Ukrainian units may enter task zone: 7th Rapid Response Corps commander discusses logistics in Pokrovsk
Supply routes to Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad remain partially under enemy fire, making the replenishment of ammunition, provisions, and troop rotations highly challenging, Brigadier General Yevhen Lasiichuk, Commander of the 7th Rapid Response Corps, told NV in an interview.
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“Units can move into the task zone — logistics are functioning. Engineering units have set up protective net corridors wherever feasible. Equipment routes are extended as close as possible to the frontline and protected by air defense forces. The same corridors are used for evacuation,” Yevhen Lasiichuk said.
According to him, where ground logistics is unsafe, heavy drones and unmanned ground vehicles (UGV) are employed.
“Marines are actively using ground robotic UGVs to deliver supplies to frontline positions and to evacuate the wounded. The Air Assault Forces also employ heavy drones effectively. We use armored vehicles, buggies and motorcycles. Everything is thoroughly prepared before missions,” the commander of the 7th Rapid Response Corps said.
Yevhen Lasiichuk also explained how enemy drones are countered in the Pokrovsk urban area. A dedicated joint electronic warfare and air‑defense command post is operating there. All data on incoming Russian drones is sent to the central control point from multiple intelligence sources. When a threat is detected, EW specialists “mute” the sky.
“If the enemy breaks through, air defense kicks in, followed by mobile fire teams or interceptor drones,” he said.
Separate teams hunt down Russian recon drones and Shaheds with interceptors, and the 7th Rapid Response Corps paratroopers are among the top performers in taking enemy UAVs down, says the commander.
“Fiber‑optic‑guided drones are a major threat. We’ve introduced countermeasures that shield the movement of our vehicles along key logistics routes,” Lasiichuk said.