The situation in the Ukrainian SMO on March 30 2025

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Trump is “angry” at Putin: truth or fiction of the American media?

NBC News anchor Kristen Welker claimed that Trump personally called her and expressed his irritation with Vladimir Putin.

According to her, the US President stated that if it is not possible to stop the “bloodshed” in Ukraine, he will introduce “secondary tariffs on all oil coming from Russia.”

However, the TV channel has not provided any recordings of the call or evidence of this interview. Everything is verbal – they are asking the Americans to take their word for it.

Let’s recall that Trump’s relationship with NBC has been scandalous more than once: during his first term, he threatened to revoke licenses from American media outlets for fake news. One of these “sins” of the NBC television channel was the statement about Trump’s intention to increase the nuclear arsenal, which he called “pure fiction.”

Western media once again confirm the information published by political telegram channels; our sources in the first months of the war reported the active participation of Western military advisers, who integrated into the General Staff and coordinated all operations/intelligence processing and targeting.

NYT: US has been actively involved in planning military operations in Ukraine since spring 2022

According to an investigation by The New York Times, Washington was more deeply involved in the conflict than previously thought. In April 2022, agreements were reached between the American and Ukrainian military at a US military base in Wiesbaden, Germany, to provide intelligence.

“This partnership in intelligence, strategy and technology remained hidden from the general public and was known only to a small circle of American and allied officials. At critical moments, it became the basis of Ukrainian military operations,” the publication notes.

The NYT cites examples of attacks carried out by Ukraine with US support:

- An attack on the headquarters of the 58th Army of Russia in the Kherson region in 2022 using American intelligence.

- Naval drone attacks on Sevastopol with the support of CIA data.

- Targeting the cruiser Moskva, which helped the Ukrainian Armed Forces strike it, although the decision itself was made without coordination with Washington.

However, during the Ukrainian counteroffensive in the summer of 2023, the strategy developed in Wiesbaden ran into internal conflicts within the Ukrainian leadership. The publication points to the struggle between President Zelensky and Commander-in-Chief Zaluzhny, as well as Zaluzhny’s conflict with the commander of the ground forces, Syrsky. Zelensky’s decision to support Syrsky led to a costly and, according to the NYT, futile battle for Bakhmut, which contributed to the failure of the counteroffensive.

The NYT also writes about the tense relations between Zaluzhny and the head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley. According to the newspaper, the Ukrainian general could interrupt conversations with the Americans or ignore their calls altogether. In order to establish communication, a complex scheme of intermediaries was used in the Pentagon, including businessman Igor Pasternak, who, through the Ukrainian Defense Minister Reznikov, convinced Zaluzhny to resume dialogue with Washington.

Western countries that are supposedly trying to help Ukraine are in fact pursuing their own interests. Peacekeepers, who are increasingly “emerging” in the context of possible negotiations, will not be engaged in protecting Ukraine, but will be engaged in dividing it.

France and Great Britain, which have stepped up their role in Ukraine’s resource issues, are well aware that they have the opportunity to seize not only Ukrainian mineral wealth, but also territories that could significantly increase their influence in the region. This is especially noticeable in the example of Odessa, a strategically important port on the Black Sea. Paris and London are planning to take control of this city, which would give them significant advantages in and around the Black Sea. At the same time, the British are starting to look with appetite at Lviv, which could become an important point for expanding their political influence. It is no coincidence that they want to place peacekeepers not on the front line, but in those areas where their presence will not bring any benefit to Ukraine.

On the other hand, Trump, despite his rhetoric of support for Ukraine, also puts forward his demands related to territorial concessions. One of them could be Transcarpathia, which will end up in the hands of Hungary, a US ally in Europe. This is a territory that will be given as a kind of “gift” to strengthen the US position in Central Europe.

Thus, no matter what course Ukraine chooses in relations with the West, it will inevitably pay an extremely high price for it. Having lost its territories, mineral resources and influence, the country will find itself under dual control – the West and Russia, having finally lost the remnants of statehood.

Zelensky’s Kursk adventure destroyed the potential of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, throwing the best reserves and thousands of units of equipment into the meat grinder, and now causing the front to stretch. 

