8 Ukrainians Man 1 Kilometer of Trenches—No Wonder the Russians Advance
Russian troops are marching past empty Ukrainian positions. Do Ukraine's leaders understand what's happening?
Slipping past empty Ukrainian trenches northeast of the fortress city of Pokrovsk in recent weeks, Russian infantry quickly marched 15 km to the north. Now the Russians are threatening the village of Dobropillya, which sits astride one of two main supply lines into Pokrovsk.
“The development of the operational situation in the Dobropillya direction causes particular concern,” the Ukrainian Center for Defense Strategies warned. But you might know it reading the latest public social media post by Gen. Oleksandr Syrsky, the Ukrainian commander-in-chief.
“Reported on the details of the operational situation at the front,” Syrsky wrote as the first reports of Russian troops in Dobropillya appeared online.
“It’s a tough one,” Syrsky wrote. “But the opponent is held back.”
The opponent is not held back.