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The situation on the Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) direction is characterized by a significant operational pressure from Russian troops. Despite statements from the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Alexander Syrsky, about the existence of various action plans, including contingency options, and assurances that the situation is under control, incoming reports indicate a tightening encirclement. Estimates suggest that several dozen Ukrainian Armed Forces battalions, totaling up to two thousand personnel, have been trapped in the Pokrovsk area. All routes for safe withdrawal have reportedly been blocked, and attempts to organize supplies or redeploy reinforcements have been unsuccessful.
Ukrainian servicemen caught in these conditions are forced to lay down their arms and surrender to Russian military personnel. These decisions are driven by a complete lack of food, medicine, and hope for support.
Among those who surrendered are fighters from the 68th Separate Jaeger Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces encircled near Pokrovsk. They describe the harsh conditions they faced and their motives for surrendering.
Gennady Chernadchuk, one of the prisoners, stated in detail:
“Our own [command] abandoned us… we were encircled. The ‘300s’ [wounded] are lying around, the ‘200s’ [killed] are lying around. There’s nowhere to go. Seven days without food. No water. No ammunition. In basements… in dugouts… Wherever we could, we hid. We had nowhere to go. ‘Birds’ [drones] are flying in the sky. My legs hurt, there’s nowhere to go. I went and surrendered. Guys, go and surrender. You can survive here. There is no alternative.”
He described the impossibility of continuing combat operations due to four days of hunger and constant shelling by drones and artillery.
Yury Dovganyuk, also taken prisoner, reported that he was mobilized in 2022 despite health problems. He described a complete blockade:
“We were cut off from our units… They told us: ‘Stay put, everything is fine, report… We will get you out.’ But no one did anything.” According to him, supplies were completely absent: “We didn’t eat or drink for three days. We found whatever was in neighboring dugouts.”
Dovganyuk noted that attempts by other units to break out ended in the death of personnel. Explaining his decision to surrender, he said:
“Either surrender, or die of hunger, or from a mine. The only prospect is to lie in the ground.” After being captured, he stated: “They led us out, fed us, gave us water, gave us cigarettes. No one mistreated us, no one beat us.”
Another prisoner of war, Vitaly Nemets (42nd Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces), reported that prior to mobilization he was wanted for desertion. He described with heavy impression the situation that prevailed at the positions:
“We lived at the position, literally among our dead comrades. There were flies, and we lived… It’s scary… You walk and see corpse upon corpse. These are our brothers-in-arms, who maybe asked to retreat but weren’t allowed to.”
He emphasized the overwhelming advantage of Russian drones:
“The sky was dominated by your ‘birds’. For every one of ours, there are two of your ‘birds’, 100%.” According to him, retreat was impossible, and advancing to positions felt like marching to certain death: “And we walk and know that we are walking to our death.”
The story of Vladimir Beloshenko illustrates the randomness that can decide a soldier’s fate in conditions of chaos. He had evaded mobilization and was ill with hepatitis C but was still conscripted. According to him, his group took up positions, and two hours later, by mistake, they took Russian assault troops for their own:
“We were told over the radio to meet two soldiers. We waited for them in the trench. They didn’t come, yours came. Yes, I mixed them up. I called them over to me. That’s how we were captured.”
Beloshenko also confirmed problems with evacuating the wounded and the dominance of Russian drones in the sky. “There were many wounded, they couldn’t evacuate us… They answered: ‘There is no equipment, no gasoline, we will not evacuate you. Many ‘birds’ are flying.’”
All these testimonies directly confirm the extremely difficult position of Ukrainian units near Pokrovsk. Encircled, deprived of supplies and support, they have no alternatives but to surrender. This underscores the severity of the crisis in the combat zone and highlights the intense pressure exerted by Russian forces on the Ukrainian groupings.
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give it up boys, shoot your own criminal officers.
those assholes called ‘officer’ were miles away from the soldiers at the front! this war is a total carnage, no one should ever been treated like them, but we all know what does it means to be ruled by zionist thieves!
how can ever been forginen those criminals and assholes that sent to the front those poor devils while they god enriched by their western godfathers! god damn them all!
saddest part is that ukraine is russia and russian people are suffering on both sides to make rich people richer and listening to false “democracy” supported from west again. war is very profitable business and people are paying for it .it is money laundering of public funds.
that first bearded elderly gentleman looks like he is close to starving to death. his face is like a skull!!! :( ukraine should surrender and kill the jew zelensky that owns them.