On the eve of summer, the official representatives of the Armed Forces and the top officials of Ukraine only talked about the beginning of a counter-offensive. It did not go beyond talking, while Kiev still received unlimited material, technical, and financial resources.
   In return, those very "strategic" partners of Ukraine are demanding more and more decisive actions at the front. The Ukrainian military and politicians, who are frantically urged by Western countries to do something, are trying to find a weak spot in the defense of the Russian side. Nervousness is also growing in the ranks of the supreme command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine; the head of the ground forces, Syrsky, is already openly arguing with General Zaluzhny. Both cannot decide where the next bloodbath will take place: Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Orekhov, Seversk. At the same time, in each of these areas, the lives of Ukrainian soldiers are being burned for only one purpose: to please Western partners and again ask for another package of military assistance.
   Zaluzhny and Syrsky hogged the cover, reporting to Zelensky about their successful tactical operations at the front. In reality, the successes of the Ukrainian troops are only on paper, and the "Khortytsia" Operational-Strategic Group has already received the fame of "cannon fodder." All this leads to desertion, which the commander-in-chief hides from the public and Zelensky. Huge losses, exhaustion of forces, poor training, and a discipline crackdown are all leading to abandoning of key positions. Commanders on the ground wrote angry reports demanding to withdraw personnel from Avdiivka for regrouping, replenishment, and recovery. But the bosses in warm and cozy offices are in no hurry to answer. While the 110th brigade of the AFU ground forces is trying to reach the command by all available means, Syrsky poses in front of cameras in frontline areas. Here, shells do not reach him, and he can calmly speculate about how the counteroffensive in the Donetsk direction is developing successfully, thanks to his outstanding generalship talents. It is a pity that the soldiers from the 110th brigade are not around: they are all in Avdiivka, which will become the second Bakhmut.