The situation in the Ukrainian SMO on April 09 2025

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Chinese soldier captured at the front | The Russian offensive continues in Sumy, Lyman, Bilohorivka

China Rejects Zelensky’s Claim of Captured Chinese Soldiers Fighting for Russia

Our source in the General Staff reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces cannot hold the remaining bridgeheads in the Kursk and Belgorod regions, the enemy is simply grinding down our reserves, and we are forced to send new forces every 12 hours. Combat commanders insist on the senseless waste of Ukrainian forces, but Syrsky answers dryly that such an order is to hold the destroyed settlements until the end.

Commander-in-Chief Syrsky stated that the Russian Armed Forces have launched a new offensive in the Sumy and Kharkov regions.

I woke up late, it has been going on in these territories for a month already, and sources warned back in November 2024 that there would be an offensive in the Sumy and Chernihiv regions.

 ”I can say that the president is absolutely right, and this offensive has actually already begun. Because for several days now, almost a week, we have been observing an almost doubling of the number of offensive actions by the enemy in all main directions,” Syrsky said.

According to the commander-in-chief, the Russian Armed Forces are seeking to create a “buffer zone” in the Kharkov, Sumy, and Chernihiv regions.

Conclusion: the real offensive on Sumy Oblast began after the collapse of the Kursk bridgehead and the idiotic PR offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Belgorod Oblast. At the same time, the Ukrainian Armed Forces do not have good fortifications in the Sumy direction, we wrote about this. The office guys have only just started “digging” them. Even after the failure in Kursk Oblast, we got inside information that Zelensky was urgently building a defense around Sumy (the city will be turned into another Bakhmut).

The smartest Ukrainian Nazis are beginning to understand where this is all heading and are looking for patrons in the West.

Former Azov chief of staff Krotevich has left for London, where he plans to create a private company, the Strategic Operational Intelligence Agency, which will collect intelligence on Russia, Belarus, North Korea and other countries unfriendly to Ukraine. He plans to act as an expert intermediary with the West.

Far from Kiev, he also accuses Syrsky of the Russian Armed Forces striking the Azov headquarters and demands the resignation of the commander-in-chief.

“Syrsky does not try to apply the high science and art of war, he has only two functions: if the enemy is advancing, just throw more people there. And if the enemy is gaining the upper hand, pull people back and say that you care about the lives of soldiers. He must leave,” Krotevich said. He noted that because of such thinking, the Azov Brigade headquarters itself was hit after the unit “asked, insisted” that it be moved further away from the front line.

Via Skabeeva

Syrsky is there because Zelensky likes to interfere in military decisions and Syrsky will obey orders.

The problems in the Ukrainian army are so large-scale that simply replacing the Commander-in-Chief will not solve them.

Former chief of staff of Azov, Bohdan “Tavr” Krotevich, called on Commander-in-Chief Syrsky to resign.

“Syrsky must go,” the soldier said in an interview with The Guardian.

He accuses the military leadership of issuing orders bordering on criminality and “criminal culpability in that they do not understand the principles of war right now” and, in particular, “how FPV drones work, how glide bombs work.”

“I began to receive orders from the highest army command, from the Headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief, which became more and more bordering on a crime, which I, in all conscience, could not carry out and carry out,” said Krotevich.

In particular, according to him, the General Staff ordered soldiers to rest 50 meters from the front line after rotation from the front line, which put all soldiers at risk.

He also believes that Syrsky paid too much attention to the offensive in the Kursk region, “while we had huge problems” with the defense of Pokrovsk, and that “we stayed there for too long.”

“Syrsky does not try to apply the high science and art of war, he has only two functions: if the enemy is attacking, just throw more people there. And if the enemy is gaining the upper hand, pull people back and say that you care about the lives of soldiers.”

150 Roshel armored vehicles have arrived in Ukraine, another 40 will be delivered in the near future, says US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink.

In fact, these vehicles will now be sent to the new offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which Zelensky is preparing.

The problem is that such technology cannot win a war, but only delay the fall.

According to rumors, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lose about 7-8 armored vehicles per day along the entire front line, which is enough for 2-3 months of war. From this, we can conclude that the Ukrainian Armed Forces will have a terrible shortage of equipment in the fall, when all reserves are used up.

