The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are creating "small boilers" in Pokrovsk: where there is a threat of encirclement - expert (video)
The Russians are trying to stop the counterattacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Dobropilly and are actively operating on several nearby sections of the front, explained military expert Dmytro Snegiriov on the air of the Espresso TV channel. In order to hold positions, the Ukrainian military defends only key points, as there is not enough personnel. The new tactics of the Russian Armed Forces enable the enemy to create an operational encirclement zone directly in Pokrovsk, the video said.
Seleznyov recalled that due to the way the Russian Armed Forces occupied Bakhmut, the Russian command lost 90,000 soldiers within nine months. Meanwhile, a new strategy of the occupying forces appeared in Pokrovsk. "Currently, the occupiers are trying to create a number of so-called small boilers around Pokrovsk, Myrnograd and are trying to hold back the Ukrainian counteroffensive in the Dobropilsk direction.
Moreover, the tactics of small boilers are used by the occupiers even in Pokrovsk itself," he said. The expert explained that the Russians in Pokrovsk reached the center, the railway station, the district of school No. 2, and approached the industrial zone. Due to problems with the availability of infantry, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are kept at several points, and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation march in small assault groups.
"In Pokrovsk, the occupiers are currently trying to create a threat of an operational encirclement directly in the city by taking control of the locations of the Defense Forces of Ukraine," said Seleznyov. According to the expert, the tactics of the Russian Federation are "wrong", and this is proved by the battles near Kostyantynivka in the area of the Kleban-Bytsky reservoir.
According to him, the Russians blocked the units of the Armed Forces there, but the Ukrainians still received weapons, water and food with the help of drones and boats. In Pokrovsk, the situation is similar: there is logistics with the help of UAVs. "That is, even the operational encirclement is not yet evidence that the defense forces of Ukraine are unable to hold their positions," he emphasized. Seleznyov also clarified the situation in Myrnograd and Rodinsky.
In Myrnograd, there is "controversial information" about the appearance of Russians in the city: the enemy has penetrated the mine area and is accumulating in administrative buildings. Rodynske is an important point that they are trying to occupy, because an asphalted road passes nearby: it is important to hold this settlement and special forces of the SOU are operating here, he added.
On the map of DeepState analysts, the last update of the situation in Pokrovsk took place on the morning of October 30. New signs appeared to the southwest of Pokrovsk: the Russian Armed Forces advanced in the area of Pershe Travnia settlement. In the meantime, a message appeared from TSN correspondent Yulia Kiriyenko, who wrote that the Russians blocked the Ukrainian military in the area of Lysivka, Sukhoi Yar and Novopavlivka.
It is also noted that the enemy could sneak into Pokrovsk through the positions of the 32nd brigade, whose commander, as Kiriyenko suspects, was not telling the whole truth about the situation. In addition, the Russians are infiltrating further north, in the direction of Grishino, and Pokrovsk itself is partially occupied and cut in half by units of the Russian Federation, according to the post.
Note that on October 28, Focus wrote about the situation in Pokrovsk and the advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the center and on the outskirts of the city. As a fighter with the call sign "Muchnoi" wrote in the Telegram channel, the Russians are putting pressure on the "Citadel" position in the center of the city, which is key for defense.