Re: Footnotes from the Ukrainian "Crisis"; New High-Points in Cynicism Part IV
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2023 1:05 pm
The situation in the Donetsk area
POSTED BY @NSANZO ⋅ 02/01/2023
The year ended in Ukraine and in the Donbass unchanged from the events of the past few days: just 48 hours after the last missile attack, Russia again launched a significant attack. Despite the damage that occurred, kyiv continues to claim to have shot down almost all of the missiles. With the attack, Moscow once again showed that the constant statements by Ukraine and its Western partners about the shortage of missiles in Russian arsenals, which were repeated throughout the year starting as early as March, have a large dose of propaganda from Russia. war. The story is as important in this war as the reality of the front.
Ukraine, for its part, continued with its habit of firing indiscriminately against the city of Donetsk, the target of Ukrainian artillery since the end of May, with which kyiv seeks a double objective. The material damage and the constant trickle of dead and wounded civilians in different areas of the city, including the center, previously protected from bombing, is a form of collective punishment for a population that has not only rejected the Government of Ukraine, but also he has remained in the city despite the danger and difficult conditions. Since the beginning of the summer, Donetsk, the main city of Donbass, has suffered from very serious water supply problems, the control of which is in the northern part of the region, under Ukrainian control. For months, Donetsk, whose urban area had a million inhabitants before the war, survives with a water supply of just a few hours on alternate days, schedules that cannot always be met. But apart from this collective punishment against a population considered disloyal, the bombings and the attempt to make life difficult also seek to undermine the confidence of that population in the Russian troops and authorities, which for the moment have not been able to guarantee services that, in a city of such magnitude, are basic nor is the security of the population.
Last week, talk began in Russia about the pipeline installation project that would proceed to supply water from the Rostov region, which would finally achieve a solution, at least partially, to a very serious problem. The magnitude of the work required and the distance to be covered make it an expensive work. However, the other pending work in Donetsk requires more than just a financial investment. Local sources yesterday denounced numerous Ukrainian bombardments against the city and highlighted the 18 projectiles fired indiscriminately against residential areas of the city in just three minutes.
The Donetsk bombings were, throughout 2022, one of the most debated issues. Although the consensus is on the need to move the Ukrainian troops away from the city, the difficulty lies in how to achieve it. All this involves defeating the Ukrainian group in the area, which has some of the strongest fortifications, prepared by the Ukrainian Armed Forces throughout the eight years of the Donbass war. One of the key points is the town of Avdeevka. This is how Boris Rozhin, Colonel Cassad , explained it yesterday :
1.A frontal assault on Avdeevka through the industrial zone or from Novobajmutovka in the current circumstances does not promise significant results, both due to the lack of sufficient forces for a frontal assault in this area, and due to the existence of large enemy fortifications and the presence of the undefeated grouping. Avdeevka, which is in much better condition than Artyomovsk, which is bleeding to death right now.
2.But even if the command of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation concentrated significant forces for such an assault, it is unlikely that there could be talk of a rapid attack on Avdeevka if we look at the precedent of slow progress in Marinka or Artyomovsk. So, as you can guess, the shelling will continue.
3.It is more promising to increase the pressure south of Avdeevka and Tonenkoe, as well as to resume attacks in the direction of Krasnogorovka, north of Avdeevka, and to establish a tighter control over the Kamenka area. In other words, more decisive actions are required against the flanks of the Avdeevka grouping. But even under current conditions, that would require seriously reinforcing the Russian Donetsk area grouping with additional troops. However, the command also has to take into account the situation in Ugledar and the Zaporozhye front, as well as the needs of the offensive on Artyomovsk and Soledar.
4.So, in the current phase of the operation, rapid changes in the situation in the Avdeevka area should not be expected. The Nevelskoe-Vodianoe, Marinka, Artyomovsk or Soledar sections are more promising.
The situation in Donetsk will continue to be serious in two ways: the deficiencies that the war situation implies, especially in relation to the water supply, and the lack of security linked to the Ukrainian bombings. The needs are clear, but not so much the way in which to achieve them. In any case, for this, Russia will have to stop making serious mistakes that can be fatal and sometimes even catastrophic. Last night, in an attack very similar to the one carried out against the Elenovka prison a few months ago, Ukraine used its HIMARS to attack a base where a whole unit of recruits was stationed in the town of Makeevka, outside Donetsk. The base was completely destroyed. Ukrainian war propaganda boasts of more than half a thousand fatalities. The actual number is unknown, but it is already known to be in the tens. Russia cannot claim to protect Donetsk or Donbass if it is not even capable of protecting its recruits.
https://slavyangrad.es/2023/01/02/26327/#more-26327
Google Translator
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Could NATO Directly Intervene in Ukraine?
