⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Situation in the #Soledar Direction until 12:00 on 2 Jan 2023⚡️

🩸Heavy fighting continues in the vicinity of #Bakhmut (#Artyomovsk) and #Soledar. The AFU are trying to stop the advance of the RF Armed Forces and intends to conduct combat reconnaissance in the industrial zone to determine the frontline of the Russian military's defences.

♦️#Bakhmut Area:

▪️ The AFU forces of the 57th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade attempted to retake positions on the southeastern outskirts of #Bakhmut. The attack was repulsed and the Ukrainian militants withdrew with losses.

The 57th Brigade spreads information about large losses in the compound's 17th Battalion - only 100 men left. On 16 January, the 17th Separate Pontoon Bridge Battalion, which had previously withdrawn to #Konstantinovka, will be disbanded and its personnel will be transferred to other units.

In addition, the formations previously operating in the #Kherson direction have arrived in Chasov Yar. The transferred units will become part of the 57th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade of the AFU after a short harmonisation phase.

▪️ Northeast of #Bakhmut, the Wagnerians have taken control of two platoon strongholds near #Podgorodnoye as well as seven fire positions northwest of the #Bakhmut - #Soledar line.

▪️ In the southwest, the assault on the AFU fortified area at #Kleshchiyevka, held by combined units of the 24th and 63rd Mechanized Brigades as well as the 57th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade, continues. During the fighting, Russian forces have taken another stronghold under theit control.

▪️ Engineer units of the 28th Mrchanized Brigade are equipping the second line of defence in the #Ivanopol region in case the line in #Kleshchiyevka is breached.

♦️#Soldar Section:

Wagner PMC assault troops are advance on #Soledar from the direction of #Bakhmutskoye and #Yakovlevka. Active fighting led to the takeover of two company strongholds and five observation posts of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade and 61st Mechanized Brigade of the AFU.

▪️ At the same time, the advance towards #Razdolovka and #Veseloye continues. To deter the offensive, the AFU engineering units have set up minefields in the centre of #Veseloye, while artillery crews are shelling the southern outskirts of the village and #Yakovlevka.

🩸 In total, over the AFU have irretrievably lost more than 200 people to fighting and artillery strikes in the last two days. In addition, a depot near #Yablonovka, where AFU members were also staying, was hit by artillery.

Units of the Ukrainian National Guard from the #Sumy Region are expected to be moved to #Bakhmut to compensate for the losses. The distribution of diesel generators donated by the USA as part of military assistance has begun in #Konstantinovka.

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦💥 #Chronicle of Strikes and Mutual Shelling in the #SMO Zone on the Night from 2 to 3 Jan 2023

▪️ Russian air defence assets overnight shot down enemy drones near #Sevastopol and #Simferopol.

▪️ The RF Armed Forces hit AFU staging areas in #Lipovka and #Yelino, Chernigov region, and #Volfino, #Pavlovka and #Pokrovka, #Sumy region.

▪️ In Kharkov region, Russian troops hit enemy positions in #Ogurtsovo, #Kamenka, #Strelecheya and #Staritsa.

▪️ In the #Starobelsk direction, the RF Armed Forces targeted accumulations of manpower and armoured vehicles of the Ukrainian formations in #Dvurechnaya, #Kupyansk, #Berestovoye and #Ternoye.

The enemy shelled #Ploshchanka, #Dibrova and #Chervonopovka.

▪️ During the night, the RF Armed Forces hit an AFU deployment point at the ice arena and an ammunition depot in #Druzhkovka.

▪️ In the #Bakhmut (#Artyomovsk) direction, Russian missile forces and artillery struck the AFU staging areas in #Bakhmut, #Soledar, #Kleshchiyevka and #Dyleyevka.

▪️ In the #Donetsk direction, the RF Armed Forces targeted enemy positions in #Avdyeyevka, #Veseloye, #Georgievka and #Vodyanoye.

In turn, Ukrainian terrorists shelled residential buildings and civilian facilities in #Donetsk and #Gorlovka using barrel artillery.

▪️ In the #Southdonetsk direction, Russian artillery hit concentrations of enemy forces in #Novomikhailovka, #Ugledar and Zolotaya Niva.

▪️ In #Zaporozhye region, Russian forces hit AFU positions in #Olgovskoye, #Gulyaypole, #Dorozhnyanka and Malyaya Shcherbaki.

▪️ In #Dnepropetrovsk region, the RF Armed Forces hit firing points of Ukrainian formations in #Nikopol and #Pokrovskoye.

