Russian losses in Ukraine:

1150 KIA

4 Tanks

3 AFVs

20 Artillery systems

1 MLRS

313 UAVs

79 Vehicles & Fuel tanks

2 Special equipment

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Glory to Ukraine

The only reasonable conclusion is that Europe is very poorly equipped for the type of warfare described.

Now, my military knowledge is completely rudimentary, so the following should be seen as a pondering.

Assume that Europe can establish total air superiority, meaning that fighter aircraft can operate fairly freely. Isn’t it some sort of NATO doctrine that this is how the war should be fought? Wouldn’t Europe then be able to avoid being ground down in the type of battles described above, which they are surely not prepared for!?

If they are trained by Ukraine as you say! But it requires practice!

This is what I found! Clear OK in Myrnohrad as well!
“The Western media is talking about Pokrovsk being surrounded and 5000 Ukrainian soldiers being trapped. This is NOT true, just look at the map of Pokrovsk/Myrnohrad and you will see that it is a newspaper hoax.”

Does anyone believe that Europe’s defense forces master this warfare?

I think I read that in another post! I’ll get back to you!

It was interesting.

However, he did not say how things are in Myrnohrad?

This journey has been VERY rewarding in understanding how the fronts and tactics have evolved.

The front has changed — from trenches to drone inferno

Now I also understand why so many bloggers and reporters are so mistaken, it has nothing to do with propaganda or being kind to the ryzzen, it is pure and simple ignorance. If we compare with the journey from 1 month ago, the fronts have evolved very differently.

Zaporizhzhia is still a traditional front

The Zaporizhzhia front is a more traditional front as we usually imagine. Trenches, mechanical units with vehicles, combat between us and the ryzzen in the form of storming and counter-storming. There are also drones here but not even close to the masses in Pokrovsk. In Zaporizhzhia, supplies can be brought in by car very close to the positions. Fixed kill zones have not yet been established.

Dobropillia and Pokrovsk: air superiority, kill zones, and foot marches

In Pokrovsk, we have a completely different situation. Let me start with Dobropillia and explain the tactical situation there. We simply have air superiority here, we have about 5 times more drones than the ryzzen because we took out their heavy drone positions. Then we cut off their supply line and we created a 15 km kill zone. We wore down the ryzzen until he could no longer endure and gave up. Then we moved in our own soldiers and took possession of the area. With air superiority, we could drive in with vehicles and quickly take control of the small communities. In this way, we have cleared the enemy from the Dobropilla area and are now advancing towards Rodynske. The ryzzen attempted a mechanized major counterattack that turned into a disaster long before they reached our positions. Currently, the enemy is trying to establish a new drone unit for the area. Our supplies come in with robots and drones here as well. This allows us to detect every move the enemy makes and react immediately.

Humanitarian collapse — Geneva Conventions don’t matter

Pokrovsk is absolutely the most peculiar front area we have had during this war. Neither of us currently has air superiority over Pokrovsk, we have both established a 17 km kill zone each. This makes it impossible for either side to bring in supplies. The ryzzen who have entered the city hide and ambush and reconnoiter. When you have to walk 17 km to get into the city, a very difficult problem arises for the civilians. In a situation like this, all Geneva Conventions fall flat. Civilians cannot be evacuated, there is no food for them, if they come out the likelihood of being shot is very high, and among the soldiers, no prisoners are taken. Prisoners cannot be taken for practical reasons; it is not possible to transport them behind the lines and there is not enough food to share with them. Many of you have probably seen the video where a Ukrainian soldier jumps out of a bush and basically executes a ryzzen. It is simply a matter of liquidate or be liquidated. This applies both ways. The ryzzen shoot our civilians because they do not know if they are friendly or hostile.
The civilians bury their relatives outside the house entrance, it is not safe to go too far out. Their emergency food is dogs and cats, water is taken from puddles, but just going out is associated with mortal danger. It is a very raw situation where the law of the jungle applies 100%, besides, there are children in the city (to top it all off). Our soldiers have no opportunity to help them.

I recommend you to watch the videos I will publish after some editing, they show the real situation. One day in with those who are to rotate and the next day out with those who are to rest. This whole operation takes days to prepare.

Combat methods: drone- and target-oriented operations instead of house-to-house

There are battles but only after our drone operators have located in which house the ryzzen is. The attacks occur as storming, with FPV, HIMARS, glide bombs, or artillery depending on the building’s structure. The traditional house-to-house battles are NOT taking place and will not happen until either side has air superiority over the city. To attack Pokrovsk in a traditional way, the ryzzen needs several hundred tanks and armored vehicles in a massive attack. This is not possible for two reasons; the ryzzen does not have so many vehicles and the area they need for this is so large that it becomes practically impossible.

