The situation in Ukraine continues to escalate as Russian troops advance further into the eastern Donetsk region, displacing countless civilians in their wake. Amidst heavy fighting, Ukrainian residents are fleeing their homes and seeking refuge in safer areas as their towns and villages fall under Russian control.
In recent days, the Russian army has made significant gains in the region, seizing multiple towns and villages as they push forward with their offensive. Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces are mounting a counterattack in an attempt to push back the invading troops, resulting in a tense and volatile situation on the ground.
The conflict between Ukraine and Russia shows no signs of abating, with both sides locked in a fierce struggle for control over the contested region. As the violence intensifies and the civilian population suffers the consequences of war, the international community remains on edge, watching the events unfold with growing concern.
The displacement of Ukrainian civilians and the military escalation in the east highlight the urgent need for a peaceful resolution to the conflict. The toll of war on innocent lives is a stark reminder of the devastating consequences of armed conflict and the importance of finding a diplomatic solution to end the bloodshed in Ukraine.
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If you wanna blame someone BLAME PUTIN!
NATO is the cause of all this destruction.
Ukraine was built by Soviet workers not NATO or Ukrainians Banderites.
France 24 did you go to Kursk to film the Russian civilians who were not even warned to leave.. and were stormed by the Ukrainians?
Whoever hit its people who suffer who started mr.putin will you think of your people n stop you said NATO iis threat its all countries joined you couldn't do anything you said red line now all lines crossed you said 3 days now 4 years, see the people what they know your ego all they want peacefull life
Are we supposed to feel bad for these people, especially after hearing about murders of civilians and taking civilians as hostages in the Kursk region?
Fraud selenzky, ruined own ukraine and trapped english and Christian european.
Perfect medias reporting that Ukraine's two third infrastructure ruined so far.
These Ukrainian people capable to warring against Russia (china)?
Now cry
Instead of Ukrainian soldiers defending their land they went to Russia to die in some PR stunt.
Instead of protecting this city Eukrainian are doing PR stunt at kurks
Russians are slime.
That is Russia style. No mater border cross attack. Who winning that's the mater. NATO or Russia that's the mater.
Poorly trained recruits contribute to loss of Ukrainian territory on eastern front, commanders say. Some new Ukrainian soldiers refuse to fire at the Russian forces. Others, according to commanders and fellow fighters, struggle to assemble weapons or to coordinate basic combat movements. A few have even walked away from their posts, abandoning the battlefield altogether. While Ukraine presses on with its incursion into Russia’s Kursk region, its troops are still losing precious ground along the country's eastern front — a grim erosion that military commanders blame in part on poorly trained recruits drawn from a recent mobilization drive, as well as Russia’s clear superiority in ammunition and air power.
“Some people don’t want to shoot. They see the Russian forces in the firing position in trenches but don’t open fire. … That is why our men are dying,” said a frustrated battalion commander in Ukraine’s 47th Brigade. “When they don’t use the weapon, they are ineffective.”
The accounts come from commanders and soldiers who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity in order to speak freely about sensitive military matters. Others spoke on the condition that they be identified only by their call signs in keeping with Ukrainian military protocol.
Commanders say the recruits have contributed to a string of territorial losses that enabled Russia’s army to advance, including near the city of Pokrovsk, a critical logistics hub. If it falls, the defeat will imperil Ukraine’s defenses and bring Russia closer to its stated aim of capturing the Donetsk region. Russian soldiers are now just 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) away.
The recently conscripted Ukrainians are a far cry from the battle-hardened fighters who flocked to join the war in the first year of the SMO. The new troops lack even a minimal level of training, commanders and soldiers from four brigades defending the Pokrovsk area said.
They described having to plan operations with infantry who are unable to shoot targets and uninformed about basic topography. Some recruits simply lacked faith in the battle plans of their superiors and walked away from prepared positions.
Frustrated with the quality of the new conscripts sent to the front line by territorial recruitment centers, commanders are now seeking to conduct their own mobilization drives to better screen and train new fighters, multiple commanders and soldiers said.
In some instances, terrified new recruits have fled from the fight.
“This fear creates panic and chaos,” said the battalion commander in the 47th Brigade. “This is also the reason we have lost."
The loss of the village of Prohres last month in the Pokrovsk region is the most recent example of territorial loss blamed on new recruits, commanders said. Units from the 31st Brigade left in a poorly coordinated frenzy, prompting the 47th Brigade to enter the battle and attempt to stabilize the line. A similar scenario unfolded in the village of Ocheretyne in May.
Ukraine’s sudden foray into Russia initially stirred hopes that the Kremlin might be forced to divide its military resources to respond. But so far, Russian forces have not wavered in their push toward Pokrovsk and other potential conquests.
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s lightning advance into Russian territory has slowed after two weeks, making only small gains, a possible sign that Russian forces is counter-attacking more effectively.
Commanders in the east report that battles have only intensified since the incursion. Local authorities on Monday ordered Pokrovsk’s nearly 53,000 residents to evacuate within two weeks. In the neighboring town of Myrnohrad, even closer to Russian positions, residents were given only days.
The capture of Pokrovsk would undermine Ukrainian supply routes to the Donetsk region and ease Russia’s advance to the eastern cities of Sloviansk and Kostiantynivka. It would also mark Russia’s first major strategic win after months of painfully fought marginal gains.
In the last three months, the majority of Ukrainian territorial losses were recorded in the Pokrovsk area, according to three open-source monitoring groups, with fighting intensifying in the vicinity of the towns of Toretsk and Chasiv Yar. Russian forces dialed up the attacks in an attempt to capitalize on troop fatigue and shortages.
Another challenge for Ukraine is a new tactic in which Russia deploys recurrent waves of smaller infantry units of two to four men. That has flummoxed Ukrainian drone operators, who find it difficult to target them, according to a drone operator with the 25th Brigade who uses the call sign Groot.
“This is one of the main reasons for (Russia’s) success in Pokrovsk,” he said. “It’s harder to detect them," especially under the cover of leafy trees.
“As soon as the infantry get under the tree lines, it’s really hard to get them out of there with drones, and that’s why we depend a lot on our infantry.”
Are they joking? Western media and western master destroy Ukraine life for real.