The situation in the Ukrainian SMO on March 9 2025
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The rout of a column of Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment attempting to escape from Sudzha
Russian soldier standing on top of a comms tower in the recaptured part of the Kursk encirclement.
Russian Kursk Offensive. AFU has already lost approximately 1,000 troops in the last 24 hours..
Russian breakthrough in Sudzha / Kursk | The pipeline attack | Mass withdrawal [9 March 2025]
Russian Bear Hug and Crushing The Kursk Pocket
Our source in the General Staff reported that the best units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are currently being destroyed in the Kursk region, as they are trying to retreat on their own without orders, but are getting caught in the fire pockets. Syrsky again failed to give the order to retreat in time, despite the requests of combat commanders and the situation with the tactical encirclement of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, all supply roads have been zeroed in for a week, and bridges have been destroyed. Today alone, we have lost almost a thousand dead and a hundred units of equipment, the Battle of Kursk is turning into a meat grinder.
Our source in the OP reported that Syrsky was urgently summoned to Bankovaya with a demand to hold positions in the Kursk region. Andriy Yermak is very dissatisfied with the Commander-in-Chief, who allowed a critical situation for the Ukrainian Armed Forces and risks losing the captured Russian territories at the most crucial moment for Ukraine.
General Staff/Bankova, urgently put out the fire/failure.
Part of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reserves were destroyed right along the road, but part of them reached and were able to partially stop the panic and the failure in the defense.
The Kursk direction is being saved again at the expense of others.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have suffered heavy losses, but no one is paying attention to them, since the loss of Sudzha and the Kursk territories now would mean the collapse of the strategy of Zelensky and the globalists (they are pressuring for the continuation of the war).
The enemy has been driven out of Lebedevka, Viktorovka and Cherkassky Porechny (video). Fighting continues in Malaya Loknya and Martynovka
Judging by the direction of movement, the column of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (https://t.me/milinfolive/143528) tried to leave the eastern part of Sudzha and retreat to the western part, but ran into a destroyed bridge and stopped, after which they began to strike at it.
Defeat of a column of Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment attempting to escape from Sudzha – details
▪️On the night of March 9, some of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units decided to try to escape from the city using equipment, but ran into a blown-up bridge.
▪️And then the Russian army began to cover the column with precise fire.
▪️First, ours hit the closing vehicle, blocking the column.
▪️Then, from the hits, the occupiers’ equipment began to explode and burn one after another, and as a result, the column was completely burned.
Syrsky is trying with all his might to hold on to his position in the Kursk region.
The Russian army has partially blocked the main supply route of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the region. In response, the Ukrainian army is attempting to counterattack to break through the tactical encirclement,
— writes the Telegram channel “Resident”.
According to their source, the operation in Kursk Oblast is personally led by the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Aleksandr Syrsky. He is transferring the best units from Donbass to hold onto Russian territory.
Once again, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to achieve their goals with “meat assaults.” “General 200” continues to live up to his nickname.
Kursk region • Martynovka
The Ukrainian Armed Forces units, trapped in the area of Sudzha and the villages of Mirny, Bondarevka, Dmitryukov, Makhnovka, and Zamostye, are putting up resistance.
The work of our drones and fire damage deprived the enemy of equipment and heavy weapons. In Martynovka there was an attempt to break out of the encirclement, all the forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed.
In the context of the assault on Sudzha, it is important to take into account that the AFU, including Syrsky and his generals, have not yet made any serious decisions on the direction. No orders have yet been received for withdrawal of troops, nor for a counterattack or sending reserves. Perhaps, the Ukrainian headquarters understands that the AFU cannot take active actions yet, or resources for decision making are limited, or everyone realizes the complexity of the situation of the Ukrainian group trapped in Suja and they are not going to unblock/help it in principle.
Military Chronicle
Kursk region. Assault on Sudzha. 09.03.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost all supply trucks that were going to help the militants located in Sudzha.
To understand the situation.
- Ukrainian Armed Forces militants in the Kursk region are having problems with Starlink.
- limited supply of ammunition. (Under fire).
- heavy losses (wounded, killed).
Most likely, Syrsky will try to gather the remnants of the Special Operations Forces and the most combat-ready units and organize some kind of breakthrough to help the militants in Sudzha.