Endurance and physicality — crucial factors

So what is decisive about the battle of Pokrovsk; The keywords are endurance and physicality. If we look at the ryzzen who have been eliminated, they are quite old, malnourished, and resigned. Our soldiers are in physical shape and in their 30s. Captain Tabak enters the city regularly, fully equipped with combat gear plus 25 kg of supplies. He walks 18 km in and the following day out.

Drones and robots — capacity increase and funding needs

The other factor is drones and robots. We have now delivered 4 robots to Tabak, they have a success rate of 96 and can carry up to 250-300 kg payload per trip and robot. The Vampire that was delivered when journalist Mikael Storsjö was present is still alive, which in itself is a miracle. Kara Dag has on its wish list a Vampire and another robot. Then they would be fully equipped. Financially, it means 1,150,000 UAH, or 287,500 SEK (28,750 USD). A Vampire costs 850,000 UAH, 212,500 SEK (21,250 USD) and a robot 350,000 UAH, 87,500 SEK (8,750 USD). We do not have the resources to arrange a Vampire, a robot is more realistic for our operations.

Konstantynovka, Kramatorsk, and echoes of the Myrnohrad pattern

The Konstantynovka front is now in the status that the Myrnohrad front was in July 2025, i.e., the sawing contact line is 5-7 km from the city. Again, there are no long trenches but a system of digouts. The trench lines start at Druzhkivka.

Just as it was in Myrnohrad, it is impossible to reach the positions by car, but we can still drive into the city. Supplies from the city to the positions are made through Vampire drops.

Kramatorsk is subjected to glide bomb attacks, Shaheds, and Lancet drones. There have been a couple of fiber optic drone attacks in Kramatorsk but so far no regular FPV drones. Slovjansk, which is further away, has only been bombed with glide bombs and attacked with Iskander and Lancet drones. Kramatorsk is still out of reach of the ryzka artillery.

The content is that we are seeing a replay of the Myrnohrad/Pokrovsk development. Hopefully, the military leadership has learned from the mistakes made and will not be repeated at Konstantynivka.

The new warfare, with only small groups that must march into the larger communities and an FPV blockade of supplies with cars, makes it impossible to capture a city the size of Pokrovsk. Only with a mass attack of armored vehicles can the ryzzen bring in enough firepower to engage in street battles. Right now, it is a drone inferno and Dante’s inferno for the civilians who chose to stay.

Implications for map updates and analysts

How does this situation affect war map updates? How should one consider that there are ryzzen scattered in different areas and we have positions among them and behind their backs? A traditional map update is practically impossible, moreover, our and their drones operate up to 50 km behind the lines. The gray zone should extend 50 km in both directions from Pokrovsk.

Right now, the map images give a skewed view of how the real front is. This leaves too much room for media expert analysis, because they start from a traditional understanding of how the front works and do not understand the new.

Furthermore, we have changed doctrine, which I devoted a whole update to some time ago. This has also led ISW to misjudge the situation. In layman’s terms, this means that Pokrovsk is far from being surrounded or that the ryzzen are rampaging in the city center.

Journalistic risk and field insight

To even understand all the new things, journalists should visit the units on the front lines, however, the risk is high for these journalists to enter these front zones, just yesterday a press car was attacked by a Lancet drone just outside Kramatorsk at a service station. These journalists died immediately, and their car was clearly marked with PRESS. The attack was intentional.

Crimea a gray zone

Since Crimea is constantly under attack from us and the resistance movement, Crimea should actually be designated as a gray zone. The resistance movement consists of Ukrainians, so if we use the analysts’ logic, we have several hundred Ukrainians there, this in itself should be sufficient justification for marking it as a gray zone. Additionally, the ryzzen does not have full control over the peninsula. As you can see, the map update policy is not simple and leaves a lot of room for drawing incorrect conclusions.

Conclusion

Modern warfare around Pokrovsk, Dobropillia, Konstantynovka, and adjacent sectors is characterized by drones, robots, long kill zones, and demands for physical endurance. The tactics have shifted from classic trenches and mass vehicle attacks to small, mobile groups and a logistics where supplies must be made without vehicles that can be stopped by FPV drones. It requires new cartographic principles, different analytical models, and an understanding that traditional concepts of frontlines are no longer sufficient.

SLAVA UKRAINI

“okänd”…

That’s what I’m writing, Kupiansk is falling.