Posted by INTERNATIONALIST 360° on JANUARY 1, 2023
NATO somehow getting more directly involved in Ukraine represents a worst case scenario. What clues are there so far that this might be a possibility?
– Rumors of a Polish mobilization;
– Stubborn Ukrainian resistance and multiple attempts to create a pretext for wider NATO intervention;
– Extensive Russian defenses being built behind the front line and;
– Russia’s careful consideration of the other weapons NATO has despite their inability to transfer them to Ukraine.
References:
Alexander Mercouris – Russia Missile Strikes, Ukraine Admits Heavy Losses, Turkey Mulls Syria Pullout, Xi Putin Friendship:
Judge Napolitano – Judging Freedom – Will Ukraine ever have enough Fire Power? Col Doug Macgregor:
https://libya360.wordpress.com/2023/01/ ... n-ukraine/
Utterly partisan but a serious question nonetheless.
*************
The second birthday
January 1, 22:00
Military commissar Alexander Kharchenko tells how he and Sergei Shilov miraculously survived getting into a bind while on the front lines.
The second birthday
As you already understood, we got into a pi…rez ( https://t.me/bayraktar1070/630 ). Yes, they themselves, unwillingly, were at the forefront for almost 10 days. Everything started normally. We went at night with a group of scouts to one of the hottest places on the front. There are no whole houses there, so the only shelters are basements. That is where the opposing sides are hiding. We got not the most comfortable "apartments". Mud sloshed underfoot, and water oozed from the ceiling.
The battle began in the morning. Our guys went ahead and were able to take a few basements. It looks something like this: assault groups covertly accumulate in the nearest shelters, and on command go on the attack. Then several hours of dagger fire at short distances, grenades flying into the chimneys of the cellars. By the end of the day, several points come under our control.
All actions of the parties are controlled by quadrocopters. The sky is crowded and collisions often occur. It is impossible to imagine modern conflict without drones.
By the end of the second day, the Ukrainians decided to avenge their losses and significantly increased the number of shelling. Our shelter was bombed 5 times a day. We spent about 5 shells per raid. It is an indescribable feeling when clods of dirt fall loudly on the roof of the basement from a close gap. We just had to be baptized. Our basement would not have survived a direct hit by 155 shells.
Unfortunately for us, a new batch of copters was brought to the enemy, and now several "birds" were on duty in the air day and night. Any movement was detected and worked out on it. They poured heavily. As soon as we ran into one of the buildings in order to discuss the evacuation, we were hit by a tank. Our guide was shell-shocked, but we escaped with a slight fright.
We did not want to look for death on the surface, so we decided to stay in the basement until the end and go out with the boys. Night fell and the command was given to move to the evacuation point. We gathered a small group and rushed out of this hell. We did not know then that from the very beginning we were led by a quadcopter with a thermal imager. We reached the targeted intersection and were immediately surrounded by 120 mines. Three pieces exploded 30 meters from us. Each time they hit closer, so we decided to run in short dashes. A leap forward, then you hear an “exit” and fall into the greasy Donbass mud. I preferred to find the deepest rut. On the one hand, it hides most of your body, on the other hand, it is always filled with water. Several times I literally swam in this December sludge. In total, we did this fitness for 1.5 hours. The enemy managed to change 3 birds. During the shift change, we managed to crawl to cover and the enemy lost sight of us. Not finding us, the Ukrainians began to bomb the basement from which we came out. One 120th mine hit the roof exactly, but by a lucky chance did not explode. This is such a divine act. The end of December can now rightfully be considered one of the days of our birth with Sergey.
I will write an analysis on the situation on this sector of the front later. Sergey will publish a story, where he will reveal in detail the characters of our escorts, and in general will describe our adventures artistically.
Alexander Kharchenko
https://t.me/boris_rozhin/74244 - zinc
https://colonelcassad.livejournal.com/8072223.html
Google Translator
**********
From Cassad's Telegram account:
***
Colonelcassad
Concerning
Makiivka Arrived at the vocational school from HIMARSa.
