In another video, Ukrainian Brigadier General Dmytro Krasylnykov spoke about Bachmut and its importance for UA forces. Here is the short thread:
Source:
My translation:
"Regarding Bakhmut - I'm afraid to give any assessments, but I think that we should hold Bakhmut, Soledar, and Seversk.
Everything that was happening there probably allowed our soldiers and our units to conduct certain regroupings and strengthen the defense in these directions.
And considering that the enemy's fire advantage is no longer as dominant as it was before, I hope that we still manage to hold Bakhmut, Soledar, and Seversk.
Because the capture of any city of these three, say, Bakhmut and Seversk - opens the way to Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.
The capture of Bakhmut already threatens our Donetsk grouping because their attack on Kostyantynivka can encircle some units as our grouping in Toretska."
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Here is also another part of the interview available:
My translation:
(I): What is the situation with these key crossings over the Dnipro? As far as I understand, we are "perforating" the bridge in Daryivka, the Antonovsky road bridge, too. What about the Antonovsky railway bridge?
(M): It was also damaged. /2
General Dmytro Marchenko told in an interview on 09.08.2022 why Russia is moving troops to the south, why the occupiers would not hold a referendum in Kherson on September 11, and what Ukraine needs to celebrate its victory next spring.
Maj. Gen. Dmytro Marchenko was in charge of the defense of the Mykolaiv region until April.
My translation:
Interviewer (I): Until April, you were in charge of the defense of the Mykolaiv region. What tasks do you have now in the area - from what you can tell?
Gen. Marchenko (M): I can't tell you anything, I help to get a victory. /2
Many of us have wondered why the battle for Severodonetsk was quite lengthy, but AFU could not hold that long in Lysychansk, which is on higher ground and across the river. Ukrainian Brigadier General Dmytro Krasylnykov about Lysychansk and morale of UA soldiers:
My translation:
"Unfortunately, it turned out that for some reason, everyone forgets the problem. I have always said that the main problem is not the top-down, not the altitude or the lowlands. The main problem is logistics and provision because you can be courageous. /1
You can be fearless. You can be super prepared, have three night-vision eyes, and all that. But what happened to Severodonetsk?
Three bridges that connected Lysychansk and Severodonetsk were destroyed. That is, any supply could have been conducted by what? /2
PART 6 (the last one) of the interview with gen. Kryvonos made by Mark Solonin and translated by me.
Topic: Why did Putin start the war?
Original video:
(I): We've had a lot of conversations already. But what a normal, peace-loving country, an ordinary, peace-loving people, was not going to. For 30 years, they didn't prepare for war with their neighbor. /2
Here is also a thread of different parts of the interview. There is also some information about Kryvonos' background and views, as there are many questions about those.
(I): Now, we move on to what has been called the second phase, from late April to Early July. Here's this protracted months-long battle in the Donbas in the northern part of the Donbas. /2
Here is also a thread of different parts of the interview. I have added some information about Kryvonos' background and views, as there are many questions about those.
Translation:
(I): Okay, we're done with the beginning of the war, and we go straight to the conclusion of the first phase, which is the end of March. /2