▪️ In the southern sector of the front, Russian troops targeted enemy positions in #Kherson, #Zelenovka, #Inzhenernoye and #Berislav.

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Frontline Report for the Morning of 5 Jan 2023; pub. 10:02⚡️

♦️Russian artillery is active in the #Kherson direction. In addition to the regional centre, strikes are also directed at #Stanislav, #Belozerka, #Antonovka, #Ponyatovka, #Tyaginka and #Berislav. (Fig. 1)

♦️In the #Zaporozhye sector, Russian artillery has been striking almost all along the line of contact for the second day in a row. #Plavni, #Kamenskoye, #Novodanilovka, #Gulyaypolskoye, #Gulyaypole, Zeleny Gay, #Olgovskoye - all under fire. The AFU launched a missile strike on #Vasilyevka. Let's not guess why. The point is the road to #Melitopol. At the same time, in other parts of the #Zaporozhye direction, where the Ukrainian army, in principle, could have advanced, it is not active. And near #Vasilyevka now the AFU has little chance. (Fig. 2)

♦️#Donetsk Front. Another attack by the Russian army in the direction of #Novomikhailovka. Urban fighting in #Maryinka. Very difficult for both sides. So far the RF Armed Forces are attacking. Another head-on attack on the AFU stronghold in #Krasnogorovka. (Fig. 3)

♦️South of #Bakhmut, the Wagner PMC apparently decided to expand its likely coverage area. Attack on #Druzhba. Counterattacks on the eastern outskirts of the city itself. To the north, the Wagner PMC attempts to reach Krasnyaya Gora. (Fig. 4).

♦️In the #Lugansk sector, there is again an attack by Russian troops in the direction of #Belogorovka. And to the north, in the direction of #Stelmakhovka. (Fig. 5)

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ #Chronicle of the Special Military Operation for 11-12 Mar 2023⚡️

🔹#Starobelsk Direction:

▪️ In the #Kupyansk sector, the situation has not changed significantly. Artillery duels and mutual reconnaissance continue along the entire frontline.

▪️ In the #Liman sector, the RF Armed Forces managed to dislodge the Ukrainian forces from several small strongholds.

🔹#Lugansk People's Republic:

▪️ Ukrainian terrorist formations fired HIMARS rockets at the town of #Perevalsk. Three civilians were killed, including a 17-year-old boy. Two children were among seven injured.

🔹#Soledar (#Bakhmut) Direction (MAP):

▪️ Northwest of #Bakhmut, Russian assault squads have broken through the AFU defence near Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, passing through fields to the south of the village and occupying about half of the settlement.

▪️ In #Bakhmut itself, Russian units have improved their positions by expanding their zone of control in the Budenov district.

▪️ In the southwest, the Wagner PMCs advanced near #Krasnoye, cutting key routes from the settlement to #Konstantinovka and #Bakhmut.

🔹#Donetsk Direction (MAP):

▪️ North of #Avdeevka, the RF Armed Forces advanced on Krasnogorovka, a major AFU stronghold. The Russian forces managed to gain a foothold on the eastern outskirts of the village.
➖ The Ukrainian command is moving reinforcements in an attempt to hold the settlement.

▪️ The AFU terrorists subjected populated areas of the #Donetsk agglomeration to indiscriminate shelling. #Yasinovataya, #Makeyevka and #Donetsk were hit by barrel and rocket artillery.

🔹#SouthDonetsk Direction:

▪️ Southeast, Russian units came close to the village of #Kamenka south of Novoselovka II.

🔹#Zaporozhye Direction:

▪️ The situation in this section of the front is unchanged. Both sides are conducting reconnaissance activities and exchanging artillery strikes.

🔹#Kherson Direction on #SouthFront:

▪️ Artillery duels continue along the entire line of contact. Russian forces hit enemy concentrations in #Kachkarovka, #Kherson and #Kazatskoye.
➖ In turn, the enemy terrorists shelled the left bank of the #Kherson region. Nova Kakhovka was also hit. Several houses in the Sokol microdistrict were destroyed, one woman was killed and several residents were wounded.

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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 According to preliminary information, Ukrainian formations blew up the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station in Kherson Region.
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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Destruction of the Kakhovskaya HPP: what is known as of 15:00

▪️Authorities of the Kherson region announced preparations for the evacuation of residents of the Novokahovsky, Golopristansky and Aleshkinsky districts. At the same time, in Novaya Kakhovka, the water has already risen to a level of more than 11 meters.