The mobilized were lodged in the building.
A significant number of dead and wounded.
In the evening, the rubble was still dismantled.
After strikes on large ammunition depots and fuel and lubricants, the depots began to be dispersed in order to avoid a large loss of materiel in the event of strikes. This brought its results and the enemy had many times fewer effective strikes on large warehouses.
It would seem that a similar approach should be applied to the issue of crowded deployment of personnel within the effective fire engagement of the enemy. But as you can see, despite several months of war, some conclusions are not drawn, hence the optional losses, which, when taking elementary precautions related to the dispersal and shelter of personnel, could not have happened.
Incompetence and inability to perceive the experience of war continues to be a serious problem.
Peace to the ashes of the dead. And I hope that after this story, conclusions will finally be made.
***
Colonelcassad
Zaporizhia direction
situation as of 14.00 December 30, 2022
In the Zaporozhye direction, Russian military personnel entrenched themselves on the liberated lines as a result of a successful local offensive .
In the Pologovsky sector , during the assault on Ukrainian positions, control over Dorozhnyanka was restored . The Ukrainian formations retreated to reserve lines, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to 36 people killed and wounded.
In addition, a Russian reconnaissance and sabotage group conducted a raid on Ukrainian positions north of Novopokrovka , eliminating three people at two observation posts.
To regain control, the command of the 65th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is planning a counteroffensive from Zaliznichny with the support of units of the 103rd Battalion of the 108th Terodefense Brigade at the Belogorye-Charivnoe line .
On the defense line of 108 arr TRO, a rotation of personnel was carried out, and additional anti-tank guided missiles were delivered to the Javelin ATGM.
In the Orekhovsky sector , reinforcements from among the mobilized were transferred to Shcherbaki, and detachments of the 108th brigade of the territorial defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine arrived in the vicinity of Yegorovka and Omelnik .
Local residents of the part of the Zaporozhye region controlled by Ukraine are spreading information about the preparation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces for an offensive in the direction of Tokmak .
***
Colonelcassad
Soledar direction
situation as of 12:00 January 2, 2023
Intense clashes continue in the vicinity of Bakhmut and Soledar . The Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to hold back the advance of the RF Armed Forces and intend to conduct reconnaissance in combat in the industrial zone to determine the front line of defense of Russian military personnel.
In the Bakhmut (Artyomovsky) sector, the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to recapture positions on the southeastern outskirts of Bakhmut with the forces of 57 ompbr. The attack was repulsed, the Ukrainian formations retreated with losses.
In the 57th brigade they spread information about the huge losses in the 17th battalion of the formation - only 100 people remained . On January 16, the 17th OpMB, which was previously withdrawn to Konstantinovka , will be disbanded, and the personnel will be transferred to other units.
In addition, formations that previously operated in the Kherson direction arrived in Chasov Yar . After a short coordination, the deployed units will become part of the 57th brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In the northeast of Bakhmut, the "Wagnerites" established control over two platoon strongholds near Podgorodny , as well as seven firing positions northwest of the Bakhmutskoye - Soledar line .
In the southwest, the assault continues on the fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kleshcheevka , held by combined detachments of 24 and 63 ombr, as well as 57 ombr. During the fighting, Russian troops established control over another strong point.
Engineering detachments of the 28th Ombre of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are equipping the second line of defense in the Ivanopol region in case the line in Kleshcheevka is broken through .
In the Soledar sector, assault detachments of the Wagner PMC are advancing on Soledar from the direction of Bakhmutsky and Yakovlevka . As a result of active battles, two company strongholds and five observation posts of the 128th Guards Rifle Brigade and 61st Ombre of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were liberated.
At the same time, advancement continues in the direction of Razdolovka and Vesely . To deter the offensive, the engineering units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have installed minefields in the center of Vesele, and artillery crews are firing at the southern outskirts of the village and Yakovlevka.
In total, over the past two days, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost more than 200 irretrievable people as a result of battles and artillery strikes of the RF Armed Forces . In addition, an artillery strike hit the RAV warehouse in the Yablonovka area, where the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were also located.
