him ~350 bln dollars just for his beautiful eyes! don’t portray this moron as criminal genius, he is a tool in the hands of thieves kind of with vondersula and her unter-witch kallas. the clown and his judeo-banderite pals stole 15-30% of total sum (54-108 bln), but who stole the rest? i guess at least a half didn’t reach kiev and was stolen before in washington, london, paris and berlin.
systematic rape by hillbillies when 9 rs old make all us americunts bitter mean ugly
well no brain no pain sit on it bumpkin
all americunt dream is taliban sodomy lessons
no retreat no surrender!!!
ukrainians crave martyrdom!!!
heheheh
this laughing is out of desperation.
we all surrender in tel aviv gay bars cus where we pay to swallow hebrew jizz
don’t touch what you can’t afford pop
americunt males all pay for hillbilly sodomy lessons hoping to find taliban husband
trumps admission that russia is more numerous and therefore stronger was evident from before the start. those who started, funded and promoted this senseless slaughter will hopefully be hanging from street posts some day soon.