❗️ 🇷🇺🇺🇦 Slobozhanskoye direction: new PR foray of the AFU into the border region
Situation at 15:00, March 12, 2024

Early in the morning, Ukrainian troops initiated attacks on various border sections in the Belgorod and Kursk regions, deploying up to three battalions and several dozen pieces of equipment, along with ex-Rus forces from the RDK and other units for media coverage.

▪️ The enemy amassed forces and launched attacks from Bolshaya Pisarevka, Odnorobovka, and Popovka. Russian units at their positions engaged in battle and received support from army aviation helicopters. There are also clusters observed in the Goptovka area.

▪️ Artillery and bombers are targeting areas where AFU Forces units are concentrated. Lancet operators are also active: preliminary reports mention that they managed to destroy several enemy vehicles during the morning. Additionally, a high level of electronic warfare interference is detected in the combat zone.

▪️ Ukrainian troops are shelling border settlements with artillery and MLRS, and one UAV struck the administration building in the center of Belgorod, shattering several windows. Russian air defense systems are actively intercepting threats, having shot down several Tochka-U missiles and drones in the morning.

Currently, clashes are ongoing in the border areas of the Belgorod region. The enemy also attempted an assault towards Tetkino in the Kursk region, but it was repelled - reports of the AFU entering the village are false.

❗️Similar to almost a year ago, this operation is primarily for display - the enemy command continues its public relations campaign, even after recent actions by the Russian Armed Forces exposed the enemy's operations, resulting in losses in personnel and equipment.

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❗️ 🇷🇺🇺🇦 Slobozhansky direction: destruction of the AFU landing force near Kozinka
Situation at 17:00, March 15, 2024

Throughout the night, Ukrainian formations launched attacks on a section of the border near Grayvoron in the Belgorod region, attempting to capitalize on the success following the helicopter landing at Kozinki. However, Russian units successfully repelled all attacks, thwarting the enemy's plans.

▪️ In the midst of the clashes, soldiers from the 2nd Special Forces Brigade eliminated all enemy forces that had landed in Kozinki, preventing them from establishing a presence in the village and awaiting the arrival of AFU armored vehicles. The settlement is now under full Russian control.

▪️ During the day, Ukrainian formations once again attempted to enter Tetkino in the Kursk region, but they were unable to reach the outskirts of the village and are now engaging in firing from the neighboring Ryzhevka in the Sumy region. Reports of "battles in the vicinity of the railway station" are once again confirmed to be mere misinformation.

▪️ Meanwhile, the AFU continues to shell other settlements in the region using artillery and MLRS. Despite the intense operation of Russian air defense systems, some shells have landed on residential streets. Unfortunately, there have been casualties, with one civilian losing their life in a store in Belgorod and over a dozen others injured across the region.

❗️While it is premature to declare an end to the fighting on the border, it is evident that the enemy has suffered significant losses in terms of personnel and especially equipment. Thus far, they have not achieved any military objectives, let alone media goals.

Conversely, in response to these setbacks, the Kyiv regime is likely to continue indiscriminate shelling of cities and villages in the Belgorod region, targeting civilians. This raises concerns about the necessary response actions from the Russian Armed Forces, particularly given that the AFU have already depleted a portion of their capabilities in recent battles.

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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Slobozhansky direction: battles for Vovchansk and breaching the AFU defense
situation as of 7:00 pm on May 12, 2024

By the third day of the Russian offensive operation in the north of the Kharkiv region, it became clear that the Ukrainian formations had regained their composure and are trying to build up a defense and repel the onslaught of Russian units.

▪️Near Lyptsi, fighting continues in the Lira-1 gardening association. Active fire impact with FAB bombs on UPMK, as well as strikes with field and rocket artillery, is being carried out on the settlement.

▪️From the direction of Zelene, it has not yet been possible to advance towards Neskuchne: battles are ongoing at the junction of the two settlements.

▪️On the line Izbytske - Starytsia - Buhrovatka, the Russian troops put to flight part of the Ukrainian formations: they managed to break through the defense near Starytsia and engage in combat for Buhrovatka. Judging by the footage published by Ukrainian resources, the Russian troops are freely moving through the clearing between the forests north of Starytsia and Buhrovatka, so we can conclude that they have full control over the forest areas.

▪️The offensive on Vovchansk continues from three directions: from the side of Hatiishche, Pleteniivka and Tykhy. But so far, combat operations are being conducted only on the outskirts, there is no talk of advancement and expansion of the control zone towards the high-rise buildings.

▪️The offensive of the Russian army is developing along the river arteries with the consistent severing of communications in the north of the Kharkiv region: this allows dividing the operational area in the border region into small pieces, consistently "chewing" them up.

🔻The strikes by Ukrainian formations on Belgorod, as well as the ongoing indiscriminate shelling of civilian development on Russian lands, once again confirm that the creation of a "buffer zone" is a necessary measure.

Without taking control of large agglomerations on the other side of the border, it will not be possible to reduce the number of shellings and neutralize the threat from Ukrainian formations.