To make up for losses, the transfer of units of the National Guard of Ukraine from the Sumy region to Bakhmut is expected. In Konstantinovka, the distribution of diesel generators transferred by the United States as part of military assistance began.
https://t.me/s/boris_rozhin
Google Translator
POSTED BY @NSANZO ⋅ 02/01/2023
The year ended in Ukraine and in the Donbass unchanged from the events of the past few days: just 48 hours after the last missile attack, Russia again launched a significant attack. Despite the damage that occurred, kyiv continues to claim to have shot down almost all of the missiles. With the attack, Moscow once again showed that the constant statements by Ukraine and its Western partners about the shortage of missiles in Russian arsenals, which were repeated throughout the year starting as early as March, have a large dose of propaganda from Russia. war. The story is as important in this war as the reality of the front.
Ukraine, for its part, continued with its habit of firing indiscriminately against the city of Donetsk, the target of Ukrainian artillery since the end of May, with which kyiv seeks a double objective. The material damage and the constant trickle of dead and wounded civilians in different areas of the city, including the center, previously protected from bombing, is a form of collective punishment for a population that has not only rejected the Government of Ukraine, but also he has remained in the city despite the danger and difficult conditions. Since the beginning of the summer, Donetsk, the main city of Donbass, has suffered from very serious water supply problems, the control of which is in the northern part of the region, under Ukrainian control. For months, Donetsk, whose urban area had a million inhabitants before the war, survives with a water supply of just a few hours on alternate days, schedules that cannot always be met. But apart from this collective punishment against a population considered disloyal, the bombings and the attempt to make life difficult also seek to undermine the confidence of that population in the Russian troops and authorities, which for the moment have not been able to guarantee services that, in a city of such magnitude, are basic nor is the security of the population.
Last week, talk began in Russia about the pipeline installation project that would proceed to supply water from the Rostov region, which would finally achieve a solution, at least partially, to a very serious problem. The magnitude of the work required and the distance to be covered make it an expensive work. However, the other pending work in Donetsk requires more than just a financial investment. Local sources yesterday denounced numerous Ukrainian bombardments against the city and highlighted the 18 projectiles fired indiscriminately against residential areas of the city in just three minutes.
The Donetsk bombings were, throughout 2022, one of the most debated issues. Although the consensus is on the need to move the Ukrainian troops away from the city, the difficulty lies in how to achieve it. All this involves defeating the Ukrainian group in the area, which has some of the strongest fortifications, prepared by the Ukrainian Armed Forces throughout the eight years of the Donbass war. One of the key points is the town of Avdeevka. This is how Boris Rozhin, Colonel Cassad , explained it yesterday :
1.A frontal assault on Avdeevka through the industrial zone or from Novobajmutovka in the current circumstances does not promise significant results, both due to the lack of sufficient forces for a frontal assault in this area, and due to the existence of large enemy fortifications and the presence of the undefeated grouping. Avdeevka, which is in much better condition than Artyomovsk, which is bleeding to death right now.
2.But even if the command of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation concentrated significant forces for such an assault, it is unlikely that there could be talk of a rapid attack on Avdeevka if we look at the precedent of slow progress in Marinka or Artyomovsk. So, as you can guess, the shelling will continue.
3.It is more promising to increase the pressure south of Avdeevka and Tonenkoe, as well as to resume attacks in the direction of Krasnogorovka, north of Avdeevka, and to establish a tighter control over the Kamenka area. In other words, more decisive actions are required against the flanks of the Avdeevka grouping. But even under current conditions, that would require seriously reinforcing the Russian Donetsk area grouping with additional troops. However, the command also has to take into account the situation in Ugledar and the Zaporozhye front, as well as the needs of the offensive on Artyomovsk and Soledar.
4.So, in the current phase of the operation, rapid changes in the situation in the Avdeevka area should not be expected. The Nevelskoe-Vodianoe, Marinka, Artyomovsk or Soledar sections are more promising.
The situation in Donetsk will continue to be serious in two ways: the deficiencies that the war situation implies, especially in relation to the water supply, and the lack of security linked to the Ukrainian bombings. The needs are clear, but not so much the way in which to achieve them. In any case, for this, Russia will have to stop making serious mistakes that can be fatal and sometimes even catastrophic. Last night, in an attack very similar to the one carried out against the Elenovka prison a few months ago, Ukraine used its HIMARS to attack a base where a whole unit of recruits was stationed in the town of Makeevka, outside Donetsk. The base was completely destroyed. Ukrainian war propaganda boasts of more than half a thousand fatalities. The actual number is unknown, but it is already known to be in the tens. Russia cannot claim to protect Donetsk or Donbass if it is not even capable of protecting its recruits.
https://slavyangrad.es/2023/01/02/26327/#more-26327
Google Translator
******************
Could NATO Directly Intervene in Ukraine?
