The western narrative is now completely falling apart, the UK press is actually lost for words, they really don't know what to write anymore

The fake narrative started by Zelensky after the Russian breakout of north east Pokrovsk in late August was that the Russian army was surrounded and being destroyed.

Everyone can see in the videos that the opposite is true and it's the Ukrainian army that's being destroyed.

Trump must feel like a real idiot having first believed Putin and making moves for peace but then switching to trusting Zelensky just before Zelensky's lies were exposed.

It's also looking like north-east Pokrovsk is the hill the Ukrainians have chosen to die on because Zelensky is pushing his fake narrative to the limit.

Ukrainian army reserves have been poured in for 2 months now and got nowhere. The Russians are saying that the Ukrainian lines are getting real thin (not just in Pokrovsk but along the whole frontlines) but they have no interest in moving on while the Ukrainians are still coming to them.

That’s north-east of Pokrovsk, meanwhile in Pokrovsk itself and the sister city just to the east Myrnohrad where some estimated 5000 of the Ukrainian army are still trapped with nowhere to go and taking heavy losses from very heavy Russian drone saturation in the area.

They are not just vertically encircled (drones making up the lid of the cauldron) but physically encircled now as well with the Russian troops of the 2 wings just a few hundred meters apart. They have done this because now they really don’t want any of these Ukrainian troops to get out.

Now Zelensky is doing the same thing for the city of Kupainsk, apparently the city is not near surrounded by the Russian army but there are only around 50 odd Russians there and Zelensky has ordered the Ukrainian army to move forward to clear them out.

Where does Zelensky get his information from? Even the pro-Ukrainian US ISW maps show Russian control of the north and centre of Kupainsk, and, as has been said before, you can take the Russian ‘claimed’ land as being actual Russian controlled as well.

I’ll add the Military Summary channel’s map as well as the ISW to compare, remember the the MS team do not change the colour of the territory without geolocated video or a military report giving gains to the opposing army, as proof that change has taken place

ISW Map

MS Map
Zelensky should be getting his troops out of the big cauldron formed just east of Kupainsk not sending more troops in.

Why do they allow him to keep doing this? Zelensky’s order is again going to get a lot of Ukrainians killed for no gain. Professional comedians should not be allowed to control an army at war, they really just shouldn’t.


Very good interview detailing the current Russian perspective with Stanislav Krapivnik

Final push to the Dniepr river w/ Stanislav Krapivnik