Imaginary Encirclements虚构的包围
Imaginary Encirclements
By: Giorgio Provinciali
Live from Ukraine
Khoroshe – Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov claimed on Monday that Russian forces had captured Pokrovsk and Vovchansk.
In a report released a few hours later, the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Valery Gerasimov, stated that «Russian troops have surrounded Stepnohirsk in the Zaporizhzhia region and are successfully launching an offensive in the Dnipropetrovsk region». He also announced that approximately 30% of the buildings in Kostiantynivka (in the Donetsk region) are under the control of Russian units, and that assault units from the Western Group have entered Krasny Lyman, a small village northeast of Sloviansk. Previously, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin had announced the encirclement of Pokrovsk, Huliaipole, and Kupiansk.
None of these claims are true.
Pokrovsk is neither surrounded nor fallen. The Russian army has suffered so many losses in that sector of the front that it has had to deploy reserves in its efforts to reach the city center. After clearing the northern and eastern areas, the Ukrainian army has deployed its most advanced unmanned technology. The average lifespan of a Russian expendable is just a matter of a few minutes from the moment he’s thrown into the meat grinder until he’s detonated by a Ukrainian drone. The sky is filled with UAVs because the Russians also use theirs. However, by continuing to send their men into battle in civilian clothes or with Ukrainian camouflage and distinctive markings, the Russian generals create such chaotic situations that they end up losing many to friendly fire. Ukrainian drone operators feverishly watch the war room monitors, waiting until the last moment before launching their quadcopters at the enemy, so as not to waste a single one, since it is often the Russian drones that end up hitting them.
Logistics are running smoothly, and even the wounded are being evacuated, both there and to and from Rivne and Myrnohrad, although drones are preferred most of the time along all the frontline.
We approached Kupiansk just a few hours ago, finding a situation more similar to what the Ukrainian president described than the Russian dictator did. Zelensky said just yesterday that the city will soon be completely liberated from Russian raiders and saboteurs. Speaking with several soldiers and viewing live footage, we learned that the northern sector is still infested by the ДРГ, but these are isolated units, no longer receiving equipment and ammunition because the ЗСУ have managed to cut off all access to that sector and are blocking air traffic with electronic warfare devices.
What we’ve already reported about Huliaypole in our latest updates remains unchanged on the ground: after the 225th Motorized Infantry Regiment supported the 102nd Brigade, the Ukrainian defensive lines near Novouspenivke are still holding.
We were near Vovchansk a few days ago after filming the recent Russian attacks against Kharkiv Oblast?. The Russians have been trying to break through for two years now but are making no progress. They seize the ruins of a building, then lose them and return to their previous entrenchment. Vovchansk is a desolate land of rubble incompatible with life. The clearest example of a “gray zone.”
The streets of Sloviansk are still passable and the city remains livable, but with the utmost caution against FPV drones. In nearby Krasnyj Lyman, businesses are closed, and the few remaining civilians are barricaded inside their homes with bricked-up windows. The threat from the Russian DRG is real, but claiming the city is occupied is a stretch of fantasy.
Kostiantynivka is 100% under Ukrainian control. We have firsthand evidence of this after using nearby Druzhkivka as a base for reporting.

Given all this, it seems quite clear that, as Andry Kovalenko, head of the Ukrainian Center for Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council, confirmed, the Russians are backing their pressure at the front with sensational statements aimed at pressuring Western audiences to escalate diplomacy. In the coming weeks, it would be crucial for the media to maintain a constant presence on the ground because, as Kovalenko noted, these statements will be further exaggerated to present the situation at the front in Moscow’s favor.

During a meeting with the military, Putin even announced his intention to create a «security zone» along the Russian border with northern Ukraine, explaining that this will entail the need to take control of the border areas of the Chernihiv, Sumy, and Kharkiv oblasts. This is pure dissemination of ideas that find no operational confirmation except in the pages of an unfortunately ever-growing number of Italian newspapers.

