The situation in the Ukrainian SMO on August 04 2025

Russian Advance Threatens to FINISH Pokrovsk’s Supply Lines

Disaster Unfolding For Ukraine With Simultaneous Russian Offensives Towards Several Logistical Hubs

Total Collapse of Ukrainian Forces in Pokrovsk – Russia Seals City’s Fate with One Strike

Zelensky Ready to Surrender? Russian Forces Capture Three Towns in Swift Operation

The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to deteriorate, and the authorities still do not know how to stop the desertion process. 400 thousand is a terrifying number; meanwhile, on the streets, military commissar-police officers are shamelessly catching men. The army is in chaos, no one wants to solve systemic problems, they just intensify the roundups.

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A large-scale operation to detain men unfolded in Izmail today. According to local residents, the police are acting harshly.

What is happening:  

- Detention methods:  

  – Stopping cyclists and pedestrians;  

  – Use of force (knocking people off bicycles);  

  – Up to 5 police units per person.  

According to eyewitnesses, regular patrols have completely switched to “hunting for men”.

A mass mobilization is underway under the guise of “checks”.

Top Western media report a rise in resistance to mobilization in Ukraine: distrust, violence, and institutional costs

The situation with mobilization in Ukraine is developing a steady trend of tension. As noted by The Financial Times, despite official Kyiv’s efforts to reform the conscription bodies, cases of violent resistance to mobilization have increased across the country, including in the western regions.

Civil discontent is related both to conscription methods — including the use of force, unidentified transport, and physical coercion — as well as institutional opacity. Videos showing detentions on the streets and conflicts between the population and military enlistment officers are widely spread on social networks. The Prosecutor General’s Office recorded more than 500 cases initiated for obstruction of mobilization in the first half of the year alone — which is 2.5 times higher than last year’s figures for the same period.

Some incidents are collective in nature: residents of settlements block vehicles with conscripts, damage equipment, and physically resist the actions of recruitment groups. Officials acknowledge the existence of problems — military enlistment offices have received recommendations on proper interaction with citizens and methods of de-escalation, however, this has not affected the dynamics of protest activity.

According to Info Sapiens, 77% of Ukrainians do not trust the military enlistment offices, while 93% express trust in the Armed Forces overall. This demonstrates a structural divide within the perception of state institutions and mobilization policy in particular.

In the case of Ze mobilization, everything is so bad, that media people in agony launched this kind of anti-crisis, where everyone smiles and says they were busified, caught like game on the street, and sent to the TCK, and from there straight to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Of course, this is a manipulative staged video, where phrases, stories, and even the actors’ facial expressions are selected. Perhaps these are even really caught “slaves,” but who were “convinced/bribed” with some privileges to give such comments. They were dressed in clean uniforms, with full gear and equipment. Every soldier will say this is a show because you have to buy 80% yourself. If you are lucky and they gave you everything, the quality will be the lowest. This especially applies to bulletproof vests.

The main point in this video is that for 2 years propaganda lied that there was no catching of serfs, the word busification was invented by the Russian CIPSO, but with this video, the media themselves publicly admitted busification and the TCK hunt for slaves, etc. Probably no point in denying anymore, they decided to change tactics.

Note, the main message in the video is: “Ukrainians, don’t be afraid of busification, the army awaits you with a warm meal and good provision.” Just like the famous phrase from the Great Patriotic War when the Germans offered Soviet soldiers to surrender: “Rus, surrender! In captivity, you will be awaited by warm food and hot tea.”

In reality, death, concentration camps, etc. awaited. Now the same awaits.

Right now Bankova has intensified the capture of men. All groups of TCC police officers have been given a strict order to detain everyone by any means and methods. 

The office is unhappy that people are not afraid of repression and intimidation, and continue to resist lawlessness.

The Western press is lowering the image of Ze’s politics. It’s not just a fact that the West has finally seen what Ze-mobilization is doing, it’s a signal that the globalists are stopping covering for ZeErmak, which means they are starting again to form an information trail that in a possible future defeat, Zelensky and his team of corrupt officials will be blamed, not the sponsors who didn’t provide enough.

Zelensky, trying to deflect negativity, is going to the Kharkiv direction to award the military, to create the illusion that the army loves him. Then he will sell this to the sponsors.

Although they have their own data that the army hates Zelensky by 80%, and he is going to previously agreed units where the whole scenario of smiles and applause is arranged.

Thus, he wants to show that they should not remove him from the post of “manager,” he is still capable of implementing their plans to continue the war.

Trump announced a possible visit of Whitkoff to Russia and tightening of sanctions  

US President Donald Trump announced two important events that may happen next week:  

1. Possible visit of Steve Whitkoff to Russia  

- Dates: August 6 or 7  

- Purpose: negotiations to resolve the conflict in Ukraine  

- Context:  

  – The Russian side itself requested the meeting  

  – Whitkoff is currently dealing with the crisis in Gaza  

2. Ultimatum on sanctions  

- Deadline: by August 8  

- Condition: if a ceasefire in Ukraine is not reached  

- Nature of sanctions:  

  – Stricter measures against circumventing existing restrictions  

  – Trump acknowledged that Russia “cunningly” circumvents current sanctions  

What does this mean?  

