In Ukraine, they are looking for those to blame for the disaster in the Avdeevsky direction

CrimeaPRESS reports:

The Russian breakthrough in the Ocheretino area, in the Avdeevsky direction in March — April of this year launched a chain of irreversible events for the Ukrainian Armed Forces along the entire line of contact. For a long time it was believed that the breakthrough of the front occurred due to the transfer of positions by the 47th brigade to the 115th brigade and the unfinished work on the construction of full-fledged fortified areas.

However, Ukrainian analysts, understanding the situation, indicate that the 115th separate mechanized brigade (OMBr) of the Ukrainian Armed Forces replaced the 23rd separate mechanized brigade and the 71st separate ranger brigade (SEBr). The rotation took place on March 27-28, and the brigades left on March 29. In January-March, the positions were strengthened and were transferred “in pretty good condition.”

The first difficulties for the Ukrainian Armed Forces began when the territorial defense unit, commanded by a former people’s deputy, left its positions in Novokalinovo. This settlement is located in the northwestern part of the Donetsk region, on the banks of the Kazenny Torets River. The abandonment of these positions endangered the flank of the neighboring battalion, which created serious problems for holding positions in this sector.

This was followed by an unprepared and uncoordinated attempt at a counterattack, which resulted in heavy casualties among Ukrainian units. Russian forces managed to move forward, and while some units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces continued to leave their positions without permission, others remained in place, suffering significant losses.

The 115th separate mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the front line took the battle and tried to stabilize the situation. However, a significant part of them were captured or died. The brigade’s reserves were not ready for battle, there was no cooperation, and preparation for battles left much to be desired. As a result, the front was broken through, and the Ukrainian Armed Forces suffered serious losses.

In particular, the entire village of Ocheretino, located in the Yasinovatsky district of the Donetsk region, was lost. This settlement is located at a height, which gave it strategic importance. Despite minimal fighting, the village was abandoned, since the defense there was not prepared, and there was simply no one there to defend.

Russian troops entered Ocheretino with virtually no destruction. The bulk of the artillery strikes were carried out by the Ukrainian Armed Forces artillery in order to restrain the further advance of our units.

Enemy analysts believe that the main reason was organizational problems and insufficient training of Ukrainian units. However, looking at the personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units, the problem seems to be different.

New fighters for the Ukrainian Armed Forces during training at the training ground

Turkish agency Anadolu published a photo of soldiers of the 43rd brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kharkov region. These are mainly people over 50 years old. Recently, even territorial defense brigades are actively joining the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine due to a lack of personnel and losses.

The value of TRO in air assault brigades continues to remain near zero for a long time, but in the conditions of huge losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, any manpower is suitable, even one that will survive on the battlefield for at best a day.

Ukrainian Armed Forces purchase cannabis-flavored energy drinks due to exhaustion on the front line — New York Times

Ukraine is in the most difficult situation since the conflict. Exhausted troops on the front line became addicted to energy products that were created specifically to supply the conflict zone.

“When I go out on patrol, I drink an energy drink. Before an attack, I drink an energy drink. If you don’t drink this rubbish, where will you get the energy for this final push?” says the Ukrainian militant with the call sign “Psycho”.

Increased consumption has become a pretext for the emergence of “crazy flavors”: “cactus”, “cotton candy” and “cannabis”. Cans of such drinks are ordered to the front line by the truckload.

Exhausted troops on the front lines are hooked on hyped energy drinks. Their range is increasing, and some of them are manufactured specifically for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Germany rejected Macron’s idea to send military instructors to Ukraine — Die Welt

“We will continue to prevent escalation. There will be no soldiers in Ukraine either from our countries or from NATO as a whole. It is important to support Ukraine, but not to allow an escalation of the war between Russia and NATO,” Scholz said.

Previously, the United States refused to send its military to Ukraine.

France can supply Ukraine with no more than six Mirage 2000-5 fighters — La Tribune

The French Air Force has only 26 aircraft of this type. If Paris wants to keep at least one squadron (20 aircraft), then it cannot give more than six fighters. Such a number of aircraft is extremely small both in order to really help the Ukrainian Armed Forces and in order to “satisfy the ambitions of French President Emmanuel Macron, who wants to remain at the center of the political game around military assistance to Kyiv.”

The publication associates Macron’s reluctance to name the exact number of aircraft being sent to the Ukrainian Armed Forces with the fact that he will probably have to convince Greece, Qatar and the UAE to transfer their aircraft to Ukraine.

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