The EC article said that the military in the Pokrovsky direction may be in a risky position due to the Russian offensive on the Pokrovsk-Konstantinovka highway and ask for public resonance in order to avoid losses. The presenter asked Tregubov to comment on the situation.
“I can comment very simply. I never remember that a great public outcry, public hysteria to do good things. I remember a number of cases when a public resonance did terrible things,” said the representative of the OSGV Khortitsa.
At the same time, he assured that he understands why the military asked for publicity.
“Although I can emotionally understand these people, I can understand why they are doing this. I can understand and morally emotionally justify, but I think, let’s say that this can lead to destructive consequences,” Tregubov emphasized.
He explained that he considers the wrong when calls to influence the course of events go to people who do not understand the situation on the spot. As an example, Ilovaisk brought, in which they also called help and where many military were killed. According to him, none of those who at one time urged to transfer as much effort as possible there, did not answer for it in any way.
“Therefore, I am skeptical, frankly, I am to attempts at the company’s commanders to operate with strategic plans. Secondly, to attempts to solve it through Facebook, or through the media, or in some other way. Firstly, because the company commanders usually do not know what the situation is in other places, what reserves are and what are the seconds, they don’t know this to whom they do not know them. So it seems to me a little superfluous, ”he summed up.
Context
Donetsk region is one of the main directions where the army of the Russian Federation is coming. The most active fighting is fixed in the Pokrovsky direction. According to the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of January 2, 2025, Russian troops were 2 km from Pokrovsk.
On May 7, the fighters of the Spartan brigade stopped the Russians who tried to get through the reservoir to the positions of the defense forces of Ukraine in the Pokrovsky direction.
On July 12, the American Institute for the Study of War wrote that the Armed Forces of Ukraine slightly improved positions in the Pokrovsky direction, advanced south of the successful, southwest of Pokrovsk. According to Ukrainian defenders, the first groups of Russian infantry in Pokrovsk were recorded on July 17.
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as of 22.00 on July 30, the invaders tried 49 times to break through the defense of the Ukrainian military in the Pokrovsky direction.
