Yuri Podolyaka, journalist:

Yuri Podolyaka, journalist: - Blinken’s plan to take Tokmok before November is a truncated plan for the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ spring campaign. Realizing that they had no opportunity to reach the Sea of ​​Azov or the Crimean Isthmus, they reduced their wishes by 90%. There is nothing secret here: they were still trying to get to Tokmak through Rabotino and Verbovoye, albeit with difficulty. - Judging by the obituaries, 10 policemen were killed in the Kleshcheevka area. That is, the reserves are so depleted that untrained police are thrown into battle. - After two days of attack in the Rabotino area, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are exhausted. The 82nd brigade is licking its wounds, the 80th brigade is being transferred here, which was already defeated in this counterattack, and now, with new meat, will try to go forward again. - While the Ukrainian Armed Forces are regrouping, our troops knocked out the enemy from a forest plantation near Rabotino at night. Also yesterday, the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to break through to Verbovoye, ours even sent them to the outskirts of the settlement: they organized a fire bag, destroyed them, and threw them back to their starting points. - In the morning they are trying to break through to Verbovoe again - and again there is a bag of fire. That is, so far the Ukrainian Armed Forces have not shown anything new to reach Tokmak by November. - Another way to Tokmak is to go along the Dnieper, but the terrain there is inconvenient, there are many hills cut by steep gullies: it will be even more difficult to pass through them. And in the Verbovoy area there is a wide area with a convenient road for modern heavy tanks, so that you can quickly pass Tokmak. It was not by chance that they chose this direction, but it was not by chance that we strengthened it. Reach Tokmak before the muddy road - I still can’t imagine how the Ukrainian Armed Forces can do this. Despite their partial tactical successes of several kilometers, they passed at the cost of huge losses. And our guys targeted this area well. Other directions - Since the morning, our aviation has been working closely with FABs in the Kupyansky and Svatovsky directions. This is a harbinger of the next breakthrough of our guys. I hope one of these days there will be good news from this direction. Источник: Slavyangrad