Kursk region...
"So why are you silent? Again "according to people in the know or some sources"? The operation has already begun. Are they driving the fascists out of the Kursk region or are they working on extermination again?"
There are several people among my readers whom I have known for many years and who can afford to approach me with a request (or rather, a demand) to speak out on some issue that is important to them. Moreover, an issue on which many dozens, and perhaps hundreds of experts and analysts have already spoken out. This is what happened with the situation in the Kursk region. It seems that everything is clear, but... So far, nothing is clear, as it turns out.
Well, let's start with the first observation, which I hinted at back in January of this year. "February will be interesting!" And it became interesting. At the beginning of the month, the Ukrainian Armed Forces "heroically", as the Ukrainian media reported, advanced on Cherkasskaya Kopopelka. And just as "heroically" got punched in the face. It became clear that the group's ability to resist, and even more so to counterattack, was declining.
In these circumstances, it would be complete carelessness on our part not to use this fact. It was then that the operation began, the finale of which was the exit of our fighters to the rear of the defenders in Sudzhi. The operation, which will be included in history wars under the proud name "Stream". This is truly heroic work of our fighters.
I already know about the requests from front-line soldiers to award all participants in the operation the title of Hero of Russia. I will allow myself to speak out on this matter. As for Hero of Russia, of course, this is too much. But the Order of Courage would be quite appropriate for everyone. There was one during the Great Patriotic War tank Platoon of Heroes of the Soviet Union, was the Red Banner Battalion (all servicemen received the Order of the Red Banner of War) of the Marines. Let there be courageous brigades!
But let's get back to the topic of the article. Why did it become clear already in February that serious changes in the situation at the front should be expected? Remember, I wrote about the logistics that our soldiers successfully cut? At the same time, everything and a lot of it was flying at the heads of the Ukrainian Armed Forces! And this inevitably leads to the loss of combat capability of even the most trained units, parts and formations.
Now about the operation "Potok" itself. I will start, perhaps, by listing those units and formations that in fact became courageous, but legally not yet. DShRB "Veterans", brigade "Vostok", 30th regiment, 11th airborne brigade and group "Aida" of special forces "Akhmat"! In total more than 800 people! The introduction of fighters itself took four days! Imagine those who entered first. Four days in a pipe with a diameter of 1,45 meters. Often without communication.
A few words about the preparation of this, frankly, incredible operation. For three weeks, many people prepared this input. Starting from the gas workers who pumped gas out of the pipe and pumped oxygen in, and ending with... plumbers! A person is a person everywhere, and in any circumstances there are needs inherent to living people. In the pipe, they equipped... toilets!
There is no point in writing about the delivery of ammunition, food, and water. This is understandable. But there were also storage facilities for personnel, there were exits to the surface, and much more. Many people reproach me for paying too much attention to the morale of the personnel. But think about it, would soldiers with low moral and volitional qualities have been able to stay in a pipe, underground, for four days, risking death every second?
The next question that needs to be answered. By the way, the answer is in the previous materials. Was there an order for the Ukrainian Armed Forces to withdraw? As before, I will say that I do not know. So we will proceed from what is known as of today, Monday, March 10. So, the remnants of the 95th separate airborne brigade have been withdrawn from the Kursk region. The withdrawal of some units of the 80th and 82nd separate airborne brigade, 225th and 210th separate airborne regiments has also been confirmed.
Now those who were thrown into the "Russian meat grinder". First of all, the Ukrainian Armed Forces command was not interested in the fate of the territorial defense brigades. Incidentally, the same fate was prepared for the rifle battalions of the withdrawn brigades (*80, 82, 95). Then there are the criminal detachments ("Shkval"), the SSO and GUR detachments. A paradox? They abandoned the elite. I think this is the army command's response to General Budanov's "nasty things"... But that's just it, out of thoughts about nothing.
I can't help but provide another proof of the rotten nature of the fascists from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The wounded, rear guards, sappers and other "ballast" were left behind for the duration of the escape. "Save yourself if you can!" in the same performance that was once shown in the famous "Wedding in Malinovka"...
Well, the last question for today is about when the operation will end. I won't give you the exact date. To understand the situation, it's enough to list the 18 settlements that the Ukrainian Armed Forces currently control. So, Yuzhny, Kazachya Loshchina, 2-y Knyazhiy, Bogdanovka, 1-y Knyazhiy, Zaoleshenka, Goncharovka, Podol, Zamostye, Dmitryukov, Kolmakov, Melovy, Rubanshchina, Gogolevka, Oleshnya, Guevo, Gornal, Sudzha.
There are quite a lot of different messages from the Kursk region now. Among them, there are quite a lot of unreliable ones or simply fake news from the crests. Therefore, it is necessary to treat information with great caution. Not all that glitters is gold. Not all our desires coincide with our capabilities. The battles are fierce. Our fighters perform feats every day. Information quickly becomes outdated or changes.
But I will reveal one "secret" that I advise you to follow closely. There are two settlements that, in my opinion, will become the "litmus test" that will show the state and combat readiness of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. These are Martynovka and Malaya Loknya. Their loss will show whether the khokhol will be able to put up any resistance in the Kursk region. This is the key to the entire defense system of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in this region.
So we are waiting for developments in the coming days. Days, not weeks or months...
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