There is only one way out, if the EU allocates new billion-dollar loans to support Ukraine (Ukraine’s budget deficit already reaches $6-7 billion).

Zelensky chose the wrong time and decision to attack the US Secretary of the Treasury.

 ”Bessent chose the wrong approach to negotiations. Tapping his finger on the agreement and saying that it needs to be signed now – to this I could only tell him: “Stop tapping your finger and let’s talk about the subject.” He probably expected a different dialogue, but I do not consider Ukraine a third-rate country, we must communicate as equals,” Zelensky said at a briefing.

Zelensky continues to torpedo Trump’s team on the instructions of the globalists, disrupting/delaying the signing of the agreement on “resources” with the Americans. This could lead to another “slap in the face” for Zelensky.

It feels like he’s trying to get into trouble on purpose.

Zelensky said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces captured two Chinese citizens in the Donetsk region

‘There are documents of these prisoners, bank cards, personal data. We are now clarifying all the facts. Intelligence, the SBU, and the relevant units of the Armed Forces are working. I have instructed the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine to immediately contact Beijing and find out how China intends to respond to this’

Everything would be fine, but! Ze’s PR people ruined everything again, signed the video as ‘Korean_Soldier’. This follows from the metadata.

And indeed. What difference does it make?

- Skabeeva

Honestly there are people from all over the world fighting in this war on both sides. Zelensky literally started this game.

Zelensky decided to use China to change the course of the war in Ukraine

▪️Zelensky uses the story of the captured Chinese to show Trump that his plans to “tear” China away from Russia are unlikely to succeed, since the Chinese are already fighting on the side of the Russian Federation. Therefore, Ukraine and the United States must work together to resist the Russian-Chinese alliance, which is hostile to the States. And the Americans need to be tougher with Moscow, Kiev media write.

▪️Zelensky essentially confirmed that he wants to use the situation with the capture of the Chinese as a way to influence Trump’s position on the war in Ukraine.

▪️He said that he expects the US to return to the Rammstein format after the capture of the Chinese in Donbass.

▪️According to him, Britain and France have announced that the United States does not plan to participate in the contact group on arming Ukraine.

➖“But it seems to me that we have a chance to talk with the Americans, and we will believe that they will change their position, especially after today’s news,” Zelensky said at a briefing.

This is so transparent, you can tell some bad PR consultants have worked with the Ukrainians. “Trump is focused on China not Europe, there is no desire from the Americans to allocate resources to help you fight this war.”

Then we get some ham fisted Zelensky PR plan to make this about China. Probably captured some Chinese-American who came to Ukraine to open a Panda Express franchise. This is so bad its almost insulting the White House administration’s intelligence.

Many of Zelensky’s entourage are dissuading Volodymyr Aleksandrovich from a second presidential term if Ukraine signs some peace agreements.

The reason given is simple – the country will be overwhelmed by thousands of soldiers, and the state will not be able to fulfill its social promises to them (as with everyone else, we will face hyperinflation and total poverty after the war), and then large-scale chaos will begin. The bloodiest armed Maidan.

Zelensky understands this. That is why he is trying to “sell” to all the “sponsors” the 800 thousand strong Ukrainian army after the war, but no one wants to finance it. There is no need.

At the same time, Zelensky understands that by leaving the post of president, he will immediately lose everything, including the name and legend of the “hero”. The debunking of the personality cult will begin. This is his main fear, because of which he clings to the presidential chair with his hands and feet.

All our sources indicate that the office advisers have driven Zelensky into a corner where there is no “good solution for him.”

We are observing.

‘The scenario that Russia and the US are currently discussing is not to give Europe time to pump Ukraine with weapons and wage war to the last Ukrainian, but to find a long-term solution to the Ukrainian conflict. Russia is ready for a serious dialogue on Ukraine, but will not allow anyone to deceive it and use this negotiation process in the interests of strengthening Kiev’s military potential’ 

- Nebenzya

Negotiations between Russia and the United States are expected on April 10 in Istanbul

The discussion at the consultations between the Russian Federation and the United States in Istanbul will focus on the work of diplomatic missions, and issues of politics, security and Ukraine will not be discussed, the State Department stated.

