Moon of Alabama – March 2, 2024
On February 17, after Ukrainian units in Avdeevka had started to leave their position, the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army, General Syrski, announced a retreat to new defense lines:
“Based on the operational situation around Avdiivka, in order to avoid encirclement and preserve the lives and health of the military, I decided to withdraw our units from the city and move to defense on more favorable lines,” Syrskyi said.
He emphasized that Ukrainian soldiers had fulfilled their duty with dignity, did their best to destroy the best Russian military units and inflicted significant losses in manpower and equipment on the enemy.
“The lives of servicemen are the highest value. We will take back Avdiivka anyway,” the Chief added.
As some had already predicted it turned out that the “more favorable lines” Syrski promoted did not exist.
On February 17, the same day Syrski announced the retreat, Strana already reported on the lack of new defense lines (machine translation):
Ukrainian photographers Konstantin and Vlada Liberov, who document the war, wonder around which Ukrainian city, next after Avdiivka, the Russians will try to push through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
They report this in their Instagram.
“So what is the next “fortetsia” – Pokrovsk? Or just Konstantinovka?”, – write Liberov, criticizing the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine because of the lack of a second line of defense in Avdiivka.
“Where is the second line of defense? If you use the Deepstate map, “claws” around the city began to form almost a year ago. It certainly wasn’t a surprise. So where’s the second line of defense?” The Liberovs ask themselves.
“While the military was waiting for weapons for the Zaporozhye counteroffensive, the enemy passed through the fields, concreted trenches, built entire underground cities… Why didn’t we do the same in Avdiivka? Moreover, a blind defense, the purpose of which is to deplete the enemy’s forces, is like our official strategy.
Others confirmed the observation (machine translation):
Cont. reading: Ukraine SitRep: Retreat Continues For Lack Of Defense Lines
Commie of Alabama
All those poor Ukrainian conscripts were dragged into this losing war by thugs wearing Ukrainian patches, but as America insisted Ukraine stays in this war they were all press-ganged for America. And America is so spineless it told the British thug Boris Johnson to tell Ukraine it ain’t leaving. We know it’s them because sometimes through their hubris or just a plain f**k-up they say so.