People's deputy of Ukraine Maryana Bezugla reported about the seizure of Novogrodivka in the Pokrovsky direction by Russian troops. According to her, the Russian forces managed to capture the city in a few days, despite the existing fortifications.
Bezugla pointed out that one of the reasons for the rapid fall of Novogrodivka was the lack of proper preparation for defense.
"There was practically no Ukrainian army in the once 20,000-strong city. The 31st brigade in front of the city was removed, the brigade commander, for whom the collective asked, was removed, and criminal proceedings were instituted against him (I remind you, there is still none regarding Sodol). Instead, an inexperienced unit was sent here," Bezugla wrote.
According to her, such rotations "lead to breakthroughs and deaths."
Bezugla declares that these "empty" fortifications include Selidove, which the Russians have already "entered".
"A week ago, I went to the outskirts of Selidovoy in the direction of Novogrodivka and saw the fortifications there in front of the city. There was nothing in the city, an ordinary civilian settlement. I entered the trenches, no one guarded them, no one was in them. I went underground and went out into the field. The Russians were already on the field. There was no one else. I did not explode on mines, I did not meet territorial defense fighters - only single insects were the only life in the prepared fortifications around Selidovoy, which the Russians had been striving for for ten years. Any civilian could have done the same thing as me," said the people's deputy and published a photo of the empty trenches near Selidov.
