The situation in the Ukrainian SMO on April 11 2025

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Our source in the OP said that Andriy Yermak, together with Britain, is trying to create a single military contingent that will have its own military equipment/air defense and aviation. As the source explains, the Presidential Office is now trying to draw EU/NATO countries into the Ukrainian conflict under the pretext of peacekeepers, and then, using provocations, ensure the full participation of European countries in the war against Russia. According to MI-6′s plan, after the military arrives and is killed, EU countries will have no choice but to enter into a direct conflict with Russia.

Only 6 countries out of 30 participants in the “coalition of the willing” are ready to send a military contingent to Ukraine

▪️Among them are Britain, France and the Baltic dwarfs.

▪️Most participants, including the Netherlands and Sweden, expressed doubts about the feasibility of the mission without clear US support.

▪️The “coalition” countries have not yet even decided on the purpose of their mission.

➖”It would be helpful if it were clear what the mission would be and what we would do – whether we would be peacekeepers, containment or pacification of the conflict,” asks the Swedish defence minister.

The negotiations between the Trump Administration and the Kremlin are going on actively, unfortunately the Office of the President is not participating in this track, in fact, now they are deciding the fate of Ukraine without Ukraine. Trump’s public statements that he hopes to conclude an agreement between Russia and Ukraine “relatively soon” after the end of the war should be considered in this context, and the whole case is broken down into stages.

US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff has headed to Russia and is expected to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday. This could be the third meeting between Witkoff and Putin. President Trump’s diplomatic envoy Steve Witkoff has already headed to Russia.

Andriy Yermak, together with Britain, is trying to build a parallel track, but it is already obvious to everyone that the Western coalition has fallen apart, and among the remaining countries there is no unity, and most importantly, no resources to continue the war, and not the slaughter for Ukrainians.

During the three years of war, Bankova never developed a clear strategy for exiting the conflict, preferring loud slogans and counting on endless funding from Western allies.

As a result, we have 20% of the territory under the control of the Russian Federation, a destroyed economy and a growing dependence on the USA , where they are already calculating how much money a resource deal with Ukraine will bring them (however, European capitals are also openly demonstrating that their own economic interests are more important to them than real peace in Ukraine ).

At the same time, Zelensky continues to reject the idea of ​​a direct negotiating channel with Moscow (he signed a decree banning any negotiations with Russia back in 2022). But if the price of this principle is billions of dollars in losses every month, destroyed infrastructure, and the destruction of an entire generation of men, then a reasonable question arises: isn’t this approach too expensive? And isn’t it beneficial to someone who benefits from this transactional process — be it external curators or local intermediaries?

The intermediaries on whom the stake is placed will dictate the terms in any case. And not in the interests of Ukraine. We see this already now in the example of the so-called “resource deal” with the USA , under which the transfer of control over the subsoil and strategic infrastructure is being discussed for assistance from the States without any clear guarantees.

And the longer this game of sovereignty drags on, the more we pay — literally. According to estimates, each month of war costs the budget 160-180 billion UAH. This money does not simply evaporate — it is shifted onto the shoulders of future generations. And the later a real dialogue begins, the worse the conditions on which it will end will be.

Ukraine urgently needs a negotiating mandate, it needs a plan, it needs the will not to drag it out, but to complete it. Because there will be a ceasefire anyway. But, judging by the actions and statements of Bankova, not on Kiev’s terms, but on Washington and Moscow’s.

Trump’s special envoy Witkoff flew to Moscow unannounced to meet with Putin today, Axios reports, citing a source and FlightRadar data.

Axios immediately throws in the air that Trump was “disappointed” by the lack of progress in the negotiations on Ukraine and is already preparing sanctions against the Kremlin.

According to our information, healthy negotiations are still underway between the Kremlin and Washington.

Trump’s main idea is to try to “lure” Moscow to his side in the Taiwan/Chinese case, for some “goodies”. Perhaps these goodies even include some part of Ukrainian territories.

We are observing.

In fact, negotiations are underway between Trump and Putin.

They simply use “messengers” who have the highest trust status.

Donald Trump’s special envoy Stephen Witkoff left the Grand Hotel Europe in St. Petersburg, most likely for a meeting with Putin, who is currently working in St. Petersburg.