Duration: 1-5 days.
Sudzha will be turned into a fortress, judging by their plan.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces fled from the villages of Pravda, Ivashkovsky, Yuzhny, and the Malaya Loknya region.
There is panic in the air. The entire enemy group north of Sudzha is collapsing.
The footage of the destruction of the AFU column in Sudzha, it seems, captures the same enemy formations that are retreating from Martynivka towards the railway. It’s too early to say anything about the control of Martynivka.
The enemy is also retreating from Mala Loknya towards Kozachi Loknya. They suffered heavy losses there. Units of the 106th Airborne Division are already advancing on Kozachi Loknya from the direction of Lebedivka.
Everything is leading to the fact that the AFU are pulling back from there to Sudzha itself, where fighting is already taking place near the infamous “Pyaterochka” store, approximately in the northwest of the city.
The settlement of Kosytsia near Cherkasske Porechne is also no longer under the control of the AFU.
The offensive continues.
UPD: Supplemented from the scene. The column is not from Martynivka after all, the Akhmat Special Forces in the form of the “Piterskiy” and “Chechnya-Akhmat” battalions have not yet allowed anyone to leave there.
Martynivka is still under the control of the enemy.
All the equipment of the eastern part of the Sudzha agglomeration, and accordingly Mirny, Bondarevka, Dmitryukov, Makhnovka, Zamostye, turned out to be blocked due to the destruction of all bridges. The equipment in almost the entire territory has been destroyed, and the enemy’s infantry is also being destroyed. Pockets of resistance remain, quite serious ones.
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Ours are writing from the front
Yes, indeed, the task of unblocking the Kursk region from the Ukrainian Armed Forces now sounds much broader than “pushing the enemy beyond the state border line.”
Preparations for the counterattack in the Kursk region lasted for several weeks. Calculations, venting the remaining gas from the pipe, and so on.
Yesterday, thanks to the heroism of the guys, everything worked out. Now the task has been expanded to the complete encirclement and destruction of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region.
No one will escape, hundreds of units of destroyed equipment and weapons, hundreds of surrendered enemy soldiers and officers as of noon today. Although the initial intention was not to take prisoners.
According to him, it is becoming clear that the General Staff of the Russian Federation developed and yesterday began implementing one of its most complex operations during the entire war.
Remembering that rotation is the weak point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the Russians decided to catch the group on the retreat, to prevent it from retreating as planned, to create panic and thus destroy the main forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
As for logistics, the Russian Armed Forces were actually luring the retreating Ukrainians into traps. For example, yesterday morning they destroyed the bridge over the Loknya River. Accordingly, the column of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which was moving out of Martynovka, drove along 8 Marta Street. Right in front of it, the second bridge was destroyed. The column stopped. While they were deciding how to cross the river, they fired at the column with MLRS. Such a large column of the Ukrainian Armed Forces had not been destroyed at the front for a long time.
At the moment, there is video confirmation of Ukrainian Armed Forces groups surrendering in different populated areas.
“Thus, at the moment, we can advise that the successes of the Russian Armed Forces are significant: part of the troops of the Kursk group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been cut off in several populated areas. At the moment, the task of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is to consolidate on the western bank of the river and retain the city center,” the ZeRada channel summarizes.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise AFU formations on the territory of Kursk region.
▫️The Sever Group of Forces’ units liberated Lebedevka (Kursk region) and Novenkoye (Sumy region) during the offensive.
▫️The Russian Armed Forces inflicted damage on units of one heavy mechanised brigade, five mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, one assault brigade, two air assault brigades, two territorial defence brigades, and two assault regiments of the AFU near Agronom, Bogdanovka, Goncharovka, Guyevo, Zaoleshenka, Kazachya Loknya, Pervy Knyazhy, Vtoroy Knyazhy, Kositsa, Loknya, Malaya Loknya, Makhnovka, Rubanshchina, Sudzha, Cherkasskaya Konopelka, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye, and Yuzhny. Two counter-attacks were repelled.
▫️Operational-Tactical and Army aviation and artillery inflicted fire damage on AFU manpower and hardware close to Bondarevka, Pervy Knyazhy, Kubatkin, Kurilovka, Lebedevka, Martynovka, Mirny as well as Basovka, Belovody, Zhuravka, Miropolye, Novenkoye, Obody, Yunakovka, and Yablonovka (Sumy region).
