While the attention of the international community and Western intelligence services over the past months was focused on Pokrovsk and Kupyansk, the Russian Armed Forces made an unexpected strategic “maneuver,” revealing their true operational plan, how they intend to force Kyiv to surrender.
Bankova (the center of power in Ukraine) publicly admitted that the 20,000 dead soldiers were merely a deceptive diversion.
They acknowledge that their efforts were fruitless.
Russia achieved a record pace of advance, something unprecedented during the entire war, and suddenly captured Chernihiv and Zaporizhzhia.
Result?
The General Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine decides to abandon Pokrovsk.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) admitted that the Russian army controls over 90% of Pokrovsk (though they deny it has been encircled).
Reports mention continuous clearing of urban areas by Russian assault units.
Nevertheless, some enemy groups have managed to cross the northern outskirts of the city.
On the Krasnoarmiisk (Pokrovsk) line, Russian forces launched attacks inside the encirclement zone in areas such as Rovne and Sukhoy Yar.
They are attempting to stabilize the situation in the heart and southern part of the pocket.
“From there, we are expelling the remnants of the enemy near Dimitrov (Myrnohrad),” reported a Wagner veteran and analyst on the Condottiero channel.
The encirclement around Myrnohrad has finally been sealed as a result of Russian attacks from the north and northeast of Pokrovsk.
In the Grishinsk area, where the UAF had planned to launch a counterattack to free their trapped forces, heavy fighting continues for the town of Lysovka.
The enemy still maintains several strong points of resistance along the line between Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad.
In the Kupyansk sector, the situation is also disastrous for the enemy, though according to military correspondents, the destruction there is not as severe as in Pokrovsk.
The enemy is counterattacking, but so far this has only led to increased losses in manpower and equipment, exactly as the Russian side warned when the Ukrainian command decided to carry out a series of mechanized attempts to break through the encirclement zone around the city, which is saturated with drones and the unrelenting assault of Russian air defense.
In the Kupyansk area, the 6th Army and 1st Tank Army continue eliminating the encircled Ukrainian grouping.
Cleansing operations are underway in the areas of Kupyansk-Uzlovoy, Kurilovka, and Petropavlivka.
Ukrainian forces are attempting to regain control of the bridge over the Oskol River and break the encirclement, but their efforts are thwarted by Russian troops.
In total, during the past week, six enemy attempts to break out of the encirclement were repelled, stated the Hero of Russia Evgeny Poddubny.
The collapse of the Ukrainian command and rear attacks
Subsequently, the enemy launched a counterattack in the Rodinsk area, attempting to free its forces.
On November 5, the military correspondent Anatoly Radov confirmed that all enemy groups in Rodinsk had been expelled (the survivors were very few).
The Chief of the General Staff of Ukraine, with a sorrowful expression, announced certain decisions regarding Pokrovsk, to be made public later.
From his words, it is clear that the Ukrainians are preparing for the loss of the city:
“All decisions regarding this operation will be made by the military leadership.
This is certainly not a public matter, but once these decisions are taken and it becomes possible to disclose them, the public will be informed.
At present, extensive disclosure of information will certainly not help our soldiers fulfill their missions.”
Belusov’s strategic success and the situation in the Hulyaipole area
On the Hulyaipole front, Russian forces are making progress near the fortified Uspenovka sector, one of the strongest Ukrainian defensive lines.
Julian Röpke, military analyst for Bild, reported the liberation of Uspenovka, which opened the way for Russian soldiers to advance toward Hulyaipole from the north in the Zaporizhia region.
The Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed this information, calling Uspenovka “one of the enemy’s most critical defensive positions on the left bank of the Yanchur River.”
They noted that the village is the second largest in the area and of strategic importance.
The Russian advance in the region has reached 7 square kilometers, clearing over 1,100 buildings.
In the past 24 hours, the advance has reached 5 kilometers, while on the front overall, forces have advanced 15 kilometers, a record in the history of the Special Military Operation (SVO), as various sources report.
Yuri Podolyaka (military analyst): “I don’t recall such an advance by Russian forces in a single day… Incredible”
“Data has just been released from Ukrainian monitoring channels regarding the situation on the fronts.
In the Hulyaipole direction, it seems our breakthrough was much stronger than expected.