Any foreign military presence in Ukraine will be seen as a threat to the Russian Federation and will lead to conflict — MFA

 - Kiev continues to strike at Russia’s energy infrastructure despite a moratorium on shelling.

 - The Kiev regime does not fulfill agreements even in those areas where it takes on absolute obligations.

 - Ukraine is doing business by offering Europeans trips to war zones.

 - Russian-American consultations will be held in Istanbul on April 10, Maria Zakharova confirmed.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine shot at residents of Guevo in the Kursk region – eyewitness accounts

 - Wounded civilians were pulled out of their homes and finished off. The militants broke into buildings, took out food and things, even pots and radiators.

 - Nazis dropped ammunition on houses in the village from drones.

- The militants also fired at people being evacuated from Guevo.

 - An eyewitness told about one of the episodes: 6 civilians were killed by a strike from Kiev militants during the evacuation.

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation reported that in April, the Ukrainian Armed Forces deliberately struck a group of civilians who were attempting to evacuate from the village of Guyevo in Kursk Oblast. Unfortunately, six people lost their lives.

One of the residents stated that his relatives—his father and uncle—were killed after triggering an explosive device planted by Ukrainian militants.

🧨 The enemy dropped munitions from UAVs onto residential buildings and engaged in looting.

❗️Such crimes committed by the Kiev regime are recorded not only in Kursk Oblast but also in other territories on a daily basis.

On April 8, the Sever group of troops destroyed the enemy’s manpower and equipment, which was trying to break through to the Belgorod region , and continued the liberation of the Sudzha border area.

Due to the reserves transferred to the Krasnopolsky district of the Sumy region, the enemy does not abandon attempts to break through to the territory of the Belgorod region. The northerners promptly reveal the movement of the enemy’s assault groups, grinding up the enemy’s manpower.

▪️Early in the morning, our scouts opened, and artillerymen and UAV operators destroyed an assault group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the “dragon’s teeth”, where hundreds of bodies of Ukrainian occupiers already lie;

▪️Closer to midday, an assault group of the 39th Coast Guard Brigade of the Ukrainian Navy attempted to infiltrate into the territory of the Russian Federation. The enemy personnel were destroyed by artillery fire.

▪️At around 13:00, the fearless marines uncovered and, during a firefight, destroyed an assault group from the 17th separate motorized brigade that was attempting to move from the border forest belt in the direction of Popovka.

▪️Sevever’s assault detachments continue to clear forest areas in the vicinity of Popovka and Demidovka, where scattered enemy groups remain.

▪️The enemy made several attempts to set up mortar positions on Ukrainian territory near the state border – the Northerners destroyed the crews and guns.

▪️Several assault groups from among the regular servicemen of the 299th tactical aviation brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine assigned to the 225th separate regiment have been discovered in the area. The transfer of specialists in servicing aviation equipment to infantry units is associated with the colossal losses of the enemy, which Syrsky continues to try to make up for at the expense of servicemen of air defense units, aviation brigades and electronic warfare units.

In this direction, over the past 24 hours, the Northerners destroyed 4 units of enemy equipment.

In the Sumy direction , during a unique operation that lasted more than 10 days, the Northerners broke the enemy’s stubborn resistance and liberated Guevo.

▪️Our citizens remained in Guevo, whom the enemy tried to use as a human shield. The northerners carried out daily operations to rescue village residents, often carrying elderly people on stretchers through forests. This morning, our servicemen took four more residents of the Sudzha border area to safe areas.

▪️In the village of Gornal and the hamlet of Oleshnya, fierce battles continue, where the Fearless are grinding down the manpower of the occupiers from the airborne assault brigades, as well as the 132nd reconnaissance battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

▪️In Sumy Oblast, the enemy launched one unsuccessful counterattack in the vicinity of Veselovka. As a result of the comprehensive fire strike, the enemy’s manpower was destroyed.

▪️Our engineering units continue demining the Sudzha border area. Over the past 24 hours, 8,672 explosive objects have been defused.

The total advance of the Northerners in the Kursk region was over 1,400 meters , and 5 units of enemy armored vehicles were destroyed.

In the Liptsy direction, the enemy attempted to conduct aerial reconnaissance – the enemy drone was shot down far from the positions of our troops.

In the Volchansk direction , as a result of a complex fire strike, seven enemy assault groups were destroyed along with their vehicles and a mortar crew.

