Into the Kill Zone of Pokrovsk
By: Giorgio Provinciali
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Dobropillia Anyone claiming that Russian soldiers are stationed here or in Bilozerske is either lying or simply unaware of the facts. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have consistently prevented them from entering the city, driving them out of the surrounding areas where they infiltrated in small groups after killing civilians inside cottages and farmhouses and then settling there more or less permanently.
That extensive counter-sabotage and counter-offensive operation resulted in the liberation of a dozen villages (Dorozhnie, Ivanivka, Kucheriv Yar, Nove Shakhove, Novoekonomichne, Mykolaivka, Rodynske, Rusyn Yar, Vesele, Volodymyrivka, Zolotyj Kolodiaz), the recapture of at least an equivalent amount of territory from enemy ДРГs, and most importantly the securing of the most vital remaining logistics route for supplying Kramatorsk after the Russians had compromised the main route from Izium via Sloviansk.
Having reached Kucheriv Yar, Vesele, and Zolotyj Kolodiaz and begun infesting nearby Rubizhne, Russian soldiers had actually started attacking that route as well using FPV drones like those described yesterday on these pages. The wrecks of pickups, vans, and car transporters I saw on the edges of the safety corridors that is, of fear and sometimes death between Ocheretyne and Mykhailivka confirm this. As I wrote long before the incident,the goal of the Russian generals who ordered the assault on the Dobropillia outskirts was precisely that: to reach the Kramatorsk water reserve and compromise the main road that runs alongside it.
However,a multitude of Chinese FPV drones hover in the skies above the city I write from. So many that its impossible to move safely without cover from someone with good aim, quick reflexes, and a cool head, or by speeding by in armored vehicles protected by robust electronic warfare devices. To be clear: despite the fact that some daredevils have secretly kept refreshment and package pickup points open, its unthinkable to record today thefootagethat Alla Perdei and I took from these same places this summer.
The dense network of defensive lines and fortifications built or erected by the Ukrainians in this part of Donbas also indicates that the Russians will face a very tough challenge when trying new assaults, even if for now they manage to conquer the ruins of Pokrovsk.
Along with the third road I noticed in photos after the Ukrainian social services raid,I can confirm on the ground that the other two routes to Pokrovsk (connected with Pavlohrad and Dobropillia, through Novy Donbas, Bilytske, and Rodynske) are operationaland used by the Ukrainian military for transporting vehicles and personnel or evacuating the wounded. I want to emphasize, from field observations, thatmany think tanks maps and assessments are often inaccurate and misleading. Relying on reports based on the hype of various bloggers rather than direct reports from the field creates misunderstandings, alarmism, misjudgments, and often fake news. In wartime, even in terms of information, this isan unacceptable oversightbecause disinformation (not to be confused with propaganda) influences public opinion and can even affect government decisions.Field reporting carries risks but offers a less biased snapshot of reality.
As the photos and videos Ive captured confirm,the situation is not as bad as its being portrayed, and the morale of Ukrainian troops is good. What several Ukrainian news agencies have reported is true:Kyivs Central Command has deployed its best unmanned units to the Pokrovsk front, turning its perimeter into a kill zone. So much so that as I described just yesterday on these pages the Russians are massively refusing the suicidal order to rush into the rubble.
The weather conditions have changed suddenly.A heavy snowfall has fallen in these areas of Donbas, leaving perhaps little room for further maneuvers. Nonetheless, the Russians continue to concentrate half of the nearly 6,000 glide bombs they drop every month on Ukraine on the entire Pokrovsk sector primarily the one I am writing from as well as a third of the strikes carried out along the entire front line.
