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Stanislav Kravtynik says he has returned to Donbass while living in Moscow. He describes trips to areas near Zaporozhye and Kherson, saying Ukrainians use drones at night to drop mines along roads, while civilian trucking and civilian cars make up most of the traffic being hit. He claims the pattern is designed to terrorize civilians, including targeting fuel trucks but mainly civilian transport.
When asked about Russia’s escalation, Kravtynik argues that the Kremlin mood is “extremely militant,” saying Kiev and some European cities should be “a crater.” He asserts that daily civilian killings by Ukrainians are “nothing new” and claims Ukrainian drone warfare is “gamified”: Ukrainian drone operators receive points for destroying military equipment and personnel, and if no suitable targets are available they move down categories to civilian engineering, telecommunications, civilian trucking, civilian cars, and then civilians. He also claims most drones do not achieve kills, estimating only 15–20% produce results, with many drones shot down, stopped, or lost. He says targeting specific civilian locations includes reconning a school in Starobiesc with recon drones before attacks.
He connects Russia’s restraint to changes in the escalation environment, referencing a dormitory incident in Lugansk and saying Russian conventional actions are used to “get the message across” rather than via nuclear escalation. Kravtynik criticizes targeting decisions that focus on “decision-making centers,” saying the military is a “tool” and that leadership replacement dynamics mean new officials would assume control. He also claims Ukrainian leadership is sustained by corruption and incentives tied to continuing the war, stating that as personnel are killed or “liquidated,” the remaining leadership would collapse. He argues it is unnecessary to target specific figures directly, since removing enough of the leadership apparatus would create broader collapse.
Kravtynik says NATO countries are not neutral once they allow airspace or ground space for attacks or do not shoot down drones passing through their territory. He lists Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Finland, and claims Latvia has enabled launching platforms for Ukrainian drones. He argues NATO bases should be made examples and suggests attacks on life-critical infrastructure in European cities as part of this approach.
Turning to front-line developments, Kravtynik focuses on multiple sectors. In western Zaporizhzhia, he says Ukrainians have launched three counteroffensives, with earlier efforts around Gulyai Polia stopped quickly and an eastern push now encircled, with bridges blown and a pocket surrounded. He says Ukrainians break through faster because they do not “give a damn about losses,” using “suicide infantry” and storm infantry differently: younger, healthier personnel are assigned to storm infantry with training and equipment, while others become “suicide” assault waves or are used to hold sectors storm infantry cannot. He describes Kharkiv as an example, claiming attackers were sent across “two kilometers of open fields” with artillery killing the waves and that storm infantry could not be used effectively until targets were softened.
He claims western Zaporizhzhia is at most a spoiling attack to delay a Russian offensive. He then discusses Ariokhov, describing movement from multiple directions, drone control over supply routes, and Russian forces closing rapidly toward Ariokhov, asserting Ukrainian defenses have collapsed. He describes Donetsk Republic as quieter, with concentrated fighting around Kostiantynivka, claiming roughly “70% in Russian hands,” a pocket of Ukrainians surrounded, and bridges blown so northern ridges cannot support each other. He claims Krasnystawka is near collapse and that Russian forces are within kilometers of Kramatorsk from the east.
For the north (toward Slaviansk and Kupiansk), he describes siege dynamics around Krasnaya Mlyn, constant probing to wear out defenders, and says Ukrainians are running out of food and ammo. He also discusses logistics and a pocket up to the Serebrianka River, asserting Russian forces are cutting logistics lines and planning an offensive that could cut off a portion of Kharkiv Oblast.
Regarding areas farther north and Belarus, Kravtynik claims Ukrainian drone activity over Belarus has been extensive and that Belarus would bear a cost-benefit if entering the war. He addresses reports that Zelensky has identified “500 targets” in Belarus and says the prospect of Belarus entering the fight would be escalation. He argues that European involvement is central to the survival strategy of the Zelensky regime and claims European leadership and populations are being pushed toward war while elites plan to exit when conditions become dangerous.
Kravtynik concludes with a discussion of decision-making matrices, claiming staff systems weight options so that leadership believes it has choices while an intended course of action is selected. He says European leadership is influenced by “propaganda” and special interests, invoking examples such as BlackRock, and argues that even if some leaders slow the process, the EU continues moving toward war.