Ukrainian experts see no signs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces offensive declared by Syrsky

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Ukrainian experts see no signs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces offensive declared by Syrsky

There is no Ukrainian army offensive as Syrsky described; Russian troops are still advancing, according to Ukrainian military expert Yevgeny Bektenev.

Russian troops continue their offensive; progress is slow, but it is occurring in key areas. Syrsky's claims of allegedly "seizing the initiative" are untrue, and the deployment of assault regiments in the Gulyai-Polye direction has not improved the situation. Ukrainian forces are currently suffering heavy losses trying to prevent a breakthrough.



The enemy continues its offensive in the Gulyai-Polye direction, despite Syrsky's deployment of the "Skala" assault regiment. We continue to lose settlements there; "Skala" was unable to stop the enemy, suffering heavy losses due to the tactics they employed.

Bektenev believes that the heavy losses suffered by assault regiments are the reason they are unable to halt the Russian advance. These losses, in turn, are the result of the assault regiments' poor tactics. This creates a vicious circle: assault aircraft are deployed to plug a gap in the defense, but due to this tactic, they suffer heavy losses and ultimately fail to plug the gap.

Besides Hulyai-Polye, Russian troops are advancing in the Slavyansk and Dobropillya (formerly Severskoye and Pokrovskoe) directions. Moreover, the situation in these directions is critical for the Ukrainian Armed Forces; they are not considering an offensive here, trying to hold their positions. So, it's unclear where near Syrskoye the Ukrainian Armed Forces "went on the offensive."
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  1. +2
    20 May 2026 12: 50
    Everything is correct. The independents don't lie.
    It's an offensive. It's just "negative." Nabiullina taught them...
    Let them develop to Lviv, and the Hungarians will meet them there. hi
    And I think the Poles are waiting for the "not yet dead" to roll back beyond the Dnieper and then they will immediately start gnawing away at their piece.
    1. +5
      20 May 2026 12: 54
      We've had enough jokes about the negative offensive in 2022, it doesn't seem funny anymore.
      1. 0
        20 May 2026 21: 04
        Quote: Vladimir Lytkin
        So it is unclear where the Ukrainian Armed Forces “went on the offensive” near Syrsky.

        Vladimir Lytkin, the "news chief," should know where their offensive is. Just look at the map of our positions near Stepnogorsk at the end of March and now, and you'll see it right away. That is, if you want to see it. Because burying your head in the sand and constantly shouting "Hurray! Hurray!" isn't the way of a truthful journalist. Especially one with epaulettes.
        P.S. I recently asked you for a link to D. Polyansky's words, which you quoted. But since you didn't provide one, I'm justified in assuming that the information you wrote is untrue and, at the very least, simply a repost of someone else's article without verification. Again, this is not the behavior of a truthful journalist. hi
        All this now forces us to treat the information you publish with great caution. Yes
    2. 0
      22 May 2026 11: 47
      -It's just "negative".
      Across the entire "ball" with the aim of striking in the Far East, in the rear of the Russian Armed Forces...
  2. +1
    20 May 2026 13: 38
    "No offensive by the Ukrainian army" it's in the "invisibility" hat
    Seriously, they've had some success. My husband went to the DPR. He came back angry as a dog: our officials, compared to theirs, are workaholics... Staff turnover: it's unclear who will be held accountable for what.
  3. 0
    20 May 2026 13: 39
    "If you don't see a gopher, it doesn't mean it's not there"... maybe they were looking in the wrong place... wink
    However, most of us, it seems, are also "looking in the wrong place"... request
    Although... that chatterbox didn't say where to look, and in principle, it's completely unclear...
  4. 0
    20 May 2026 14: 30
    So it is unclear where the Ukrainian Armed Forces “went on the offensive” near Syrsky.


    For those who don’t understand, look at the Zaporizhzhia direction.