From "The Analyst":

RUSSIA CLAIMS KRYNKY ELIMINATED…

During a televised briefing with Shoigu, who had just claimed that all Ukrainian forces had been removed from Krynky, Putin actually disagreed and told him that he’d spoken to the commander of the Dnipro Group of Forces responsible - and he’d said the operation was ongoing.
First that shows you Shoigu painting a picture for Putin that’s telling him what he wants to hear. Secondly it tells you Putin is ‘doing a Stalin’ and bypassing the chain of command by going directly to the local commander - without his general staff even knowing about it. That’s a level of interference that’s never healthy, but also typical of a paranoid micro-manager who trusts nobody.
On the ground it does look as if the Russians planned a propaganda move, sending in literally two men to raise a flag on a ruined house to prove they’d recaptured it. The drone footage from the Ukrainians clearly shows them doing this and then running off.
The commander of the Russian forces responsible was given a promotion to general.
Then the Ukrainians released the footage of what really happened which ripped through Russian telegram channels raining a firestorm of mocking cynicism against the commander who organised it. In order not to look weak, he ordered an attack on Ukrainian defences at Krynky.
The Ukrainians know the Russian mindset and expected just such a move. It was repelled with ease using drones to take out vehicles and the assault group.
Expecting worse to come the Ukrainians probed deeper and found a concentration of Russian forces about 15km behind the lines. Most of them were outside waiting for a senior officer to inspect them on a visit.
He never bothered to turn up after two cluster munitions armed HIMARS hit the base killing the assembled soldiers and another hit 30 minutes later as more soldiers arrived to clear up the dead and wounded, finishing the site off completely.
Another attack using GLSDB’s fired from HIMARS also took out a Russian command post in the area. Another strike using GLSDB resulted in an entire drone reconnaissance operation and truck being taken out - Ukrainian operators followed a returning Orlan spy drone with their own drone, back to its operators and destroyed the truck and everyone responsible. Several drones were taken out with it.
What make this whole saga so extraordinary is that it stemmed from Shoigu lying to Putin’s face and Putin calling him out on it, which in turn caused the local commander to try and save his own reputation. The
whole thing essentially based on lies and deceit from the top down and the bottom up. This is the danger of authoritarian regimes, lies and inabilities and unwillingness to speak the truth for personal gain or self defence, literally result in the death of troops on the front and public humiliation. It’s pathetic, sad and shameful. It’s also very Russian.

Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦!