The Russian army launches a strong winter offensive. Kiev/Washington/Washington/Berlin/Brussels have nothing to oppose. This was to be expected. The NATO Generals overreached and failed and Ukraine is threatened with total defeat, German media reports.
The situation in Eastern Ukraine is dramatic, as confirmed by the deployment of an American Lieutenant General, who will effectively take over the General Staff in Kiev to save what remains.
Russians advance on Zaporizhzhya as Ukrainian nationalists flee
As the Russian press explained, the Ukrainians are suffering significant human casualties.
Thus, units of the "Marun nationalist group" are being withdrawn from the front, which must restore combat effectiveness due to the large number of dead and wounded.
The day before, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence announced that Russian fighter jets attacked in the direction of Zaporizhzhya against the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Verbovny region.
In addition, the Russian air force and artillery are pounding the Ukrainians near Rabotino and Uspenivka.
The Ukrainian army lost 45 people, three vehicles, a D-30 howitzer and an AN/TPQ-50 anti-tank radar station.
Russian troops have advanced in the direction of Zaporizhzhya, the Ukrainian governor of the region, Yevgeny Balitsky, said on his Telegram channel.
"The situation is consistently tense, but our guys continue to not only hold the line," he wrote, noting that he is constantly in contact with the militants.
In particular, units of Russian troops advanced significantly northeast of Novoporovka.
The Ukrainians are surrendering everywhere and this is a sign of their declining morale
More soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are surrendering all the time, Russian media reports.
First, the detachment of the legendary special forces "AKHMAT" (Chechens), together with soldiers of the Russian 4th Brigade of the 2nd Army Corps, successfully attacked the fortified hill 204.1 west of Klecefka.
As a result, the Ukrainians suffered significant manpower losses and fled, abandoning their positions along with dead and wounded.
Ukrainian units tried to extend the bridgehead on the Dnieper, but were unsuccessful.
The Ukrainian group that had initially arrived from the right bank of the Dnieper surrendered en masse after the Russian hammering.
US Lieutenant General sent by the US to Kiev
The Pentagon will send a military expert to Kiev to develop a new strategy.
The United States will send Lieutenant General Antonio Aguto to Ukraine to develop a new military strategy, but there is no consensus yet between Washington and Kiev on its content.
This is reported in the New York Times.
"American and Ukrainian military leaders are seeking a new strategy that can be implemented next year to revive Kiev's chances," the article says.
To develop this strategy, the US military department will send Lieutenant General Antonio Aguto from Germany to Kiev.
According to the report, he intends to stay in Ukraine for a long period of time so that he can advise the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, giving "more detailed advice" on the operational situation.
According to NYT sources, Ukraine is planning a suicide attack, so to speak, to attract worldwide attention, but U.S. advisers are promoting a more restrained option aimed at preserving existing territory and putting the Ukrainians on the defensive for at least a year.
The goal of this strategy would be to create a major force with which Russia "will have to reckon before it begins meaningful negotiations in late 2024 or 2025."
The Ukrainians are on the verge of disaster, while Zelensky went to the US to save what he could salvage, asking for aircraft and heavy weapons and a Bradley TOMA from Biden, who had a tough time with Congress.
The next move is in the hands of Putin, who, probably before sitting down at the negotiating table, is attempting to neutralise the Ukrainians and occupy new territory, always aiming at Kiev and an unconditional surrender of that country.