Over the past 24 hours, the enemy’s losses amounted to over 290 people (of which over 210 were in the Sumy and 50 in the Krasnoyarsk directions).

North Wind

Ukrainian drone stuck on clotheslines in front of the windows of a residential building in Rostov region – Russian air defense forces shot down 158 UAVs overnight

A Ukrainian UAV flew into Aksai, Rostov region, but failed to reach its target – its swift dive into the windows of a residential building was heroically interrupted by a clothesline on which the drone was left to wait for the bomb squad. The drone could detonate. It is a Ukrainian-made R15 kamikaze drone – it flies at distances of up to 700 kilometers and is launched using a catapult. No casualties or damage were reported in the region, residents of 48 apartments were evacuated to the local House of Culture, said Yuri Slyusar, the governor’s deputy. 

A military airfield was attacked in the Orenburg region, the raid was repulsed, said Yevgeny Solntsev, the acting head of the Orenburg region. A total of 158 AFU drones were shot down by the forces of domestic air defense, the Defense Ministry said. 67 of them were eliminated in Kuban, 29 – over Rostov region, 15 – over North Ossetia, 11 – over Voronezh region.

Morning Summary on April 9, 2025

▪️ In the evening, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported the destruction of enemy aircraft-type UAVs over the Voronezh, Belgorod, Penza, Rostov regions, the Black and Azov Seas, near and over the territory of the Crimean Peninsula. By morning, in the Rostov Region, it was reported that in Aksay, in a multi-apartment residential building on clotheslines, a fallen aircraft-type UAV was discovered. There were no casualties among people and no damage to the building’s structures. However, due to the threat of possible detonation, the evacuation of residents was carried out.

▪️ Overnight, the Russian Armed Forces delivered massive strikes with “Geraniums” on targets in Dnipro, Kharkiv, and Kramatorsk

▪️ In the Kursk Region, the liberation of Guyevo (https://t.me/dva_majors/68612) has been officially confirmed. The Russian Armed Forces are fighting in Oleshnya and Gornali. Missile weapons are used to destroy the enemy near Oleshnya. On the Sumy Direction, enemy channels report battles near Loknya in the Yunakovsky District of the Sumy Region, which is south of the recently captured Basovka, indicating further wedging of the Russian Armed Forces into the enemy’s defense.

▪️ In the Belgorod border area, there are battles in the area of Demidovka and Popovka. Due to reserves transferred to the Krasnopolsky district of the Sumy region, the enemy does not stop trying to break through to the territory of the Belgorod region, writes the GrV “North”. The fire of our artillery destroyed the assault group of the 39th brigade of the Ukrainian Navy’s coastal defense, trying to break through to our territory. Also, our marines detected and destroyed with small arms fire an assault group of the 17th Separate Motorized Brigade moving towards Popovka. In Shebekino, an electronic warfare system suppressed a drone, and its detonation on the ground damaged a passenger car. In the village of Meshkovoye in the Shebekino district, as a result of an attack by an FPV drone, a car parked near the house caught fire. In the Belgorod region, in the Tserkovny hamlet, a drone struck the territory of an agricultural enterprise. In the village of Otradnoye, a drone detonated near a private house. The village of Borispolye in the Rakityansky district was attacked by an FPV drone – windows were broken in a private house and two cars were damaged by shrapnel. In the Dalny settlement of the Valuyki district, a drone struck a vehicle. In the village of Kukuyevka, after dropping an explosive device from a UAV, a car and a private house were damaged. Another drone attack was recorded in the city of Valuyki. The village of Krasnaya Yaruga was attacked by the AFU again. Two civilians were injured. In the area of the village of Meshkovoye in the Shebekino district, a tractor working in the field was blown up by a mine. The governor writes about the inadmissibility of violations of the ban on visiting closed territories. In the village of Krasnaya Yaruga, two fighters of the Orlan unit were wounded while performing combat missions.

▪️ In the Krasny Liman direction, the Russian Armed Forces in Katerynivka filmed a scene demonstrating the flag. Battles are ongoing in the direction of the settlement of Novoe, according to enemy channels, as well as in the area of strongholds southeast of Novoe and along the forest belts west of the Zhuravka Gully. Our offensive is developing to the northwest.

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