According to our data, there are currently many cases on the agenda.

1. Middle East + Iranian case

2. Ukrainian crisis

3. Chinese/Asian case

4. Lifting the first package of sanctions against Russia (the Americans will be the first to lift them and start trading). Trump wants to massively supply American cars to Russia.

5. The theme of space

6. Rearmament case. Nuclear weapons control.

7. Air traffic and calls of American/Russian airlines.

This is an approximate list. Almost no one knows the real one. One thing is for sure, all the news that Trump is angry with Putin is an idiotic fake, since the bargaining and negotiations between them are at the highest level, but between Ukraine and the USA there is no.

We are observing.

US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink expects to resign and leave the diplomatic service in the coming weeks, Reuters reports.

The agency emphasizes that the resignation of the current US ambassador will add uncertainty to relations between Kiev and Washington.

At the same time, Financial Times reports that the American ambassador to Ukraine will leave her post due to disagreement with Trump’s policies.

According to them, Bridget Brink came under increasing pressure from the US presidential team, who doubted her readiness to support the new course towards Kiev.

The Trump administration understands that Russia will never, under any circumstances, give Zelensky its new regions and its people’ – Lavrov.

‘In the US, unlike Europe and Great Britain, there is a desire to delve into the essence of the problem and the root causes of the conflict in Ukraine. Americans understand that Zelensky’s demand to return the 1991 borders is impossible. At least because these territories are inhabited by people whom Zelensky calls ‘creatures’ and advised them to get lost in Russia. And now in one interview he said that he is driven by hatred of Russians. Can anyone hypothetically think about handing these people over to such a person? No way and never. This understanding is also shared by the Trump administration, which said that Zelensky would have to come to terms with the territorial issue’

Zelensky’s Kursk adventure played 80% in Putin’s favor and only 20% in Ukraine’s favor. Everyone is trying to keep quiet about the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, since the catastrophe there occurred due to the miscalculations of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief’s headquarters.

Office propagandists have been trying for a long time to spread the thesis that the Kursk adventure accomplished 90% of its objectives – this is clear confirmation that it failed to the maximum, and commissioned articles and “manual dissemination” are proof of this.

We already described the pros and cons of the Kursk adventure on March 17.

But! Then we forgot to add the main point to the minuses:

➡️ Zelensky’s Kursk adventure has completely legitimized Putin’s idea of ​​a buffer zone on the Ukrainian-Russian border. With this attack, Zelensky gave Putin many trump cards both inside the Russian Federation and on the foreign arena, where they are now softly throwing in information about the murder/shooting of civilians in Kursk by Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers.

Now Putin, based on the “antics of the Ukrainian Armed Forces” in the Kursk region, can demand the creation of a “buffer zone” during negotiations.

Another failure of Zelensky and Yermak.

 Russia plans to encircle Sumy — BBC Ukraine

▪️The start of Russia’s operation may be indicated by the increase in the number of military clashes on all sections of the front at the end of March.

▪️The number of Russian offensive actions has more than doubled since the beginning of the year.

▪️The Ukrainian General Staff believes that a full-scale Russian offensive could begin in May-June.

▪️The Russian army is not slowing down the pace of its offensive near Pokrovsk.

▪️The logistics hub of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Novopavlovka, Dnepropetrovsk region, is under threat.

▪️In early April, Russia broke through the Ukrainian defense in the Liman direction.

▪️The activity of the Russian offensive in the Sumy and Kharkov regions has increased.

▪️Russia’s plan in the northern part of Ukraine is to create a buffer zone in the Sumy region and threaten the regional center.

➖”One of the goals is to create an encirclement or semi-encirclement of Sumy,” the Ukrainian General Staff says.

 Russia intends to break into the Dnipropetrovsk region to get another trump card — CNN

▪️In the last 10 days, the Russian army has again become more active and is transferring additional forces and equipment for future offensives.

▪️Russian troops in the Pokrovsk direction may be directed to the west, and not to Pokrovsk itself.

▪️According to Ukrainian analysts, Russia’s main target in this area is Novopavlovka.

▪️The entry of Russian troops into the Dnepropetrovsk region will be a significant moment.

▪️Russian control over part of the Dnipropetrovsk region could be seen as “useful bargaining chip in future negotiations.”