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進入波克羅夫斯克的殺戮區
作者: Giorgio Provinciali
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多布羅皮利亞（Dobropillia）-任何聲稱俄羅斯士兵駐紮在這裏或比洛澤爾斯克的人，要麽是在撒謊，要麽就是對事實一無所知。烏克蘭武裝部隊始終阻止了俄軍進入城市，將他們驅逐出周邊地區，那些士兵以小組形式在殺害民居和農舍內的平民後，潛入並陸續在那兒安頓下來。
這次大規模的反破壞和反攻行動解放了十幾個村莊（德羅日涅、伊萬尼夫卡、庫切雷夫亞爾、新伊沙霍夫、諾沃經濟內、米科拉伊夫卡、羅丁斯克、魯辛亞爾、維塞爾、沃洛德米裏夫卡、佐洛托伊科洛迪亞茲），收複了至少相當數量的敵軍ДРГ控製的領土，最重要的是確保了供應克拉馬托爾斯克的最重要的剩餘物流路線，這條路線在俄羅斯人破壞了從伊久姆經由斯拉維揚斯克主要路線後顯得尤為重要。
（圖：我身後是頓巴斯的公路旁一輛被俄軍（中國）製造無人機摧毀的烏克蘭卡車版權所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
在到達庫切雷夫亞爾、維塞爾和佐洛托伊科洛迪亞茲，並開始在鄰近的魯比日內滋擾後，俄軍實際上開始使用在本刊昨天報道中描述的FPV無人機攻擊這一路線。在奧切雷泰恩和米哈伊利夫卡之間的安全走廊邊緣的那些皮卡車、廂式貨車和汽車運輸車的殘骸證實了這一點那是恐懼、有時是死亡的邊緣。正如我在事件發生前很久所寫的，下令襲擊多布羅皮利亞郊區的俄軍將軍們的目標正是如此：到達克拉馬托爾斯克的水庫並破壞沿其的主要道路。
（圖：我在烏克蘭頓涅茨克地區的一個安全走廊旁的公車站旁。身後物流車流流動一目了然。保持俄軍遠離波克羅夫斯克對這條路線的正常運作至關重要，以避免受到FPV無人機的襲擊版權所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
然而，在我寫這篇文章的城市上空盤旋著大量中國FPV無人機。數量之多，使得在沒有良好瞄準、快速反應和冷靜頭腦的人的掩護下安全移動幾乎不可能，或隻能借助配備了強大電子展設備的裝甲車疾馳而過。明確地說：盡管某些敢於冒險的人偷偷保持著加油和包裹提貨點開放，但如今錄製我和Alla Perdei這個夏天在這些地方拍攝的畫麵是不可想象的。
（圖：我今年夏天在烏克蘭多布羅皮利亞拍攝????????版權所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
烏克蘭人在頓巴斯這一地區建立的密集防禦線和工事網絡也表明，俄羅斯人在進行新的攻勢時將麵臨著非常艱難的挑戰，即使，目前，他們成功攻占了波克羅夫斯克的廢墟。
在烏克蘭社會服務部門突襲後的照片中，我注意到第三條道路之外，也確認地麵上通往波克羅夫斯克的另外兩條路線（通過新頓巴斯、比利茨克和羅丁斯克與帕夫洛赫拉德和多布羅皮利亞相連）是暢通的，烏克蘭軍方用於車輛和人員的運輸或撤離傷員。我想強調，從實地觀察來看，許多智庫的地圖和評估往往不準確且具有誤導性。依賴於基於各種博主炒作的報道而不是直接來自現場的報道會造成誤解、恐慌、誤判，甚至假新聞。在戰時，即便在信息方麵，這種疏忽也是不可接受的，因為虛假信息（不要與宣傳混淆）會影響公眾輿論，甚至可能影響政府決策。實地報道有風險，但提供了一個不那麽偏見的現實快照。
（圖：這是昨天我與曾在烏克蘭頓涅茨克敏感地區共度時光的幾位士兵合影版權所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
正如我拍攝的照片和視頻所確認的，情況並不像被描繪的那麽糟糕，烏克蘭軍隊的士氣很好。幾家烏克蘭新聞機構報道的內容屬實：基輔中央司令部已向波克羅夫斯克前線部署了最優秀的的無人機作戰單位，將其周邊變成了一個殺戮區。就像我昨天在本刊報道裏描述的一樣，以至於俄軍大規模拒絕倉促衝入廢墟的自殺性命令。
天氣情況突然發生變化。頓巴斯這些地區下起了大雪，可能幾乎沒有留下進一步機動的空間。盡管如此，俄羅斯人繼續將每月向烏克蘭投放的近6000枚滑翔炸彈的一半以及整個前線攻擊的三分之一集中在整個波克羅夫斯克區域主要是我所在的地方。
（圖：我在撰寫本文之前拍攝版權所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