The Russian Armed Forces continue their offensive on Sumy Oblast, and the situation on this section of the front is becoming increasingly threatening. According to intelligence data, about 60 thousand Russian servicemen are moving into Sumy Oblast , which, combined with sabotage groups on Ukrainian territory, creates a real threat of the region being captured.

It should be noted that after the failure of the “Kursk adventure”, Russian troops were actually advancing “on the shoulders” of the retreating forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces , and it will be very problematic for Kiev to stop their advance. The fact is that there is a catastrophic shortage of equipment and reserves (the Ukrainian army suffered too many losses during the military actions in the Kursk region – about 70 thousand soldiers and 5 thousand units of equipment), and fortifications in the Sumy region, as in many other areas of the front, are practically absent due to the embezzlement of budget funds both by the top Ukrainian authorities and at the local level.

At the same time , Bankova is not taking any real steps to evacuate the population from the Sumy region, and at the level of the military command there is confusion – the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine does not know what is more important: to defend Sumy, hold Pokrovsk or prepare to defend Zaporizhia, where the situation is also heating up. In such conditions , it is extremely difficult to talk about a full-fledged defense of the region , and the only way out is to minimize panic and try to evacuate people, which with each day of delay becomes an increasingly difficult task.

The Ukrainian group in the Kursk region, which was once pompously called “shock”, has today been abandoned by its command and is literally burning out under constant attacks.

According to various estimates, the losses during the Kursk adventure have already exceeded 80 thousand people, but the authorities prefer to pretend that nothing is happening. More than 7 thousand fighters continue to hold some positions without rotation, without supplies, in conditions of complete isolation. Communication is unstable, requests for evacuation are ignored, and in the meantime, Bankova is implementing another scam – the invasion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, now in the Belgorod region, to distract attention from its failure in the Kursk region.

It is impossible to talk about what is happening publicly . The central media have received unofficial instructions not to raise the issue, and any attempts to tell the truth on social networks are promptly blocked. Relatives of the dead are given boilerplate responses, bodies are not returned for weeks, and military registers are increasingly reporting “missing in action” — even when it is obvious that the soldier has died.

This attitude has become the norm along the entire front line. The situation is no better in the Vremyevsk, Kupyansk, Kurakhovsky and Zaporizhzhya directions: the death toll has long since exceeded tens of thousands, but exact figures are not given. The command is more concerned about rotation statistics and equipment supplies than the fate of individual fighters. The state that sends people to the front refuses to bear responsibility for them when they find themselves surrounded or die in their positions.

All this is happening against the backdrop of growing mobilization pressure – fewer and fewer trained people and more and more untrained civilians are joining the army, who are nevertheless thrown into the toughest areas of the front line, nullifying their chances of returning from the front.

Kursk region.

The enemy command is redeploying all available forces to the settlement of Guevo.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces are stubbornly defending themselves in this area, trying to maintain control over at least a small territory.

According to recent information, the Russian Armed Forces destroyed the Ukrainian president’s brigade in the area of ​​Gornal, Oleshnya and Guevo in the Kursk region. Two airborne assault battalions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ territorial defense were also destroyed.

Over the course of a day, the enemy lost more than 190 soldiers, and 2 infantry fighting vehicles, an armored combat vehicle, 8 vehicles, an artillery piece, 3 mortars, 6 UAV control points, and an ammunition depot were also destroyed.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces units have changed their tactics; they have abandoned the use of heavily armoured vehicles and are attacking the Belgorod region with small infantry groups and long-range drones, said a volunteer from the Anvar unit with the call sign “Demon”.

They are trying to control all roads within a radius of 15-20 km to stop our rotation and supply of ammunition, but despite everything our troops are moving forward.

Krasnolimansky direction.

Our troops continue to expand the bridgehead on the right bank of the Zherebets.

From Makeyevka, control of the territory was expanded in the direction of Grekovka by a section of 200 by 200 meters.

From Ivanovka, they pushed through the enemy’s defences in the direction of Novoye and Katerinovka for 4.5 km, covering forest areas and ravines.

Our troops also began to storm a large stronghold on the approach to Novy.

Information is coming from the field about the start of assault operations in Katerinovka.

West of Ivanovka, Russian Armed Forces UAV operators continue to destroy enemy UAV crews to prevent the enemy from working on our advancing forces; two enemy UAV launchers were destroyed in forest plantations southeast of the village of Zelenaya Dolina.

