“Critical situation with personnel.” The Russians are advancing unacceptably fast in Kurakhovo, the garrison needs reserves – Dyky

Is it really so, Yevhen Dykiy, veteran of the Russian-Ukrainian war, ex-commander of the Aydar battalion company, told Radio NV.

Everything Konstantin said was true. But this is part of the truth.

First of all, I would not overestimate TPP as a fortified district. I once had experience [оборони] at the Luhansk TPP. Let’s say it straight: this is not Azovstal, this is not Avdiivska promka. Unfortunately, TPPs with serious underground fortifications were not built. In any case, any industrial zone has its certain advantages for defense, this is a fact. The advance of the enemy there has indeed slowed down compared to what it was. But in fact it was simply completely unacceptable.

I will remind you that in general, when the battles in the urban development begin, from the point of view of those who are defending there, from the point of view of our defenders, urban battles are really scary. It is real hell when there is a battle for every house, and quite often it happens that even for every entrance in the same house. There it really comes to close combat, almost to hand-to-hand combat. These are truly some of the scariest fights there can ever be, from a fighter’s point of view.

But, if you look not from the point of view of the fighter, but from the point of view of the results, we have always been very strong in street fights. And it was always in street battles that, firstly, we delayed the advance of the enemy for a very long time, and, secondly, it was in street battles that the Russians usually paid the heaviest price.

I will remind you that it was during the street battles in Soledar, in Bakhmut, that we reached a ratio of casualties, when eight orcs fell for each of our defenders, and sometimes there were 10. In Avdiivka, this number reached a record of 1:12.

Yes, the loss of each of our defenders is a tragedy. But the ratio that 12 hordes fell for him is exactly what we use to cover their superiority in manpower. When they have a total of five times more people, but with losses that are greater than 12, it completely overlaps, you know? And it was in street fights that we achieved such ratios.

And let me remind you that, for example, they stormed Bakhmut for 10 months. Little Avdiivka is four and a half. There is also Chasiv Yar, which is still holding on, street battles have been going on there for five months. That’s five months [минуло]as they entered Chasik, but they never passed it during all this time.

And against this background [доля] Kurakhovo, to be honest, has been in a much worse position so far. Their advance within the city limits, in the city quarters, was much faster than previously in all those cities that I have listed.

And I have no reason to believe that our defenders have become worse at fighting. The question is simply about their number. In Kurakhovo, for the first time, we emphasized the fact that we have a large city, it has fortified districts, it has fortifications, but physically we have such an acute shortage of people that there is simply no one to maintain these city quarters and these fortifications.

What has slowed down there now [російське просування]perhaps, indicates that some reserves were found and pulled up somewhere. I do not own this information and should not. I really hope that this is the case.

I really hope that this slowdown of the enemy, which Konstantin says about, is connected with the fact that the Kurakhovo garrison was found to be reinforced. Because there is a critical situation with personnel, and solely due to this, the orcs are advancing much faster there than in all previous cities.