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虚构的包围
作者:Giorgio Provinciali
乌克兰前线报道
霍罗舍 – 克里姆林宫发言人德米特里·佩斯科夫周一声称,俄罗斯军队已占领波克罗夫斯克和沃夫昌斯克。
几小时后发布的一份报告中,俄罗斯联邦武装部队总参谋长瓦列里·杰拉西莫夫表示:“俄罗斯军队已包围扎波罗热地区的斯捷普诺希尔斯克,并在第聂伯罗彼得罗夫斯克地区成功发起攻势。”他还宣布,顿涅茨克地区的科斯蒂安季诺夫卡大约30%的建筑物已被俄罗斯部队控制,来自西方集团的突击部队已进入斯拉维扬斯克东北的小村庄克拉斯尼·利曼。此前,俄罗斯独裁者弗拉基米尔·普京曾宣布包围波克罗夫斯克、胡利亚波尔和库皮扬斯克。
这些说法都不属实。
波克罗夫斯克既没有被包围,也没有陷落。俄罗斯军队在该前线地区遭受了重大损失,迫使其在努力到达市中心的过程中不得不调动后备力量。在清除北部和东部地区后,乌克兰军队部署了其最先进的无人技术。俄罗斯“消耗品”的平均寿命从被投入“绞肉机”到被乌克兰无人机引爆,仅仅只是几分钟。天空中充满了无人机,因为俄军也在使用他们的无人机。然而,俄罗斯将领们持续派遣穿着便衣或带有乌克兰伪装和特殊标记的士兵投入战斗,最终导致在友军火力中损失了许多人。乌克兰的无人机操作者紧张地监视着作战室的监视器,直到最后一刻才将他们的四旋翼无人机投向敌人,以免浪费掉任何一架,因为往往是俄罗斯无人机最终击中了这些伪装者
尽管在整个前线,大多数情况下更偏好使用无人机,后勤运作顺畅,伤员正不断被撤离,无论是在那里还是往返于里夫尼和米尔诺赫拉德。
我们在几小时前接近库皮扬斯克,发现的情况更接近乌克兰总统描述的,而非俄罗斯独裁者的说法。泽伦斯基昨天表示,这座城市将很快完全从俄罗斯的突击队和破坏者手中解放出来。与几名士兵交谈并观看实时画面后,我们得知北部区域仍然被ДРГ(俄罗斯游击队)侵扰,但这些仅是孤立的单位,而且因为乌克兰武装部队已成功切断了对该区域的所有通道,并用电子战设备封锁了空中交通,因此这些单位不再获得设备和弹药。
我们在关于胡利亚波尔最新的更新中报道,地面情况依旧不变:在第225摩托化步兵团支持第102旅后,乌克兰军队在诺沃乌斯佩尼夫卡附近的防线仍在坚守。
几天前,我们在沃夫昌斯克附近,拍摄了最近俄罗斯针对哈尔科夫州的攻击后。俄罗斯已经尝试突破两年,但毫无进展。他们先是占领了一栋建筑的废墟,随后又失去控制,回到之前的工事。沃夫昌斯克现在是一片毫无生机的废墟荒地,是“灰色地带”的最典型例子。
斯拉维扬斯克的街道依然通行无阻,城市依旧适宜居住,但必须对FPV无人机保持极高的警惕。在附近的克拉斯尼·利曼,商铺都已关闭,少数剩余的平民被封锁在自家里,窗户用砖封闭。来自俄罗斯游击队的威胁确实存在,但称该城市被占领则是夸大其词。
科斯蒂安季诺夫卡100%处于乌克兰控制之下。在以附近的德鲁日基夫卡作为报道基地后,我们对此有第一手证据。
(图:这是我几天前从克拉马托尔斯克开车到德鲁日基夫卡时录制的一段视频截图。清晨,交通畅通,人们在主干道上行走,交通信号灯正常运作。我在德鲁日基夫卡停留,作为前往科斯蒂安季诺夫卡的基地。– 版权所有,Giorgio Provinciali)
考虑到这一切,这似乎很明显,正如乌克兰国家安全与国防委员会反信息中心负责人安德里·科瓦连科所证实的那样,俄罗斯在前线施加压力的同时,借助耸人听闻的声明来迫使西方观众升级外交。在接下来的几周,媒体在前线坚持现场报道至关重要,因为正如科瓦连科指出的那样,这些声明将被进一步夸大,以便展示有利于莫斯科的前线形势。
(图:这是我在扎波罗热省的马洛卡特里尼夫卡方向的巴拉宾南部废弃加油站报道时拍摄的完整视频的截图– 版权所有,Giorgio Provinciali)
在与军方的会议中,普京甚至宣布了他在俄罗斯与乌克兰北部边境建立“安全区”的意图,解释称这将需要控制切尔尼戈夫、苏梅和哈尔科夫地区的边境区域。这纯粹是传播一些除了在越来越多的意大利报纸的版面上之外,无法在操作上确认的想法。
(图:这是我在写这篇文章前几分钟在西维尔斯基·顿涅茨河附近拍摄的照片 – 版权所有,Giorgio Provinciali)