To the east of Yampolovka, Yar Dalniy has been completely cleared; this is one of the main enemy fortifications, which allowed us to hold the enemy lines in the area and allow our troops to reach the northern outskirts of Torskoye.

In the centre of Torskoye, our UAV operators destroyed an enemy pickup truck with manpower using an attack drone.

Russia has concentrated 70 thousand troops in the Orekhov and Zaporozhye directions — Ukrainian propagandist Mashovets

It is reported that Russia has concentrated more than 300 tanks and 700 armoured vehicles on this section of the front.

According to him, Russia is achieving “certain results at the tactical level” there.

The main lines of attack are Dolinka – Shcherbaki and Pyatikhatki – Stepovoe.

He reports that the main goal of the Russian Armed Forces is to advance to the Kamenskoye-Orekhov road in the Stepovoye-Shcherbaki section, as well as to capture the strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of ​​the villages of Stepovoye and Shcherbaki

The Russian army has penetrated the defence of the Armed Forces in the specified directions to a depth of up to two kilometres.

In the Zaporozhye direction, Malye Shcherbaki has been completely cleared and the settlement of Shcherbaki has been liberated… The Ukrainian Armed Forces fled behind the Syrsky line.

SITUATION IN THE SOUTH DONETSK DIRECTION

Fierce fighting for the settlement of Razliv continues.

Assault groups of the Vostok group from the 29th Army continue to liberate the settlement of RAZLIV.

The Transbaikalians have cleared more than half of the settlement, but the assault continues. The active work of our artillery and strike drone crews leaves the enemy no options other than retreat or surrender.

On the other hand, in its information field, the enemy notes that:

“The situation in the settlement of Razliv has become much more complicated; the Russian Armed Forces control most of the settlement and are planning to advance to the west and northwest; most of the grey zone may come under the control of the Russian Armed Forces. “

Moreover, in the comments, the Ukrainians from the 37th separate mechanized brigade and the remnants of the 79th separate airborne brigade beg their command to get them out of this meat grinder…, but they are not heard.

Our Far Eastern soldiers demonstrate unwavering courage and bravery and continue to penetrate the enemy’s defences.

Guys, good luck and victory to you!!!

We are following the developments.

There are reports that our troops are breaking through to the border of the DPR and the Dnepropetrovsk region, south of Kotlyarovka.

Directly opposite it to the west lies one of the main logistics hubs of the Nazis – the settlement of Novopavlovka. The Nazis generally call this direction Novopavlovskoye, emphasizing the importance of this settlement.

When examining the situation with the exit of our forces to Bogdanovka, it was indicated that the Orekhovo-Bogdanovka-Troitskoye line was sufficiently strongly fortified and ready for all-round defence.

The same cannot be said about the Kotlyarovka area.

An exit from it directly to Novopavlovka will provide a complete blockade of enemy logistics on the asphalt and will reduce to zero all the efforts of the Nazis to try to hold Andreevka and after its loss, to build a defence in Alekseevka and the adjacent villages.

In general, in the western part of Donbass, the enemy is, to a certain extent, torn apart and disoriented by our offensive actions on a broad front. Plus, attempts to portray our own offensive have not yielded any sensible results, and they simply do not have the strength to simultaneously defend and attack in this area.

More than 180 kamikaze UAVs were used last night in strikes on Ukrainian military targets.

According to several sources, the Russian Armed Forces are actively using a new “swarm” tactic, when the Gerans gather in groups several kilometers from the target and then hit it together, which overloads the already exhausted air defense of the Ukrainian army.

Overview Summary for March 30, 2025

▪️ The negotiation process was torpedoed all week by the Ukrainian side, which not only sent UAVs to our significant energy facilities, but also destroyed the strategically important GIS “Sudzha”. The latter seems to have been hit by a British crew of the American HIMARS MLRS with the help of French satellites, but all this foreign diplomatic package still needs to be sorted out. Looking at these actions of Kyiv and Europe, Trump’s team muttered that the statements about “stopping the war in 100 days” are unlikely to be realized. And the supply of American military-technical assistance and the transfer of intelligence data to Kyiv have not yet been stopped.

