This frontline report and the maps it presents are one of a kind:
Frontline report: Ukrainian drones with loudspeakers broadcast surrender instructions as Pokrovsk counterattack succeeds – Euromaidan, Nov 7 2025
General Oleksandr Syrskyi launched a focused Ukrainian counterattack near Dobropillia to divert Russian attention from the brutal push on Pokrovsk. Using drone-mounted loudspeakers to broadcast surrender instructions and exploiting autumn mud, Ukrainian forces cleared encircled Russian pockets and forced mass surrenders, while Russian reinforcements became bogged down trying to respond.
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The report claims that the Russian front that did envelope Pokrovsk and Myrnograd from the north has been broken up by a counteroffensive. Resupply of the Ukrainian forces in the two cities seems to be again possible.
The report is one of a kind because no one else is reporting such nonsense.
The Ukrainian counterattack north of Pokrovsk, which was launched a week ago, has failed. The pocket is closed. Pokorvsk is to 90% under Russian control. Ukrainian forces left in Myrnograd have no way out.
That is at least what other observers of the conflict, including western media, are claiming:
Gradually, then suddenly – Ukraine’s valiant defence of Pokrovsk is nearing its end (archived) – Economist, Nov 6 2025
Twenty-one months after it began, Vladimir Putin’s assault on the small Donbas city of Pokrovsk (pre-war population 60,000) is nearing its end. A bloody surge in late October made the situation in the city and in Myrhnohrad, a satellite town, irretrievable for the Ukrainians. Now they are battling for position to extract their forces, some trapped in pockets. The loss of Pokrovsk, though long anticipated, would be a significant blow. Worse could come later: the city is a crossroads that offers Russia a base for further advances.
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The Ukrainian government had given order to hold Pokrovsk no matter what. The Commander in Chief General Syrsky had to push all units he could scrap together from elsewhere into the battle only to fail with his counterattack. The time for retreat from Pokrovsk and Myrnograd has past. Ukrainian troops who are still there will have to give up or die.
This has been a repeating pattern with multiple cities the Ukrainians have lost over time. For some political reason the order is given to hold on until it is too late to recover the forces. Thus many soldiers inevitably die for not good purpose.
On top of the political importance attached by Kyiv to holding Pokrovsk, the reluctance to save lives by ordering a timely withdrawal is linked to the systemic culture of “not one step back,” commonly associated with the leadership of Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi.
This, together with the associated problem of false reporting of tactical developments up the command chain, threaten to facilitate an optimistic narrative among the military and political leadership while the situation continues to deteriorate on the ground.
“The reports of the General Staff sent upwards are made up of more and more lies every day,” [journalist and volunteer Vitalii] Deineha wrote.
“In fact, we have practically lost Pokrovsk, which means that there is no point in holding Myrnohrad either. We must acknowledge this, and work to save those who refuse to leave without an order.”
It is no wonder then that many decide to flee from the army before it is their turn to be sacrificed for zero gain (machine translation):
In October, a record was set for the unauthorized abandonment of units (SOC) in the Armed Forces of Ukraine: 21,602 people left the service.
This was announced on Facebook by the former MP, and now the commander of the company of attack drones Igor Lutsenko.
“Every two minutes a man runs out of our army. This is only official data. But in fact, many cases of unauthorized departure from the unit or desertion are not registered. This is the number one problem in the army. A recoiling army is an army that is still capable of winning. The fleeing army, which loses more and more people from month to month due to desertion and flight from units, is a real danger to the existence of Ukraine,” Lutsenko wrote.
The Ukrainian army is done with. It has no reserves. It lags weapons, munitions and soldiers. It has many ragtag units and only a few competent ones. Its retreat after Prokovsk will only accelerate.