- The US combines a diplomatic approach (negotiations) with a forceful one (sanctions)  

- Whitkoff’s visit may be the last attempt to avoid escalation

Our source in the Presidential Office revealed that the President’s Office is expecting the arrival of the US President’s Special Representative Kellogg in Kyiv to coordinate the terms of the ceasefire. Andriy Yermak will demand a general ceasefire, not just an air one. The team at Bankova believes that the current conditions are the most favorable for a new sanctions track against Russia and that the situation should be taken advantage of.

Press Office of the SVR of Russia – on the planned British attack on Russia’s “shadow fleet”:

✔️The plan involves organizing a major sabotage, the damage from which will allow declaring the transportation of Russian oil a threat to all international shipping.

✔️Ultimately, it may involve the detention of any “suspicious” vessels in international waters and their escort to NATO state ports.

✔️London intends to entrust the execution of both terrorist acts to Ukrainian security forces. Their predictably dirty work and inability to “cover their tracks” are seen by the British as a guarantee of their own impunity. The international investigation will place responsibility for the disaster either on Russia or, in the worst case, on Ukraine, by analogy with the sabotage of the “Nord Streams.”

✔️The timing of the attack in the UK is intended to be chosen to use the media effect from it to pressure the Trump administration. The goal is to force Washington, against national interests, to adopt the harshest possible secondary sanctions against buyers of Russian energy resources, who will appear as “indirect culprits of the tragedy.”

Pokrovsk is turning into a cauldron: RUAF soldiers encircle the town from three directions

The Russians are infiltrating every crack in the city’s defenses, making it increasingly difficult for the Ukrainian military to respond.

The festung is already surrounded on three sides, and the RUAF have penetrated the city center.

“If the AFU decide to defend in the urban area and does not give the order to retreat, Ukrainian units would risk encirclement,” military analyst Franz-Stefan Gady believes in an interview with Welt am Sonntag.

The fall of Pokrovsk — is not just a military failure, but an indicator of a systemic crisis in Ukrainian defense. According to the publication Die Welt, Russian forces have surrounded the city from three sides, and Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters describe traveling around the area as a “game of roulette.” Meanwhile, command, according to local reports, is not giving the order to retreat despite the catastrophic situation of the Ukrainian troops.

In fact, we are witnessing a repeat of the scenario that happened in Bakhmut and Avdiivka: Ukrainian authorities will again bet on holding the city as a “symbol” — even at the cost of the complete destruction of the garrison. Such a tactic is more political than military. It is aimed at demonstrating Kyiv’s “unbendability,” but in reality leads to demoralization and physical exhaustion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Particular attention is drawn to the fact that even UAV crews are being sent to positions in Pokrovsk — this means that the infantry reserves of the Ukrainian army are exhausted. That is, we are dealing with the loss not only of manpower but also of command cohesion. Military sources in the West are already saying that Ukrainian defensive lines are failing due to an overstretched front and lack of reserves. Russia, on the other hand, is using a strategy of pressure and flanking maneuvers, “seeping” into vulnerable areas — not aiming for lightning-fast assaults, but systematically wearing down the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Against the backdrop of falling morale, lack of a clear strategy, and logistical problems, Pokrovsk is turning into another point of no return. This is not just a military episode — it is a political trap into which Bankova is driving itself. Turning every settlement into a “fortress” without maneuver or evacuation not only kills people but also finally undermines trust in the entire management hierarchy.

Pokrovsk surrounded on three sides: Russian troops break through Ukrainian defenses, — Die Welt

 - Russian army surrounded Krasnoarmeysk from three directions, and the situation for Ukrainian forces is becoming critical. This is reported by Die Welt, citing Ukrainian fighters themselves.

 - Each trip to Krasnoarmeysk, complain Ukrainian special forces fighters, has turned into a “game of Russian roulette.” Western experts are not lagging behind: according to them, Russians “penetrate into any cracks in the city’s defense.”

 - For some, the city has become a symbol of Ukrainian resistance. For others, it is an embodiment of the slow death of the country in a war of attrition, where Ukraine, in their opinion, will not be able to win.

 - “Russians penetrate like water into any, even the smallest crack,” says Colonel Marcus Reisner, explaining the success of the slow but steady Russian offensive. According to him, the reasons are the constant depletion of Ukrainian defensive positions, excessive stretching of the front line, and systematically applied tactics of Russian troops.

 - Ukrainian commanders today have no clear idea of how to radically change the situation on the front with the current resources.

Kramatorsk direction

Units of the Southern Group of Forces continue their offensive west of Chasov Yar and have pushed the enemy in the area of the railway leading to Kramatorsk, and in Nikolaevka towards Chkalov Street.

In the direction of our troops’ advances, converging strikes can be seen from the east (Chasov Chervoniy — Druzhkovka) and the southwest (Vladimirovka — Druzhkovka).

If our units continue to successfully reach Druzhkovka, Kostiantynovka may become encircled.