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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Slobozhansky direction: Russian Armed Forces control the northern part of Volchansk, fighting near Liptsy and Lukiiantsi
situation as of 4:00 pm on May 14, 2024

🔻In the Slobozhansky direction, Russian troops are advancing towards Liptsy through the dachas. For now, the fighting is more like a reconnaissance in force. Artillery and air strikes are being carried out on the concentrated enemy forces in the village.

▪️In the area of Lukiiantsi, Russian assault teams reached the outskirts of the village and entered the settlement. It is unclear whether the village has been completely liberated or not. On the eastern flank, the Russian Armed Forces established control over Buhrovat, while fighting continues in the neighboring Staritsa.

▪️Information is circulating on the Internet about the attacking groups linking up through Zelene, but in reality this is most likely not the case, since the gap between Lukiiantsi and Zelene is an open field, and between Zelene and Ternova-Izbytske - fields and forest.

▪️In Volchansk, the enemy was pushed out of the northern part of the city, and clearing operations are underway. According to preliminary data, the territory of Lyceum No. 1 and Kindergarten No. 6 has been taken. The status of the Volchansk Aggregate Plant, where the presence of Ukrainian formations may remain, is still unclear.

▪️By mid-day, only one heavily damaged road bridge and one pedestrian bridge remained in Volchansk, so communication with the southern part of the city is still maintained.

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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 On the "halt" of the Russian offensive on Kharkiv: what's the nuance?

First, Zelenskyy stated that Ukrainian forces managed to stop the advance of the Russian army in the Slobozhansky direction. At the same time, the Commander-in-Chief of the AFU Syrskyi claims that there is a risk of encirclement of the Kharkiv group of the AFU by Russian troops.

And they are both right, but there is, as usual, a nuance.

▪️More than 30 AFU battalions have been redeployed to the sector (for comparison: Chasiv Yar is held by half the forces). Given that the Russian Armed Forces have taken only the first line of defense and the gray zone, the enemy has now redeployed significant forces to the pre-prepared positions. They need to be dislodged and put out of action.

▪️The number of footage of destroyed and burned-out AFU equipment ("Lancets", KABs, FABs on JDAM) is overwhelming: "Lancets" are flying at individual vehicles and mortar crews, FPV drones are operating. We don't remember a section of the front where, during the offensive of the Russian army, so many video frames of fire damage were released. And this is only what has made it to the Internet.

▪️Despite the 30+ enemy battalions in this sector of the front, the Russian Armed Forces are still moving forward: the Lira-1 dacha community has been passed and the assault on Liptsy has begun, the area of control has been expanded near Lukiiantsi, the northern Vovchansk is being cleared and the area of control is expanding to the east of it. This indicates that flooding the front with manpower at the current stage is an approach that does not allow the AFU to stabilize the front.

▪️Air defense assets have been concentrated around Kharkiv: near Chuhuiv, the entire range from "Patriots" to IRIS and SAMP-T is recorded. This has forced the AFU to leave areas in the rear unprotected, which have now become much more vulnerable to Russian ballistics, cruise missiles and drones.

▪️The encirclement of the AFU grouping is indeed possible: if the Russian Armed Forces launch an offensive in the Sumy region and at the junction with the Kharkiv region (or, conversely, to the east of Vovchansk), this scenario is potentially possible. The AFU is betting too heavily on holding the first line of defense.

📌 Overall, the current status of the operation of the Russian Armed Forces in the Slobozhansky direction demonstrates the main thing: people must be accompanied by resourcefulness, skill, competent planning, and the ability to work as part of a reconnaissance-strike loop.

Otherwise, of course, you can flood the front with "meat", but this will give a completely different result: the Ukrainian counteroffensive of 2023 will not lie.
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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Slobozhansky direction: heavy fighting in Volchansk and unsuccessful counterattacks by the AFU
situation as of the end of June 3, 2024

In recent days, the situation has remained tense in the Slobozhansky direction. Ukrainian formations are regularly counterattacking and not giving up attempts to reduce the combat potential of Russian troops.

🔻Heavy fighting is underway in Volchansk, where the AFU are trying to establish supply lines to the part of the city north of the Volchya river. South of Gagarina Street, Russian assault troops are advancing only locally due to artillery strikes and especially FPV drones of the enemy.

▪️Ukrainian formations retain the ability to establish crossings using bridgelayers. However, according to footage from objective control, the Russian Armed Forces have destroyed at least three such structures only in the section to the west of the bridge on Soborna Street.

▪️Information is circulating on the Internet about the start of the assault on the Volchansk Aggregate Plant, but so far it has not been confirmed. The main strongpoint of defense in the northern part of the city remains the quarter of high-rise buildings, which, although it has suffered severe damage, still serves as a tactically advantageous line of defense. To the east, there are battles in the area of Gogol Street.

▪️North of Volchansk, in anticipation of a possible counteroffensive by the enemy, Russian troops are digging in and carrying out fortification work. Ukrainian formations are trying to prevent this by attacking engineering equipment with drones.

