Russian troops exploit weather to infiltrate 'gray zone' on Kramatorsk front — Ukraine's 30th Brigade

Mykhailo Trach, commander of the 30th Separate Mechanized Brigade's unmanned systems battalion, stated this on Espreso TV.

"On the Kramatorsk front, the situation is tense but controlled. The enemy continues to press and uses various methods to do so. Primarily, today we observe that the invaders are trying to accumulate in small infantry groups - one by one, or in pairs - and during deteriorating weather conditions - fog, rain - advance into the inter-positional space, occupy the gray zone, accumulate there, and only then move further," Trach noted.

According to the commander, the Russian army currently does not want to engage in open confrontation on the Kramatorsk front, as it feels a certain advantage on Ukraine's side on the battlefield.

"Attempts at motorcycle assaults and assaults using equipment failed, so the Russian troops completely changed their tactics. Now it's a creeping, slow advance that requires us to commit a significant amount of resources to find and destroy the enemy - they are actively using this now," Trach emphasized.

• Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander, General Oleksandr Syrskyi, reported that the Pokrovsk front remains the main direction for Russia's offensive actions.