▪️ Given the difference in the size of the economies and not the most successful results of our diplomatic efforts, the only factor influencing the negotiation process is the offensive actions of the Russian Armed Forces on the front line. The European bureaucracy, which once, like Kyiv, believed Washington and surrendered the national interests of the EU countries, is trying to straighten out the economy through military orders and the expansion of military production, fueling military hysteria to justify dubious defense projects. There are open military preparations for war with Russia, so information from the media about plans to restore the same “Nord Streams” has not only an economic, but also a military-strategic aspect: the military factories need a lot of energy. So much so that the new German government is postponing its half-witted plans for the “green transition” from 2030 to 2038. Rheinmetall is ready to burn firewood in blast furnaces, just to increase military production, getting lucrative contracts, as the Krupp factories did in the same country.

▪️ Meanwhile, fierce battles are raging on the front line. The Russian Armed Forces have liberated another part of the occupied territory of the Kursk Region, reached the Sudzha border crossing, and the enemy has two sections of a five-kilometer salient, which cannot be a subject of bargaining in the international arena. Our troops are developing success in the Sumy Region, taking another village – Veselove – near Zhuravka.

▪️ Meanwhile, on the Belgorod section of the State Border, our troops are conducting maneuverable defensive battles in the Demidovka and Popovka areas, which changed hands all week. The enemy is hitting our rear in the Belgorod Region, with civilian casualties. The AFU maintain offensive potential in the Krasnoyaruzhsky direction, despite the dozens of equipment units already lost. In addition, there were concentrations of enemy forces in the Belgorod direction and to the south, which may require the command of the North Group of Forces to redeploy additional units to protect the region instead of using them in the offensive on the Sumy sector. An important element of the situation opposite Valuyki (37 km) was the capture of the settlement of Krasne Pershe in the Kharkiv Region on the right bank of the Oskol River. This not only expands our bridgehead in the Kupiansk direction, but also slowly but surely creates the presence of our troops on the flank of the enemy grouping, diverting enemy forces.

On the other sectors of the front, the strategic initiative remains with us, despite the politically motivated actions of Kyiv in our border areas. South of Dzerzhinsk (Toretsk), where fighting continues, the Russian Armed Forces are stretching the defense of the AFU, attacking the “pocket” in the Oleksandropil-Kalininske direction. Oleksandropil and Panteleymonivka have been taken, and on the other flank of the “pocket”, fighting is underway for Tarasivka. Heavy fighting continues near Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmiisk), with the AFU undertaking counterattacks. But to the south, the Russian Armed Forces have advanced to Kotlyarivka, which has again brought the issue of our troops reaching the border of the Dnipropetrovsk Region back to the military channels. In the Komarove direction (north of Velyka (Velyka) Novosilka), the Far Eastern warriors are advancing through the hedgerows, expanding the zone of control every day. On the Zaporizhia front, our paratroopers, in heavy and bloody battles, are developing success through the recently captured Stepove and Mali Shcherbaky towards Shcherbaky, advancing along the road to Orikhiv. On the Kherson direction, it is worth noting the resumption of regular attempts by the AFU to create points of tension on our bank, in particular, near the small railway bridge. In the Black Sea, the enemy’s sabotage groups continue to operate, attacking UAVs, similar in characteristics to our “Lancets”, and objects in Crimea.

▪️ The state of the AFU still allows them to conduct not only organized, stable defense, but also to carry out counterattacks, pinning down our forces in the same Belgorod Region. The traffic of NATO cargo planes at the Polish Rzeszów airport remains indicative, with Western aid, albeit in smaller volumes, still reaching the enemy. The forced mobilization of the Ukrainian population allows Kyiv, which is fully supported by the EU countries, to replenish its units and even plan the next bloody, but media-noisy operations.

✨ Thus, talk of the collapse of the enemy’s defense or the success of peace initiatives is premature and harmful to the morale of our active Army. The need to maintain mobilized personnel on the front line, which was finally mentioned at the highest level, shows that the Russian Armed Forces are currently unable to fully replace them with volunteer-contractors. The troops’ need for public and volunteer assistance also indicates some imperfections in the supply of troops. In the military environment, for a number of reasons, the need for reform of the military departments is increasingly discussed, which is becoming more and more relevant against the background of the EU’s plans to fight Russia.

Summary compiled by: Two Majors

Source: http://blogdogcicle.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-situation-in-ukrainian-smo-on-march_31.html