things are getting more interesting in the ukie adventure as larry johnson reports;

The leadership shakeup in Kiev, with President Zelensky giving he boot to General Zaluzhny and promoting General Syrsky to the top military slot, has not changed the dire situation the Ukrainian Army faces on the Donbass front. If anything, it has made matters worse. General Syrsky, who is known derisively among Ukrainian troops as “The Butcher,” seems intent on living up to his reputation as a leader who is careless with the lives of this troops.

One of his first moves was to move four Ukrainian brigades from the southern region to Avdeevka. Initial reports today indicate that did not go well:

There has reportedly been a mass casualty event In town of Selidovo where Russian iskander and reportedly cluster munitions from smerch devastated an AFU training ground. Some sources are saying ~600 casualties but number that is completely unconfirmed and subject to review. This estimate comes from the accompanying reports that hospitals beds in Dnepropetrovsk have been completely filled.

Ex-deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Igor Mosiychuk confirmed arrivals. It is also being widely discussed in Ukrainian telegrams. . . .

“In the Selidovo area, traffic has been restricted; in the next 24 hours, the dead will be removed from the landfill. The SBU began searching for gunners among the locals who could help strike a concentration of enemy manpower at the training ground, which was hit by several missile strikes. The death toll is in the dozens.”

Selidovo is located just west of Donetsk. Meanwhile, Russian forces attacking Avdeevka are encircling Ukrainian units and have cut the major supply route in and out of the city......more.......