Posted by INTERNATIONALIST 360° on JANUARY 1, 2023
NATO somehow getting more directly involved in Ukraine represents a worst case scenario. What clues are there so far that this might be a possibility?
– Rumors of a Polish mobilization;
– Stubborn Ukrainian resistance and multiple attempts to create a pretext for wider NATO intervention;
– Extensive Russian defenses being built behind the front line and;
– Russia’s careful consideration of the other weapons NATO has despite their inability to transfer them to Ukraine.
References:
Alexander Mercouris – Russia Missile Strikes, Ukraine Admits Heavy Losses, Turkey Mulls Syria Pullout, Xi Putin Friendship:
Judge Napolitano – Judging Freedom – Will Ukraine ever have enough Fire Power? Col Doug Macgregor:
https://libya360.wordpress.com/2023/01/ ... n-ukraine/
Utterly partisan but a serious question nonetheless.
*************
The second birthday
January 1, 22:00
Military commissar Alexander Kharchenko tells how he and Sergei Shilov miraculously survived getting into a bind while on the front lines.
The second birthday
As you already understood, we got into a pi…rez ( https://t.me/bayraktar1070/630 ). Yes, they themselves, unwillingly, were at the forefront for almost 10 days. Everything started normally. We went at night with a group of scouts to one of the hottest places on the front. There are no whole houses there, so the only shelters are basements. That is where the opposing sides are hiding. We got not the most comfortable "apartments". Mud sloshed underfoot, and water oozed from the ceiling.
The battle began in the morning. Our guys went ahead and were able to take a few basements. It looks something like this: assault groups covertly accumulate in the nearest shelters, and on command go on the attack. Then several hours of dagger fire at short distances, grenades flying into the chimneys of the cellars. By the end of the day, several points come under our control.
All actions of the parties are controlled by quadrocopters. The sky is crowded and collisions often occur. It is impossible to imagine modern conflict without drones.
By the end of the second day, the Ukrainians decided to avenge their losses and significantly increased the number of shelling. Our shelter was bombed 5 times a day. We spent about 5 shells per raid. It is an indescribable feeling when clods of dirt fall loudly on the roof of the basement from a close gap. We just had to be baptized. Our basement would not have survived a direct hit by 155 shells.
Unfortunately for us, a new batch of copters was brought to the enemy, and now several "birds" were on duty in the air day and night. Any movement was detected and worked out on it. They poured heavily. As soon as we ran into one of the buildings in order to discuss the evacuation, we were hit by a tank. Our guide was shell-shocked, but we escaped with a slight fright.
We did not want to look for death on the surface, so we decided to stay in the basement until the end and go out with the boys. Night fell and the command was given to move to the evacuation point. We gathered a small group and rushed out of this hell. We did not know then that from the very beginning we were led by a quadcopter with a thermal imager. We reached the targeted intersection and were immediately surrounded by 120 mines. Three pieces exploded 30 meters from us. Each time they hit closer, so we decided to run in short dashes. A leap forward, then you hear an “exit” and fall into the greasy Donbass mud. I preferred to find the deepest rut. On the one hand, it hides most of your body, on the other hand, it is always filled with water. Several times I literally swam in this December sludge. In total, we did this fitness for 1.5 hours. The enemy managed to change 3 birds. During the shift change, we managed to crawl to cover and the enemy lost sight of us. Not finding us, the Ukrainians began to bomb the basement from which we came out. One 120th mine hit the roof exactly, but by a lucky chance did not explode. This is such a divine act. The end of December can now rightfully be considered one of the days of our birth with Sergey.
I will write an analysis on the situation on this sector of the front later. Sergey will publish a story, where he will reveal in detail the characters of our escorts, and in general will describe our adventures artistically.
Alexander Kharchenko
https://t.me/boris_rozhin/74244 - zinc
https://colonelcassad.livejournal.com/8072223.html
Google Translator
**********
From Cassad's Telegram account:
***
Colonelcassad
Concerning
Makiivka Arrived at the vocational school from HIMARSa.