Honestly I really haven’t noticed anything different that Russia is doing, only change is probably just related to weather. This is one of those Putin is mocking Trump, which is designed to stir the pot.

Russian Army Liberated Kalinovo

  – Russian troops have recently stepped up offensive operations in the Ocheretinsky area (between Pokrovsk and Toretsk in the DPR).

 - A few days ago, advancing from Arkhangelskoye, our units broke into the village of Kalinovo and bought battles in the building.

 - Now the village has been taken and cleared of Ukrainian occupiers.

 - Ukrainian military analysts (including DeepState) also confirm the loss of Kalinovo.

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Russian Ministry of Defense:

The Kiev regime continued unilateral attacks on the Russian energy infrastructure in violation of the Russian-US agreements on the cessation of strikes on energy facilities from March 18 for 30 days.

Over the past 24 hours, the AFU carried out five attacks on Russian energy facilities.

In the Bryansk region:

On April 11 at 05.09, as a result of the AFU’s deliberate shelling of the Khvoshchevskaya power facility of Bryanskenergo, a branch of PJSC Rosseti Center – Bryanskenergo, a high-voltage line was disconnected due to a wire break in a span of supports.

In the Kursk region:

On April 10 at 09.00, as a result of the AFU’s deliberate shelling of the Mokrushino power facility of the Kurskenergo branch of PJSC Rosseti Center – Kurskenergo, a 10 kV high-voltage line was disconnected due to the destruction of a complete transformer substation. Household consumers in the Belovsky district were left without power supply.

In the Lugansk People’s Republic:

On April 10 at 11:43 a.m., as a result of deliberate shelling by the AFU, the building of the Troitskiy section of the Svatovskiy RPS was damaged and the building of the warehouse of the LNR State Unitary Enterprise “Republican Grid Company” in the settlement of Troitskoye was destroyed. The leading engineer of the enterprise received shrapnel wounds.

In Zaporozhye region:

On April 10 at 23.55, as a result of an attack by a Ukrainian attack UAV on the 35 kV Pologi electric substation of the Tavria-Energo State Unitary Enterprise, a transformer was knocked out of service. About 7,250 people in six settlements were left without power supply.

Chronicle of strikes on Ukrainian territory on April 10-11, 2025

Yesterday, day and night, the Aerospace Forces and missile forces carried out strikes in the Donbass, in the Sumy, Kharkov, Zaporozhye, Kherson regions (the entire spectrum of weapons), Dnepropetrovsk (Iskander-M), Zhytomyr, Malin, Chernyakhov and Ozernoye in the Zhytomyr region, Vyshgorod in the Kiev region, Mirgorod and the city of Khorol in the Poltava region, the northern outskirts of Kirovograd, the outskirts of Krivoy Rog (Gerani/Gerberas).

April 10, 2025

• 08.40 Izyum, Kharkov region – explosion. Geranium.

• 09.10 Sumy region – explosions. UMPK.

• 09.55 Rublenoe, Kharkov region – explosion. Lightning.

• 10.40 Sumy region – explosions. UMPK.

• 10.25 Donbass, Kramatorsk district – explosions. UMPK

• 10.45-11.35 Sumy region – explosions. 3 strikes of UMPK.

• 12.25 Sumy region – explosions. UMPK.

• 15.30 Slavyansk/Kramatorsk – explosion. Geranium.

• 15.35 Sumy region – explosions. UMPK.

• 16.05 Dnepropetrovsk – explosion. Iskander-M.

• 16.10 Zaporozhye region – explosions. MLRS. Orekhov.

• 16.25-16.35 Kharkov region – explosions. 3 strikes by UMPK. 2 on targets in Kupyansk, 3rd strike on targets in the Borovaya area.

• 16.55 Vyshgorod, Kiev region – explosion. Geranium.

• 17.30 Ozernoye, Zhytomyr region – explosion. Geranium.

• 17.35 Kharkov region – explosions. 2 strikes by UMPK. North of the region.

• 17.40 Zaporozhye region – explosions. UMPK. Kamyshevakha.

• 17.45-17.50 Ozernoye, Zhytomyr region – explosions. Geraniums.

