“Mid-November The Russians unexpectedly entered the eastern part of Kupiańsk and the center of Czasiw Yarfinally – to the center of Kurakhov (the Ukrainian side assures that it controls the city – ed.) and to the outskirts of Velyka Novosilki. In the latter case, assault groups of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation covered approximately 10 kilometers across the bare steppe from the direction of Vuhledar and Shakhtarsk. Previously, it took them a year to cover the same distance south from Velyka Novosilka,” Meduza journalists calculate.
According to analysts, the Ukrainian army does not have enough forces to oppose the Russian offensive in several directions. Even if you manage to slow down the attack Russia in one direction, in the other there is a “breakthrough”.
Disturbing information is also coming from the Kursk Oblast. The Ukrainians were to leave their “last bastion” northwest of the Kursk bridgehead. This means that Kiev's plans to break through to center of the Koreniewo estate failed.
War in Ukraine. Critical situation in Kurachowe
Military expert Mikhail Zyrokhov reported on Tuesday on Ukrainian Radio NV that “the situation in the Kurakhiv direction is critical.”
– Russians are already publishing videos with flags in the center of the city of Kurakhov. Of course, this is still propaganda, and the flag was only there for a few hours. But overall, we need to be prepared for news like this our troops will have to withdraw from there – said an analyst quoted by the Unian agency.
Similar forecasts were made last week by BILDA analyst Julian Röpke. According to him, Russians control at least 25 percent. city, and the Ukrainian defenders found themselves in “absolutely critical situation”.
War in Ukraine. Donald Trump with a key role, Russia is attacking
The conflict has intensified rapidly in recent weeks results directly from winning Donald Trump in the American presidential elections. The Republican has repeatedly emphasized that he intends to end the war immediately and lead to negotiations. So far, however, the president-elect has not revealed his exact plan. Russia officially rejects the “conflict freeze” and is attacking Ukraine, trying to develop the best possible position for “negotiations”. Staff shortages The Kremlin supplements with recruits from North Koreawho recently appeared near the front.
In response, the Joe Biden administration allowed Ukraine to strike Russian territory with ATACMS missiles. The first attacks with American weapons and British Storm Shadow missiles resulted in a reaction Moscowwhich hit the Dnieper with an “experimental” Oreshnik ballistic missile.
– The local conflict has become global – he claimed after the attacks Vladimir Putin. Last week, the Russian leader approved amendment of the nuclear doctrinestipulating that Moscow's use of nuclear weapons may be based on a “critical threat” to Russia's sovereignty and territorial integrity, or Belarus or providing “territory and resources” for aggression against Russia.