Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad are almost surrounded: Krotevych addresses the President with a sharp statement
12 August 00:25
The former chief of staff of the 12th Azov Special Forces Brigade, Bohdan Krotevych, called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to pay attention to the difficult situation on the Pokrovsk-Konstantinovka line, which has been there for a long time and is only getting worse every day. He wrote about this in the social network X, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports
He said that the situation is getting worse every day and threatens to have large-scale consequences for defense.
“Mr. President, I sincerely do not know what exactly is being reported to you, but I inform you: there is, without exaggeration, a complete f**k-up on the Pokrovsk-Konstantinovka line. And thisshit has been building up for a long time, getting worse every day. Those commanders who are now being appointed (or have already been appointed) to “fix the irreparable” will most likely be blamed for the f**k-up that is already happening,” Krotevych wrote.
On the threat of encirclement
According to the officer, the contact line does not actually exist, and several settlements are in a dangerous situation.
“The combat line as a permanent line does not actually exist. Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad are almost surrounded. Kostiantynivka is semi-encircled. The enemy is advancing towards Kramatorsk and Druzhkivka,” he noted.
Krotevych emphasized that the problem arose last year, and the military publicly warned about it, but no proper decisions were made.
Causes and systemic errors
The officer emphasized that the situation is not related to the new corps, which inherited difficult conditions, but to the previous leadership, which, according to him, did not control the situation on the ground.
“The reason for this problem is not the newly created corps, which inherited a failed situation with subordinate understaffed units, but not the OTU or OSUV, which for the last year and a half have not actually managed anything, but only passed orders “in accordance with the order from the General Staff,” Krotevych said.
He also criticized the personnel policy and the approach to the use of reserves:
“The systemic problem began with the erasure of reserves, massive fragmentation of units across the front, reports of a “captured village” as a victory against the backdrop of the failure of entire areas, distribution of mobilization resources to “godfathers,” and an absolute decrease in the strategic and even operational vision of the battlefield in parts of the military leadership.”