The mobilized were lodged in the building.
A significant number of dead and wounded.
In the evening, the rubble was still dismantled.
After strikes on large ammunition depots and fuel and lubricants, the depots began to be dispersed in order to avoid a large loss of materiel in the event of strikes. This brought its results and the enemy had many times fewer effective strikes on large warehouses.
It would seem that a similar approach should be applied to the issue of crowded deployment of personnel within the effective fire engagement of the enemy. But as you can see, despite several months of war, some conclusions are not drawn, hence the optional losses, which, when taking elementary precautions related to the dispersal and shelter of personnel, could not have happened.
Incompetence and inability to perceive the experience of war continues to be a serious problem.
Peace to the ashes of the dead. And I hope that after this story, conclusions will finally be made.
***
Colonelcassad
Zaporizhia direction
situation as of 14.00 December 30, 2022
In the Zaporozhye direction, Russian military personnel entrenched themselves on the liberated lines as a result of a successful local offensive .
In the Pologovsky sector , during the assault on Ukrainian positions, control over Dorozhnyanka was restored . The Ukrainian formations retreated to reserve lines, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to 36 people killed and wounded.
In addition, a Russian reconnaissance and sabotage group conducted a raid on Ukrainian positions north of Novopokrovka , eliminating three people at two observation posts.
To regain control, the command of the 65th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is planning a counteroffensive from Zaliznichny with the support of units of the 103rd Battalion of the 108th Terodefense Brigade at the Belogorye-Charivnoe line .
On the defense line of 108 arr TRO, a rotation of personnel was carried out, and additional anti-tank guided missiles were delivered to the Javelin ATGM.
In the Orekhovsky sector , reinforcements from among the mobilized were transferred to Shcherbaki, and detachments of the 108th brigade of the territorial defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine arrived in the vicinity of Yegorovka and Omelnik .
Local residents of the part of the Zaporozhye region controlled by Ukraine are spreading information about the preparation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces for an offensive in the direction of Tokmak .
***
Colonelcassad
Soledar direction
situation as of 12:00 January 2, 2023
Intense clashes continue in the vicinity of Bakhmut and Soledar . The Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to hold back the advance of the RF Armed Forces and intend to conduct reconnaissance in combat in the industrial zone to determine the front line of defense of Russian military personnel.
In the Bakhmut (Artyomovsky) sector, the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to recapture positions on the southeastern outskirts of Bakhmut with the forces of 57 ompbr. The attack was repulsed, the Ukrainian formations retreated with losses.
In the 57th brigade they spread information about the huge losses in the 17th battalion of the formation - only 100 people remained . On January 16, the 17th OpMB, which was previously withdrawn to Konstantinovka , will be disbanded, and the personnel will be transferred to other units.
In addition, formations that previously operated in the Kherson direction arrived in Chasov Yar . After a short coordination, the deployed units will become part of the 57th brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In the northeast of Bakhmut, the "Wagnerites" established control over two platoon strongholds near Podgorodny , as well as seven firing positions northwest of the Bakhmutskoye - Soledar line .
In the southwest, the assault continues on the fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kleshcheevka , held by combined detachments of 24 and 63 ombr, as well as 57 ombr. During the fighting, Russian troops established control over another strong point.
Engineering detachments of the 28th Ombre of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are equipping the second line of defense in the Ivanopol region in case the line in Kleshcheevka is broken through .
In the Soledar sector, assault detachments of the Wagner PMC are advancing on Soledar from the direction of Bakhmutsky and Yakovlevka . As a result of active battles, two company strongholds and five observation posts of the 128th Guards Rifle Brigade and 61st Ombre of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were liberated.
At the same time, advancement continues in the direction of Razdolovka and Vesely . To deter the offensive, the engineering units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have installed minefields in the center of Vesele, and artillery crews are firing at the southern outskirts of the village and Yakovlevka.
In total, over the past two days, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost more than 200 irretrievable people as a result of battles and artillery strikes of the RF Armed Forces . In addition, an artillery strike hit the RAV warehouse in the Yablonovka area, where the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were also located.
To make up for losses, the transfer of units of the National Guard of Ukraine from the Sumy region to Bakhmut is expected. In Konstantinovka, the distribution of diesel generators transferred by the United States as part of military assistance began.
https://t.me/s/boris_rozhin
Google Translator