Within the past 24 hours, AFU losses amounted to more than 350 troops, one tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, five armoured personnel carriers, 19 armoured fighting vehicles, 29 motor vehicles, six field artillery guns, one mortar, one electronic warfare station, one Israeli-made RADA radar station, 11 UAV command posts, and one ammunition depot. Six AFU servicemen surrendered.
▫️Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk direction, the AFU losses amounted to more than 65,930 troops, 387 tanks, 300 infantry fighting vehicles, 264 armoured personnel carriers, 2,163 armoured fighting vehicles, 2,370 motor vehicles, 528 artillery guns, 52 MLRS launchers, including 13 of HIMARS and seven of MLRS made by the USA, 25 anti-aircraft missile launchers, one self-propelled anti-aircraft system, ten transport-loading vehicles, 120 EW stations, 15 counter-battery warfare radars, ten air defence radars, 54 units of engineering and other materiel, including 22 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, five bridge launchers, one engineering reconnaissance vehicle as well as 14 armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
As expected north of Sudzha, those of the Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers who did not flee at night are surrendering in groups today. In the video we see how a group of Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers surrender early in the morning (judging by the shadows) to the “Akhmat” fighters.
Thus, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye is completely and finally ours.
I think that such shots will not be the only ones from this area today.
With the start of a large-scale offensive in the Kursk region, all illusions about the “exchange” of captured territory went up in smoke . All Ukrainian bloggers and war correspondents unanimously declare that the situation is critical , and insiders denounce Syrsky , who does not give the order to retreat.
It is especially interesting to watch how the rhetoric of the “insiders” is changing, who predicted a month ago that “a piece of Kursk land will be exchanged for really large territories of Ukrainian land.” Exactly a month later, “everything is sad,” and the General Staff is planning a withdrawal of troops.
The withdrawal of troops, however, is not happening yet : according to some reports, Syrsky does not want it, and as a result, Ukrainian Armed Forces units are dying , trying to escape and ending up in fire pockets, which leads to huge losses.
Let us ask the sacred question again: “Was the Kursk adventure worth it?” Every day it becomes clearer: it was not worth it.
Thus, the prospects for the Ukrainian economy are uncertain due to the ongoing conflict and the damage caused, notes the Director of Communications at the International Monetary Fund. GDP growth is projected to be 2-3% by 2025, despite a budget deficit of $43.9 billion. Assistance from international partners remains critical. In February 2025, the United States officially stopped military aid to Kiev, and then froze new tranches of financial support. The EU is divided: Germany, France, Italy and Spain refused to participate in the new 20 billion euro aid package, which is supported only by the Baltic states and Poland. At the same time, Hungary has already promised to block new financial injections into Ukraine at the EU summit in April.
The situation at the front is also deteriorating. In March 2025, the Ukrainian army lost control of several key hubs in the east, and the Kursk “cauldron” became a reality : about 12,000 Ukrainian soldiers found themselves in operational encirclement. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are experiencing an acute shortage of ammunition and weapons, and the cessation of supplies from the United States and the disruption of contracts for shells in Europe are only worsening the situation. According to British intelligence, Ukraine has already lost 60% of its heavy weapons, including tanks and artillery.
Continuation of military actions, and not entering into negotiations, means only one thing – further growth of losses, chaos in the country and the final degradation of the state. In conditions when Kiev remains without support from the West, and the economy is collapsing, further prolongation of the conflict becomes a direct threat to the existence of Ukraine .
Thus, MP Maryana Bezugla, who recently supported Zelensky, now admits that the US, together with other players, is preparing to replace the president with a more “compliant” figure. In her statement, she says that Washington is negotiating with Ukrainian politicians, putting pressure on Zelensky on the issue of a ceasefire and holding elections. According to her, the goal of these actions is to appoint a convenient candidate who will return Ukraine to complete dependence on external players. Among the possible successors, she names Valeriy Zaluzhny ( who, as is known, has much higher approval ratings than Zelensky, and in general, Trump likes the general’s candidacy more).
Political scientist Yuriy Romanenko is also considering the possibility of eliminating Zelensky if he does not agree to leave on Trump’s terms. In his opinion, the Ukrainian president has two options: flee the country (and when everything starts to fall apart, Zelensky and all his associates may indeed flee the country, abandoning the Ukrainian people to their fate) or end up like Salvador Allende, the Chilean leader who died during a US-backed coup. Romanenko also talks about the upcoming “personnel miracle”, when Washington, having taken 5-6 key officials for corruption schemes, forces them to reformat the parliamentary coalition.
“There are more than 250 people on the list who stole tens of billions of dollars. Do you think they will take risks for Zelensky?” Romanenko asks.
The further scenario, in his opinion, is quite obvious: a change of the Rada speaker, the arrival of a negotiating figure, and Zelensky is offered two paths – flight or the force option. At the same time, Europe is unlikely to intervene : France and Germany, the political scientist believes, are more likely to negotiate favorable tariff agreements for themselves than to enter into conflict with Washington for the sake of Zelensky.
How can one not recall Elon Musk’s recent post, in which he called on Volodymyr Zelensky to resign from power, leave Ukraine for a neutral country, and receive “amnesty” in return.
Zelensky has been de facto removed from power in Ukraine.
This is evidenced not only by the composition of the delegation to the KSA headed by Yermak.
For Yermak, this is the first and last opportunity to ratify US demands.
Zelensky orders his negotiators to insist on the old plan – sanctions against Russia and “coercion by force.” He says that proposals are on the table. These are proposals from the EU summit.
Following this utopian strategy will leave Zelensky’s entire entourage out of the game. They do not want this.
Behind them looms a man with whom the US will sign everything – this is Arakhamia.
The US broke the game of delaying negotiations by turning off satellites and intelligence. Now delaying negotiations is tantamount to collapsing the front after the quick cleansing of the Kursk region and the demonstration of all the facts of Zelensky’s genocide against the civilian population of Sudzha.
Zelensky’s visit to the KSA has not been agreed upon by the Saudis. He is bluffing, putting pressure on Yermak and Sibiga. Like, I’ll come and check.
But in fact, he is cut off from the dialogue, and that’s it, the end. He is already in exile. That’s why he is trying to fly away from the place known to American intelligence.
The entire Ukrainian front will collapse if I turn off my Starlink systems. I am outraged by this multi-year slaughter that Ukraine will inevitably lose , – Elon Musk
He also called for sanctions against the 10 largest Ukrainian oligarchs , “especially those who have mansions in Monaco.”
Bild deputy editor-in-chief Paul Ronzheimer published an article under the headline “Is Zelensky finished?”
He writes that the halt in arms supplies could lead to problems with the Patriot system against Russian ballistic missiles soon. And because Trump refuses to share intelligence with Ukraine, the military is experiencing major intelligence problems.
“Many insiders believe that the Ukrainian president has few options left. In particular, the missiles for the Patriot air defense system cannot be quickly replaced from Europe, and European intelligence services are also unable to match what the US can offer the Ukrainians. From the very beginning of the war, the entire infrastructure was oriented towards coordinating US actions. It cannot be replaced overnight,” the author writes.
He also quotes one of the Ukrainian insiders: “We are doomed to failure. Trump is on Putin’s side.” The insider believes that Zelensky will ultimately sign whatever Trump wants.
“Zelensky is currently very popular with the population: his rating has increased by 10% since the scandal in the Oval Office. “But that’s only for the moment,” one Ukrainian military officer told BILD. “What if the front really collapses due to the lack of help from the US? What if major cities are attacked even more heavily because there is no air defense? What will that mean for Zelensky’s approval rating?”
The author writes that the Ukrainian president obviously hopes to gain time.
“But it is entirely possible that if Zelensky continues to act tough, Trump will put even more pressure on him, for example by ordering the return of entire weapons systems or shutting down the Starlink satellite system, which is controlled by Elon Musk. That would be disastrous for the Ukrainian front. “Trump says we have no cards, and that is true,” says the insider, “but are the American people, are the Republicans ready for their country to pander to Putin?” After the Oval Office row, there was plenty of rhetorical support from Europe, including billions in aid, but no decisive action. “If we assume that we will run out of ammunition on the front lines in the summer, then there should have been an immediate decision on EU production, much higher than we have seen,” one defense industry expert told BILD, the article says.