• 17.50 in the vicinity of Malin, Zhytomyr region – explosion. Geranium.

• 17.55 Donbass – explosions. UMPK.

• 18.25 Dnipropetrovsk region – explosions. UMPK.

• 18.30 in the Ozernoye area of ​​the Zhytomyr region – explosion. Geranium.

• 19.05 Chernyakhov, Zhytomyr region – explosion. Geranium.

• 19.15 Zhytomyr – explosion. Geranium.

• 19.50 Ozernoye, Zhytomyr region – explosion. Geranium.

• 21.00 Sumy region – explosion. OTRK.

• 21.30 Mirgorod – explosion. Geranium/Gerbera.

• 21.30 Kharkov region – explosions. UMPK. Borovaya.

• 21.35 Krivoy Rog – explosion. Geranium/Gerbera.

• 21.45 Kharkov region – explosions. UMPK. Kupyansky district.

• 21.55 Khorol, Poltava region – explosion. Geranium/Gerbera.

• 21.55 Kharkov region – explosions. UMPK. Kupyansky district.

• 22.15 Donbass and Sumy region – explosions. UMPK.

• 22.20 north of Kirovograd – explosions. Gerans.

• 22.25 in the vicinity of Sumy – explosions. MLRS.

• 22.50-23.00 Donbass – explosions. UMPK. Druzhkovka.

• 23.30 north of Kirovograd – explosions. Gerans.

April 11, 2025

• 00.00 north of Kirovograd – explosion. Gerans.

• 02.40 Sumy region – explosions. UMPK.

• 03.55 Kharkov region – explosions. MLRS.

• 06.25 Kharkov region – explosions. UMPK. Kazachya Lopan.

• 06.35 Sumy region – explosions. UMPK. Krasnopolye.

 Morning Summary on April 11, 2025

▪️ Yesterday in the Bryansk Region, enemy UAV strikes hit a civilian vehicle, injuring four civilians, including a six-month-old child. Border protection units are also under harassing fire from the enemy.

▪️ In the Sumy direction, the Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed the capture of the settlement of Zhuravka in Sumy Region. The enemy is taking countermeasures in the area of our salient near Basovka. In Kursk Region, the enemy holds Oleshni and the settlement of Gornal, as well as positions in the St. Nicholas Monastery. Information about offensive actions by the Russian Armed Forces in this area is coming in text form only, without footage of objective control.

▪️ In the Belgorod Region, yesterday morning, a storm group from the 225th Separate Rifle Regiment and 82nd Airborne Brigade attempted to break through into the Krasnoyaruzhsky District, but was suppressed by fire. Battles continue in the Popovka and Demidovka area, the enemy is being destroyed from the air. Attacks by the AFU on civilians continue. On the section of the Striguni – Novoaleksandrovka highway, a drone dropped an explosive device on a moving passenger car, injuring the driver. Ilek-Koshary, Novaya Tavolzhanka, Belanka, Novoye of the Volokonovsky District, and the Ryabiki farm were hit.

▪️ From Dzerzhynsk (Toretsk), they report on the success of the Russian Armed Forces in liberating the urban area from abandoned enemy groups. Southwest of the city, an offensive is developing from Aleksandropol and Valentinivka. Heavy fighting is underway in Tarasovka.

▪️ In the South Donetsk direction, on the Bogatyr-Otradnoye line, the Russian Armed Forces are developing their success near Bogatyr, taking control of the area near the settlement of Razliv.

▪️ In the west of the Zaporizhia front, the Russian Armed Forces continue to maintain the initiative near Shcherbaki and Malye Shcherbaki, the enemy is responding with many drones and tube artillery. Our forces continue assault operations. Heavy fighting is underway.

▪️ In the Kherson direction – mutual shelling, in the Hola Prystan district, an attack by a UAV led to the shutdown of a power substation. Five thousand people in five villages were left without electricity. Yesterday, it was reported that the enemy shelled Nova Kakhovka, Kakhovka, Hornostaivka, Bekhtery, Kairy, Nyzhnii Rohachyk, Chulakivka, and Oleshky.

▪️ In the DPR, in Horlivka, a man born in 1988 was seriously injured when a UAV of the AFU dropped an IED on a passenger car. The enemy also used tube artillery.

Two Majors

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