Comments by "Gary VAQ" (@stlouisix1) on "Ukr Disaster: Rus Sweeps Towards Pokrovsk, Collapse; Key Villages Fall, Zelensky Doubles Down Kursk" video.
-
Thus, the current domino collapse of Ukraine’s defenses in the Pokrovsk direction will lead to a much greater snowballing that will lead to the collapse of the entire Konstantinovka cauldron, which would then set up the final showdown with the Kramatorsk agglomerate.
Furthermore, Pokrovsk is the main hub of supply to the entire front southeast of there. Capturing Pokrovsk and cutting its main roads would pretty much atrophy the entire vast region to the southeast:
There’s also the fact that Pokrovsk is the main railway hub of the entire region for the AFU:
It receives large shipments and distributes them to the whole region’s settlements, like a major artery feeding hundreds of capillaries. Thus, it’s vital for the resupply and logistics of all AFU units in the vast region.
In fact, what’s most interesting about this, and proves that the railway is the foremost strategic consideration of the entire ongoing operation there, is the fact that Russian troops are literally advancing along the railway.
Thus, once Pokrovsk is captured, all those interior settlements to the southeast would come under immense pressure with dwindling supply routes, and their own collapse would be accelerated greatly.
This is likely the reason for Zelensky’s desperate urgency in Kursk. His command likely understands the dire nature of what’s soon to come, as the entire front on this region stands to collapse after Pokrovsk falls. Zelensky needed a way to divert Russia’s attention somewhere else, but so far no slow down has been recorded for Russia’s advances in this area.
Today alone, there have again been several major advances.
As I mentioned, another huge swath of territory around Zhelanne has been taken, moving closer to Pokrovsk: - Simplicius
72
-
50
-
9
-
MILITARY TUBE TODAY - The American-made M142 HIMARS multiple launch rocket system bit the dust in the process of being destroyed by Russian Army ballistic missile, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on August 15, 2024. High-quality footage by a Russian reconnaissance drone from the opening of the launcher position area in the Sumy region, shows a HIMARS operating on the edge of a forest belt, only 8 km from the front line supporting Ukraine offensive into the Kursk region, and a drone saw its rockets fire two bursts. The crew apparently had no idea that the hardware was being tracked along the street, stopping in one place for a while longer, and then returning to its parking spot to reloading for a while. Then, the Russian reconnaissance called in a strike from an Iskander-M ballistic missile to destroy the valuable Ukrainian target. The Iskander effectively finished its job, burning up the Western-supplied equipment, but instead of strengthening Ukrainian capabilities, the secondary detonation of the equipment caused a pungent odor, and resulted in the death of the support crew. After the explosion, it appears that another vehicle drove past the still-exploding HIMARS for unknown reasons. However, an additional ammunition package consisting of six rockets for HIMARS, as well as two security vehicles also destroyed, as a result of the well-executed Russian attack and reconnaissance in Sumy.
2
-
2
-
1