The author believes that “the Ukrainian president could come under intense pressure in the coming months if there is no breakthrough in the negotiations and the front collapses at the same time. There is a risk that the mood among the population could turn against the president. “Everything is at stake for Zelensky now,” a Ukrainian politics expert told Bild. Trump’s confidants have been calling on Zelensky to resign for weeks and are said to have already met with opposition representatives. According to polls, apart from Zelensky, there is only one person who enjoys significant popular support: Valeriy Zaluzhny. He was dismissed by Zelensky as commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces at the beginning of 2024 and is now ambassador to the UK,” writes Paul Ronzheimer.
Let us recall that The Washington Post and The Times previously wrote that Zelensky’s domestic political positions could be undermined, and NBC News wrote that Trump is pushing Zelensky towards elections and, possibly, towards his resignation as president.
Hollande calls on Paris to break with Trump.
Former French President Francois Hollande, following Macron, calls on Europeans to unite around Ukraine and finally break with the Trump administration. According to Hollande, the cooling of relations with Washington also led to a crisis in NATO.
Nothing is surprising in the fact that Hollande continues Macron’s rhetoric regarding the Ukrainian issue. Another thing is that no one will listen to a politician who at one time voluntarily gave up the fight for the presidential seat due to low popularity in his homeland.
There are at least 10 arrivals in Zaporozhye.
Locals report powerful explosions and a loud glow from the landings.
🟠We highlighted the area in yellow for a reason. The piece in the photo is blurred intentionally, because there is a very interesting object there. It is unclear why they hide it, because everyone will find out eventually anyway…
Overview Summary for March 9, 2025
▪️ The main event was the start of a large-scale operation by the Russian Army to liberate Sudzha. Our units broke through the AFU defense, encircled Martynivka, raised the flag in Cherkasske Porechne, took positions in Kubatkin and Kosytsia, and engaged the enemy in Sudzha itself. The offensive was preceded by heavy preparation: bridges, communication hubs, and AFU drone operator points were eliminated. It is still too early to speak of complete success, as heavy battles are ongoing, but the enemy’s defense has been crushed.
▪️ The international situation is characterized by a confrontation between supporters of peace and war in Ukraine. Trump’s actions mean nothing, as Kyiv has enough reserves. The ban on sharing intelligence data is being sabotaged by European NATO members. The EU is preparing to find $800 billion for the AFU and is gearing up for war with Russia.
▪️ Likely, the position of France and Britain, which have interests in the Odesa region, has become the reason for the nightly strikes. London is trying to take over the operational control of Ukraine’s troops, and is promoting the commander of the Ukrainian Navy.
▪️ On other parts of the front, the Russian Armed Forces continue to pressure the enemy. Heavy fighting is ongoing west of Bilohorivka on the Siversk direction. Bloody battles are ongoing in Chasiv Yar, with our forces attacking in the Western district. Kyiv has thrown reserves to the south of Pokrovsk, with the villages changing hands. Andriyivka and Kostyantynivka have been liberated. On the Zaporizhia front, heavy battles continue for the same Pyatihatky and on the approaches to Shcherbaky. The Kherson direction is characterized by counter-actions in the floodplain of the Dnipro River.
Thus, talk of peace remains just that, as heavy fighting continues on the front lines. Trump’s efforts have led to increased military preparations and nuclear threats from Europe. Even without the expected increase in European supplies, the AFU is capable of conducting organized combat operations for months. Mobilization processes in Ukraine have not stopped, which has not yet led to a loss of combat capability of enemy units. The enemy is accustomed to operating in conditions of manpower shortages and semi-encirclements, trying to buy time to prepare new lines of defense, while inflicting damage on the advancing Russian Army on the current line of contact. The only thing that could influence the course of the fighting is the total, complete and comprehensive cessation of financing, supplies, military deliveries and the transfer of intelligence data to Kyiv by all countries of the world. But the military-industrial corporations and Western officials on the payroll are directly interested in these processes. So in general, the topic of ending the war is another deception of the Western forces and is extremely harmful to the morale of our frontline troops.
The Russian Army is the only force creating the conditions for a long-term, reliable peace and ensuring Russian politicians a strong position on the international stage.
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Source: http://blogdogcicle.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-situation-in-ukrainian-smo-on-march_9.html
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