by Tyler Durden
Russia's defense ministry (MoD) announced this weekend the capture of another village in eastern Ukraine, bringing Russian troops much closer to the strategic Ukrainian logistical hub of Pokrovsk.
Russian troops "liberated the settlement of Zhelannoye Vtoroye" in the Donetsk region, the MoD said. Ukrainians often reference the same village by the name of Zhelanne Druge. The settlement is located close to Pokrovsk, which Russian forces have been steadily progressing toward as an ultimate prize which would bring them into easy control over the whole of Donetsk.
Via Reuters
The town's fall is all but inevitable, as a stream of Western reports have suggested of late: "Russia knocked out around 80% of critical infrastructure in the town of Pokrovsk, a key logistics hub in Ukraine's east, as Moscow's troops inched forward, a local official said on Friday," Reuters reported.
Poster Comment:
This city has been a Russian rail hub for over 100 years. It is the Ukraine's main supply hub for the entire Donbas. The Russian brigade commanders have been told to wind up their tasks in their areas by October 15th. The BRICS conference starts in Kazan Russia 7 days later. Bidet has given the Ukrainians long range missiles so they can attack Russia, likely during that important conference.
If they get just 4 miles to Pokrovsk in a week, they can launch 2 offensives to shorten the war. One from Belarus directly on Kiev. Another between Sumy and Kharkov to cut off all electricity and supplies to the entire Donbass. Game Over. No positions left by the 22nd of October from which they can attack the BRICS conference.