Horrible!! Ukrainian drone operators blow up tanks and Russian infantry in battle bridge Pokrovsk

On 13 September, Russian military bloggers report  their units are increasingly understaffed and   exhausted, yet forced to continue attacks. In  the Pokrovsk direction, Ukrainians brought the   Russian offensive to a grinding halt while  an intense battle broke out over the railway   bridge in front of Selydove. To increase  the pressure on the Russian lines even more,   Ukrainians unleashed a new flamethrower drone  to burn the Russians out of their trenches. The main goal of the Russian Pokrovsk offensive  was to break through Ukrainian defense lines   and march on the cities of Pokrovsk and  Myrnohrad. Pokrovsk is an important Ukrainian   logistical center with a direct supply line  to Ukrainian units fighting in Chasiv-Yar,   Toretsk, and Niu-York. To launch an attack  on Pokrovsk and secure their southern flank,   Russians must fully break through two  important Ukrainian defensive lines   in a series of major towns south of Pokrovsk. Ukrainians suffered from a large disparity  in forces compared to the Russians,   and a disorganized command and control structure  left them with no coordinated defensive effort.   The Ukrainian high command recently visited  the Pokrovsk direction in person to reorganize   the defense and stabilize the situation.  Simultaneously, Russian forces sustained high   losses during their offensive efforts and quickly  ran out of reserves to attack Ukrainian lines. Russian military bloggers state that Russian units  in the Pokrovsk direction have become increasingly   understaffed and that Russian soldiers are  becoming increasingly exhausted but are forced   to continue attacking Ukrainian lines anyway.  It is likely through the Ukrainian high command   taking direct control over the situation and  the increasing Russian losses and exhaustion   that Russians have not made any significant  territorial advancements in over a week. Russians stated that their rapid rate of  advancement had stopped because Ukrainians had   moved reinforcements in from the Kursk direction,  Russians noted the presence of several mechanized   brigades that had been redeployed. However, these  brigades had been fighting in this direction since   the fall of Avdiivka, which means Russians were  likely trying to deflect from the reality of the   situation. With rapid gains out of the question,  Russians have resorted back to positional warfare,   launching direct frontal assaults  on the Ukrainian fortress towns. Ukrainians in turn, are managing an active defense  counterattacking vulnerable Russian advancements   and positions, Ukrainians also deployed a new  type of drone here. They shared footage of an   FPV- or heavy octocopter drone being mounted  with a canister filled with thermite that burns   at around two thousand five hundred degrees  Celsius. Ukrainians used these drones to fly   directly over Russian tree lines, detonating  Russian ammunition from the intense heat and   removing burnable objects that could be used  as cover, such as trees, bushes and netting. Ukrainians also launched a series  of physical counterattacks,   pushing Russians out of Krasnyi Yar and  undermining their attempted envelopment   of Hrodivka. Geolocated footage also shows how  Ukrainians launched an assault on Halytsynivka,   deploying an assault group here that prevented  Russians from directly assaulting Ukrainians   in the Nevelske salient from behind. An intense  battle broke out over the railway bridge before   Selydove. Geolocated footage shows how  Russians moved in an armored personnel   carrier to deploy an infantry assault group  at the dachas in front of the Ukrainian town. A Ukrainian tank swiftly destroyed both the  armored vehicle and the Russian assault group   before moving up to fire on Russian positions on  the other side of the railway embankment. Later,   Russians tried again but met the same fate,  as Ukrainian tanks continued to destroy any   Russian attempt to advance further  into the dachas. The Russians gave up   and decided to block the railway bridge  so Ukrainian tanks would stop harassing   their positions. Russians even tried to  park a tank directly under the bridge,   but the tank crew was chased off and finished by  Ukrainian FPV drones before they could disable it. Ukrainians then sent in a tank crew, who quickly  jumped into the vehicle and drove off with it,   later releasing a video elaborately showing  off their newly gained prize. Later,   Ukrainians used an armored recovery vehicle  to open up a path through the railway bridge,   while Russians used a precision-guided  air-to-ground missile to destroy it two   days later. Nevertheless, Ukrainians reportedly  re-established a presence in the southern part of   Mykhailivka. Maintaining a presence here  allows Ukrainians to create an advanced   line of defense that would heavily disrupt  another direct Russian attack on Selydove. With the Ukrainian lines largely stabilized  and a severe lack of reinforcements making   continued assaults impossible, Russians  are forced to scale back their attacks and   enter a period of reorganization.  Russians are moving all available   manpower and ammunition in this direction to  restart their offensive as soon as possible.   However, the decreased Russian offensive  pressure also allowed Ukrainians to do the same:   reinforce their units, prepare defensive  positions, and set up a stronger defense. This more static type of warfare also allows  the new Ukrainian ‘dragon’ drones to be much   more effective, as Russians are sitting  in the same trenches and tree lines for   a prolonged period of time. As these  ‘dragon’ drones have been seen from   the southern front up to the north, likely,  Ukrainians have effectively created a new,   widely adopted weapon designed to target Russians  directly in their trenches much more effectively. On the other hand, Russian Colonel Aleksey  Ksenofontov "got drunk and sent dozens of   mobilized and contract soldiers into a  deadly assault," including Shchebetun.   The commander made it clear to them that  they were being taken to their deaths,   and Bolvinova said she learned of her husband's  death on March 9. A month later, he was awarded   the title of Hero of Russia, according to Kremlin  propagandist and Putin ally Vladimir Solovyov. While a commander like the current Acting  Commander of the military unit 29760 Averin   D.S. who is not capable of making strong-willed  decisions and taking responsibility, Bolvinova   said in her appeal to the Russian president.  In February, Andrei Morozov, a Russian soldier   and military blogger was reported by his lawyer  to have died by suicide shortly after revealing   the scale of Moscow's troop losses in the fight  for Avdiivka. Russia's former Defense Minister   Sergei Shoigu had said that Moscow sustained  "minimal losses" in the fight for Avdiivka.