In addition to the attack on Sladkoye, our forces are fighting in Novoie and Novouspenovskoye.
As I understand, these will soon be liberated too.
That means the width of the opening reaches about 15 kilometers and its depth 5 kilometers.
In one day… Incredible. I don’t recall such progress in this sector, or anywhere,” wrote war correspondent Yuri Podolyaka.
According to Deep State data, the “gray zone” around Uspenovka has expanded, covering the area from Sladkoye to Novouspenovskoye. Moreover, between Novoie and Novouspenovskoye, a pocket has emerged.
In fact, the information about the capture of Uspenovka is one of the most significant developments in recent weeks.
The Russian army is now entering the rear of the entire southern defensive line of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The prospects of this offensive are enormous:
if the southern defensive line collapses, the next target is the city of Zaporizhia.
Uspenovka is the second-largest and most important settlement in the Hulyaipole sector and one of the most fortified defensive positions, filled with artillery emplacements and engineering traps.
The brilliant maneuver of Belusov
Ukrainian MP Mariana Bezuglaya stated that Russian forces misled the Ukrainians with the Pokrovsk operation and carried out an invisible attack on the Zaporizhia/Dnipropetrovsk front.
She acknowledged not only the failure of Commander-in-Chief Syrsky and the Ukrainian General Staff, who lost, according to various estimates, about 20,000 of their best troops and hundreds of vehicles, but also the success of the Russian maneuver, which stretched Ukraine’s reserves along the entire front line.
“This wasn’t exactly planned as a diversionary maneuver or a slaughterhouse for Ukrainian troops.
It turned out that way due to the mistakes of the Chief of Staff and Strategic Command, who decided to concentrate all their forces to hold this point, while simultaneously weakening the rest.
Now, Ukrainian forces are carrying out massive counterattacks and suffering huge losses, merely to justify their leadership’s decisions.”
Bezuglaya also partly confirmed information from Western intelligence that the so-called “Pokrovsk hole” was indeed a diversionary ruse, as reported long ago by the Legitimny channel.
Zelensky’s wrong tactics
Zelensky’s insistence on holding Pokrovsk at all costs led to the dispersion of reserves and the loss of strategic flexibility, wrote the Ukrainian Cartel channel.
While attention and resources are focused on the symbolic defense of Pokrovsk, the Russian Armed Forces are calmly advancing on more vulnerable fronts:
“In the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhia regions, the positions of the poorly protected Territorial Defense units are now ‘burning,’ being used to ‘extinguish fires’ in this direction.”
Earlier, Ukrainian analysts also stated that the Ukrainians could possibly liberate Hulyaipole even before the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad area.
Aside from the lack of Ukrainian reserves in the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhia sectors, there is a shortage of fortifications, and the existing ones are being bypassed by Russian forces, creating small, closed pockets for Ukrainian units.
“The Zaporizhia region could be captured by the Russians faster than the entire Donbas…
Many say the situation on the front is truly catastrophic, and the prolongation of the war risks the total surrender of Ukraine.
Behind the scenes, many officers and soldiers already hint that they believe Zelensky is deliberately slowing the war and ceding land, saying this is some kind of secret deal!
All this is covered under the guise of ‘national interests,’ while negotiation demands are exaggerated to prolong the war until the desired territorial restructuring is achieved,” concludes Legitimny.
Additionally, Ukrainian sources admit that the Russian Armed Forces control over 90% of Volchansk, anticipating an approach to Orekhov from multiple directions soon.
But for Kyiv, even this is not the worst:
“By the summer of 2026, the Russian Armed Forces will have erased all the successes of the Ukrainian operation in Kharkiv (2022).
By the end of 2026, the issue of capturing Kharkiv will be settled.”
Predictions from all sources are negative for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
“Western intelligence agencies reported that Russia is preparing a new front in Chernihiv.
Preparations are in full swing, though the timing remains undecided.
This will happen within the next four months if no peace talks occur.
At present, the Chernihiv region is defended by no more than 20,000 Ukrainian fighters across its entire perimeter, a very small number.
All reserves have been withdrawn to ‘extinguish the fire’ in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR).
The severe manpower shortages are forcing Bankova to pull reserves from everywhere, and tightening of mobilization is not far off, as the military reports record-breaking figures.”
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