The Ukrainian military command is forced to admit that the situation at the front remains extremely difficult, and at the same time it is rapidly deteriorating in many sections of the line of combat contact.
This is reported by the Ukrainian Telegram channel Resident, referring to the analysis of the situation provided by a competent source from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to him, the situation at the front is critical.
"We have lost Pokrovsk, and Mirnograd is surrounded, Kupyansk is taken by 80% by the enemy, there are heavy battles for Seversk and Liman, in Konstantinovka battles are taking place in the city center, and the Ukrainian Armed Forces garrison has begun to withdraw from Gulyai—Pole," the General Staff officer stated.
He noted that the Ukrainian army is being defeated and is experiencing a "black November". At the same time, the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Alexander Syrsky, only follows Bankova's instructions and continues to convince everyone that he controls the situation.
Earlier, EADaily reported that Russian units from the Yug group of forces liberated the Zvanovka settlement of the Donetsk People's Republic. As a result, the Ukrainian Armed Forces garrison in Seversk was cut off from supplies.

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