'Take Off Your Clown Noses': Biletsky Rebuts Putin’s Claim of Sviatohirsk Capture
Biletsky posted a video from downtown Sviatohirsk, and Ukrainian officials and analysts said Russia’s capture claim is unsupported by battlefield evidence.
- Brigadier General Andrii Biletsky posted a video from Sviatohirsk on September 7, directly refuting Vladimir Putin and the Defense Ministry's claim that Russian forces had "liberated" the city.
- During a September 1 press conference, Putin claimed Russian forces were accelerating their advance, asserting Moscow had captured 15 settlements covering approximately 270 square kilometers in the Donetsk region.
- The 60th Mechanized Brigade of the Third Army Corps maintains full control of Sviatohirsk, while ISW labeled Putin's assertion an "extreme claim" unsupported by available battlefield evidence.
- Ukrainian military and local authorities rejected Russian claims that Moscow's forces had advanced to the immediate outskirts of Sloviansk, Kramatorsk, and Druzhkivka, maintaining these areas remain under Ukrainian control.
- The ISW assessed that Russian forces captured only about 90 square kilometers across the entire theater during August, while ongoing Ukrainian operations around Lyman may have pushed Russian lines further away.
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Another Moscow claim of a military victory in Ukraine is being questioned by footage released from the ground. Brigadier General Andriy Biletskyi, commander of the Ukrainian Third Army Corps, has released a video from Sviatohirsk, just days after Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Russian Defense Ministry claimed that the city had been “liberated” by Russian forces. The footage released by Biletskyi aims to show that Sviatohirsk remains un…
The commander of the 3rd Corps of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, General Andriy Biletsky, has publicly denied Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin's statement that Russian troops have captured the city of Sviatohirsk in the Donetsk region. He confirmed his words by filming himself in the city center.
“Take Off Your Clown Noses”: Ukrainian General Films From City Putin Claimed Russia Captured
Russian leader Vladimir Putin claimed Russian troops had captured Sviatohirsk in Ukraine’s Donetsk region. Days later, Brigadier General Andrii Biletsky responded from the center of the supposedly conquered city itself on September 7. Biletsky, commander of Ukraine’s Third Army Corps, recorded a video in downtown Sviatohirsk with the Holy Dormition Sviatohirsk Lavra visible behind him, directly rejecting Moscow’s claims that Russian forces had t…
The Ukrainian Armed Forces Command denies the loss of Svyatogorsk a week after its liberation
For a week now, the Ukrainian command has been denying claims that Svyatogorsk has fallen under Russian control, despite Russian President Vladimir Putin announcing the city's capture on September 1. Andriy Biletsky*, commander of the 3rd Army Corps...
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