>>64508656
alright so i'm going to use a few colors here to try and explain the strategy and importance. i'm using deepstate map because it makes the roads easy to see, pretty sure the fronts are out of date. Myrnohrad(yellow) hasn't been facing the same assault, because in theory, taking Pokrovsk lets you completely cut off and strangle it, as there's only the one road to the rest of the uke-controlled areas. Pokrovsk also has a nice rail-line(blue), and russian logistics loves trains because they're cheap, and fixing them is easy. add the nice roads in and out(red), and it could be a great logistical hub for the front.

so the idea is
>take pokrovsk
>Myrnohrad becomes impossible to supply
>ukes retreat from Myrnohrad
>get a city for relatively low casualties, instead fighting another city for it

problems arise though in that
>Pokrovsk is a great rail hub
so you can roll supplies up towards it and stop before getting to the front, and resupply your guys from there
>Hryshyne, Bliytske and Dobropillia provide good cover for bum-touching drone teams
plenty of places for drone teams to hide, and it's deep enough that russian drone teams can't chase them that far. ukes just go back to local areas at the end of the day rather than having to camp out
>Rodynske can run supplies along road marked in orange for free to both
having those nice roads in and out becomes the problem, which is why Rodynske has popped up on telegram channels now as 'THIS MUST BE TAKEN BEFORE POKROVSK, WHAT IS GENERALS OF DOING?' which while true, also ignores that russia already tried there, and fucked it up. now that whole area is relatively light on units, and is having to focus on re-establishing their current positions before they can reattempt, as Rodynske lacks any good positions to assault it from the east(topography makes this a bit more clear but this map is nicer for the other points)

in russia's plans, once this is taken, Kostiantynivka encriclement can be planned(northeast)