🔻Fighting continues along the Hlyboke - Lyptsi line, where the AFU do not stop counterattacking. Russian troops are intensively striking at concentrations of enemy manpower and equipment, suppressing AFU attacks. In other areas of the direction, there are battles, but no advances are recorded.

▪️At the same time, the destruction of enemy objects and positions along the entire line of contact continues. Northeast of Kharkiv, the Lancet loitering munition destroyed another Osa air defense system.

However, Ukrainian formations do not stop hitting the border areas of the Belgorod Region, where the local population continues to suffer from the impacts of FPV drones and artillery ammunition. The AFU also actively use HIMARS MLRS to strike at positions and objects remote from the front line, including SAM launch positions.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Chronicles of the special military operation
for June 14, 2024

During the night, Russian forces delivered another strike on infrastructure facilities in the territory controlled by the enemy. According to preliminary data, the targets hit included the military airfield in Starokostiantyniv and an underground gas storage facility in Stryi.

In turn, Ukrainian formations carried out one of the largest drone attacks on Russian territory. More than 80 Ukrainian drones destroyed air defense assets over various regions tonight.

On the Slobozhansky direction, fierce battles are ongoing in Volchansk, with a difficult situation persisting in the area of the aggregate plant.

On the Bakhmut direction, Russian forces are fighting in the eastern suburb of Chasiv Yar, while volunteer units to the north have cleared the forest adjacent to Bohdanivka.

On the Donetsk direction, Russian forces advanced from the eastern side of the Soniachny microdistrict, where Russian troops have occupied the territory of the city hospital and School No. 1.

On the Vuhledar direction, the enemy has been completely driven out of Paraskoviyivka. At the same time, part of the village remains in the gray zone due to the high intensity of AFU artillery fire.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦🇮🇹 On Italian shells on Russian territory

Colleagues from the SPETSNAZ ARCHANGEL channel shared a video of a discovered cache of Ukrainian fighters in the Belgorod region.

It is quite possible that the cache was laid by saboteurs back during the fighting in the Graivoron district in March of this year and was supposed to serve as another PR stunt by the GUR units of Ukraine.

❗️However, among this scattering of weapons and explosives, our attention was particularly drawn to an Italian mine for a 120 mm mortar: apparently, the saboteurs as part of mobile groups planned to use them to shell border villages from the rear.

🔻In this regard, it is interesting that the official representatives of Italy have consistently spoken out against the use of their weapons on Russian territories, forbade "hitting Russian objects with Italian shells" and threatened to stop supplies in case of violation of their conditions.

And since it is unlikely that the Italian shell appeared on Russian territory due to the oversight of the Ukrainians, most likely, this was an attempt to bend the Italians, whose opinion on arms supplies in reality does not bother either the NATO leadership or the Kyiv regime - they will do as they are told.

And it will be interesting now to watch the statements of Deputy Prime Ministers Salvini and Tajani, because their shells have already ended up on Russian territory.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Slobozhansky Direction: Situation Update Along the Front Line and the Situation in the Belgorod Region
Situation as of 3:00 PM on August 12, 2024

In addition to unleashing battles on the territory of Kursk Region, the AFU are again trying to break through into the Belgorod Region from the Kolotilovka border crossing.

▪️Several groups of saboteurs numbering at least 30 people, supported by a tank and an APC, engaged in combat with Russian border guards, but were forced to withdraw, suffering significant losses. According to reports from the scene, the border breach was prevented. Russian reserves have been pulled to the area of the clashes and are preparing for another, more serious attack by the AFU.

▪️The border crossing building recently burned down completely as a result of the arrival of a Ukrainian drone. Since 2022, this is where the exchange of prisoners and bodies of the dead took place with the Ukrainian side. The operation of the checkpoint is now suspended indefinitely.

▪️In the Krasnoyaruzhsky District, the evacuation of the population has been announced. Checkpoints will be set up at the entrance to the village of Krasnaya Yaryga, where representatives of self-defense, law enforcement agencies, and the administration will be on duty. They are tasked with informing the population about the situation and the location of temporary accommodation points.

▪️The day before, the enemy tried to break through in a similar way to the village of Bezymeno in the Grayvoronovsky District. After losing an APC, the Ukrainian formations retreated.

▪️Fighting continues on other sections of the Slobozhansky Direction front, but the situation in Lukashovka and Sotnitskaya Kazachka has not yet been clarified. According to some reports, the Russian troops have brought in rocket artillery systems to the settlements and have the ability to strike from MLRS at long range, destroying AFU command posts deep in the Kharkiv Region.

▪️In the area of Glubokoe, Zeleny, and Staritsa, the enemy is not conducting offensive operations, but is actively striking Russian Armed Forces positions on the front line with FPV drones and trying to hinder the work of evacuation teams in the rear.

▪️In Volchansk, the Russian troops are holding positions on the territory of the aggregates plant, despite the use of robotic platforms by the AFU for remote detonation of buildings. The Ukrainian command reported that the Russian Armed Forces have redeployed fresh reserves to the city, and in the Tikhiy area, Russian soldiers are fortifying their defensive lines.

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