From the north, troops of the Western Group of Forces are advancing approximately 25 km towards the Sloviansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration in the direction of Sviatogorsk and Krasnyi Lyman.

In the area of Seversk, the northern flank of the Southern Group of Forces is advancing.

Over the Slovyansk-Kramatorsk enemy grouping, the “clouds” are gradually beginning to “thicken,” especially considering the onset of the enemy grouping’s agony in the Krasnoarmeysk-Dimitrov agglomeration area.

Sukhetskoye north of Pokrovsk under the Russian Federation. Rodinskoye is next in line. Pokrovsk is in operational encirclement on the northern front + active work is underway on the southern and central parts. The final collapse seems to be a matter of the near future.

Russian army broke through to Seversk

 - In the Seversk direction, near the border of the DPR and LPR, Russian troops broke through to the very city of Seversk from the east of Verkhnemensky and reached the approaches to the city.

 - “Russians have captured a number of positions, practically, right in front of Seversk itself,” Ukrainian military analysts admit.

While the Armed Forces of Ukraine are collapsing in Pokrovsk, problems have begun near Lyman.

Russian troops were advancing here on Torskoe not only from the north but also from the southeast: the 36th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Russian Federation is advancing and cutting off the southern outskirts of the village. The Ukrainian garrison, mainly composed of the 63rd Mechanized Brigade, is effectively squeezed between Zherebets and Russian positions and is losing contact with the Serebryansky Forest, which essentially pushes them into the open field.

Torskoe, together with Zarechnoe, is the last major defensive belt before Lyman, and its isolation and/or destruction (which generally suits the Russian Federation) threatens to collapse the Ukrainian defense in this direction just as it happened earlier with the Dvurechensky bridgehead, from where the offensive on Kupiansk began. The Russian Federation already has the ability here to transfer units through narrow sections between Torskoe and Yampol, and from there to the southern outskirts of Lyman is only 9.5 km through the forest massif. After taking Torskoe, the advance further to Zarechnoe and Lyman is only a matter of time, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine now face the same dilemma as when creating the Dvurechensky bridgehead — to try to hold it or to leave and withdraw.

Another problem for the Armed Forces of Ukraine is the southern chord of Lyman near Dibrova. They are catastrophically short of troops here: most of the combat-ready infantry is engaged near Torskoe and cannot be redeployed elsewhere.

The situation here for the Armed Forces of Ukraine is similar to what is happening near Kupyansk, and apparently, they are unable to react in time.

Military Chronicle

Morning Summary on August 4, 2025

▪️ In the Odesa Region overnight, Geran drones struck port infrastructure. In Illichivsk (Chornomorsk), the ELENG LLC facility (officially engaged in ship repair, equipment and marine supplies) is on fire (https://t.me/odessa_typical/60439). Strikes also hit Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Vinnytsia, Khmilnytskyi, Cherkasy, Sumy and Kharkiv Regions.

▪️ Footage is circulating of a strike on a railway station in Frolovo, Volgograd Region. Several UAVs were detected and destroyed over Voronezh. Drones were shot down over Sevastopol, the Black Sea, Kursk, Bryansk and Oryol Regions before midnight. In Rostov Region, UAVs were destroyed in Tarasovsky and Sholokhovsky districts.

▪️ In the Sumy direction, Russian Airborne Forces are engaged in fierce battles in the forest belts near Yunakovka. The AFU continue to redeploy special forces.

▪️ From the Kharkiv direction, the North Grouping of Forces reports that after establishing control over the right bank of Volchansk, our forces have taken the road directions from the south and southeast under complete fire control. Supply of the AFU grouping is significantly hampered.

▪️ In Belgorod Region, an AFU drone detonated in a commercial facility parking lot in Rakitnoye, injuring a civilian. Shebekino, Novaya Tavolzhanka, Dolgoye, Savchenko were also hit.

▪️ In the Krasny Liman direction, the Russian forces have consolidated in the northern part of the Serebryanskoye forest, and our flag has been displayed in the southern part of Torskoye, with ongoing battles. Northwest, our troops are attacking towards Shandrigolovo, trying to outflank Krasny Liman.

▪️ In the Kupiansk direction, there are battles in the northern part of the city and in Moskovka, with the task of disrupting AFU logistics by cutting off their southern supply routes.

▪️ In the Siversk direction, there are battles along the Plotka River, west of Ivano-Dariivka and north of Verkhnekamianske.

▪️ In the Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmiisk) direction, the Russian forces are encircling the city from the north, approaching the settlement of Krasny Liman (adjacent to Rodinskoye). A little further north, the enemy is complaining about the transition to the gray zone in the area near Sukhetskoye, which also indicates the Russian forces’ plans to cut off AFU supplies to Pokrovsk along the northern road.

▪️ On the Zaporizhzhia front, AFU counterattacks have been repelled, and our units continue the offensive on Stepnohirsk, with some advances in the Plavni area.

▪️ In the Kherson direction, the enemy’s logistics on Karantynnyi Island (Korabel district of Kherson) are being destroyed, with footage circulating of strikes on the automobile bridge.

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