Putin is Furious! Russian Generals Kicked Out of Military!

Fighting has reached the southern outskirts and even the center of the village, where Russian forces are clinging to positions under increasingly desperate conditions. Russian analysts themselves admit that Oleksiivka has turned into a meat grinder, with defenders being worn down day by day. For Ukraine, there is no rush to lose forces in frontal assaults, as the plan is to squeeze the pocket until collapse becomes inevitable.

Yet Russian commanders have refused to acknowledge reality, and instead of organizing an orderly retreat, they continue to demand assaults. In other directions, the Russians usually rely on sending 1 to 2 soldiers at a time to avoid detection, but here they are ordered forward in groups of 4 to 10 at a time, which only makes them more visible and easy targets. Ukrainian drones picked them off in batches, turning misguided orders into slaughter. Anger has boiled over even among Russian military analysts, who accuse commanders of sacrificing troops to preserve their own reputations.