00:05For the first time since 2023, Russian troops have begun pulling back from certain positions
00:11in the Zaporozhya and Dnipropotrovsk regions.
00:14This shift comes as the Kremlin escalates its information warfare, threatening renewed
00:20strikes on Kiev.
00:21Ivan Timako, head of the Reserve Council of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, stated that the
00:27Russian army is exhausting its offensive capabilities and struggling to hold its ground.
00:32This development marks a notable change in the dynamics of the conflict in southern Ukraine.
00:38The recent withdrawal of Russian troops in the Zaporozhya region highlights a significant
00:43shift in military dynamics, especially as reports indicate a dramatic slowdown in Russia's
00:49offensive capabilities.
00:50This situation is further complicated by the exhaustion of their military resources, which
00:56raises questions about the sustainability of their operations.
00:59Here, dozens of Russian soldiers at once couldn't take it anymore, and literally drank themselves
01:05to death at the front line.
01:07Ukrainians followed up with an immediate coordinated assault on the weakened Russian positions,
01:12now threatening to collapse Russia's flank, RFU News says.
01:16Recently, Ukraine's main directorate of intelligence released an intercepted radio call in which Russian
01:22troops discussed a mass alcohol poisoning in the Zaporozhya sector.
01:26According to one soldier, 10 bodies were discovered at an observation post after the troops stationed
01:32there had reportedly drunk themselves to death.
01:34What is most revealing is that the incident did not shock the soldiers discussing it, suggesting
01:40that severe alcohol abuse and battlefield indiscipline have become normalized within Russian
01:46front line units.
01:47One soldier asked the other over the radio how the dead bodies could be evacuated from
01:52their positions, which is believed to be in the cottage area in Kamiansk.
01:57The dead soldiers were not collected for six days, indicating a lack of command awareness
02:02and position monitoring.
02:04Then one of the soldiers added the shocking fact that all dead soldiers were stacked and covered
02:09with sleeping bags, as if they were just sleeping, creating the impression that the position
02:14was manned while in reality nobody defended it, underlining the broader Russian command failure.
02:20The fact that the bodies remained at the position for six days before anyone realized the
02:25soldiers were dead highlights that commanders didn't track or care whether such a forward post
02:30was functioning, supplied, or combat capable.
02:34Even the complete loss of radio contact did not raise any alarm, as no one bothered to see
02:39if the position was still Russian or not, effectively making the Russian defense line blind.
02:45This indicates that prolonged breakdowns in communication are treated as routine within
02:49the Russian army, while allowing Ukraine to find weak points in the Russian line, which
02:54they did east of Stepnohorsk, RFU News says.
02:58The Ukrainians immediately exploited the situation by launching preparatory strikes ahead of their
03:03counterattack.
03:04Ukrainian kamikaze drones destroyed a building in the village of Pryshy B, 36 kilometers south
03:11of Stepnohorsk, which Russian drone operators were using as a position and storage site for
03:17ammunition and drone equipment.
03:19As a result, Russian frontline troops were left without full drone coverage, which detects
03:25Ukrainian movements, guides artillery, and protects exposed flanks.
03:29This further worsened an already critical shortage of drones in the sector, where Russian soldiers
03:35had previously complained that Ukrainian drone operators were dominating the battlefield.
03:40After the Russian frontline units were left exposed, Ukrainian artillery struck Russian soldiers
03:46positioned in the Mali-Sherbaki area, which was important to suppress before the flank attack
03:52could begin.
03:53Further west, near Stepov, Ukrainian drone operators attacked Russian personnel and shelters using
03:59FPV drones and drone-dropped grenades, RFU News says.
04:04They also targeted Russian radio antennas to disrupt communications with commanders and
04:09interfere with drone operations.
04:11These strikes were intended to weaken Russia's local communications and immediate defensive response,
04:16while also securing Ukraine's eastern flank ahead of the assault.
04:20To support the operation, Ukrainian defense forces reinforced the sector with the 153rd mechanized
04:28brigade.
04:28Shortly afterward, the Ukrainian armed forces launched attacks towards Stepov and in the direction
04:34of Kamiensk, which would further isolate Stepnoherks.
04:53for a tremendous 40-type attack, the incident of the
04:57Kamiensk, the member of the Vimeo, the first one that is a critical attack on the
04:58Riding attacks against you, have any controliders?
04:58We have not the influence, but it's a critical attack on the contact.
04:58So many people don't get nervous about theache or the attack.
04:59But the attack has been like nothing but the attack has been an anti-rexedWhole,
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