▪️ The head of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi, said that the water level for cooling the ZNPP is falling, but there are alternative reservoirs. At the same time, a representative of the nuclear power plant pointed to the preservation of the water level in the cooling pond at the previous level of 16.67 meters.

▪️ Ukrainian authorities reported that 150 tons of engine oil had entered the Dnieper. At the same time, at a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, the likelihood of up to 300 tons of oil getting into the river was discussed.

▪️ Representatives of Ukraine initiated a meeting of the UN Security Council because of the destruction of the dam and called on the G7 countries and the EU to immediately consider imposing new sanctions on the Russian Federation.

🔻Statements of foreign leaders

▪️German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called the disaster at the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station a "new dimension" of the conflict and said that Berlin would continue to help Ukraine.

▪️ NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg pointed out that the destruction of the dam once again demonstrates the brutality of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

▪️ The head of the European Council, Charles Michel, blamed Russia for the incident and pointed to bringing all those involved in the incident to justice.

▪️ Similar rhetoric was also heard from Moldovan President Maia Sandu, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis, Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili, Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipovsky and others.

🔻The leadership of the Western countries, in the usual manner, made harsh accusations of Russia being involved in the creation of a humanitarian catastrophe. They do not provide evidence for their words, and they do not need them when a new reason has appeared to criticize the Russian authorities. At the same time, they are clearly not going to recall the regular shelling of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station by Ukrainian formations, as well as the tests of the AFU to destroy the dam.
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situation by the end of June 14, 2023

According to the official authorities, the water from the Dnieper will return to its normal course by June 20. But the flooded areas have yet to bounce back.

▪️ At the suggestion of the Ukrainian authorities of the information and psychological warfare, a scenario divorced from reality of the offensive of Ukrainian formations deep into the Kherson region and the borders of Crimea is spreading.

According to the enemy’s plan, a crossing will be built through the swampy area for the transfer of a large-scale shock fist, which should occupy Novaya Kakhovka, and later deliver dissecting blows through Chaplinka to Armyansk and Melitopol.

Such a scenario, given the unsuitability of the territories on the left bank of the Dnieper, looks implausible.

▪️ Most likely, such messages are spread in order to disguise the direction of the transfer of reinforcements: recently three brigades were transferred from Nikolaev to the Donbass. In addition, informants from the field report a constant transfer of equipment to the east.

🔻The scenario of a landing operation in the Kakhovka Reservoir is much more likely: after the shallowing of the basin, mine-explosive barriers were damaged, so the option of dropping landing groups in this area is potentially possible.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Military correspondent Alexander Kots has shared interesting footage of Russian troops using Chinese Desertcross 1000-3 all-terrain vehicles from AODES in the Kherson region.

Last month, it was reported that 537 vehicles of this type had been delivered, with plans to purchase an additional 1,590 units equipped with heating systems for winter operations in 2024.

While they may not appear as significant as tanks and howitzers, the importance of these all-terrain vehicles cannot be overstated. They enable the quick transport of ammunition to positions and facilitate the movement of personnel and wounded individuals.

This greatly enhances the combat stability of the unit, particularly in trench warfare with a static front line.
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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Kherson direction: Bold Russian Armed Forces counterattack in Krynki
Situation as of 16:00, November 24, 2023

🔻Last night, the 810th Marine Brigade and the 144th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces launched a surprise counterattack against Ukrainian marines stationed near Krynki.

▪️ The swift attack resulted in the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) being driven out of the forest area, causing chaos and disorder among the Ukrainian Navy Marine Corps, who started retreating from their positions.

▪️ In a brief confrontation, the Ukrainian Navy marines regrouped near the shore, requesting evacuation, but were once again targeted by MLRS fire and suffered casualties.

🔻Currently, the hedgerows are free of enemy forces, and all AFU units have consolidated in private buildings along the banks of the Dnieper River. Two new assault groups were deployed from the right bank during the night for a counterattack. However, the Russian Armed Forces are currently holding their positions.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Ukrainian formations have been intensively shelling the left bank of the Kherson region.

Today, Hola Prystan, Kozachyi Lahery, Kardashinka, Kakhovka, and Korsunka were hit by fire. Incidents were also reported in Novaya Kakhovka, resulting in the death of one civilian and damage to civilian infrastructure.

Furthermore, the Gornostaevsky District was targeted by the enemy, causing temporary power outages in some settlements.

Damage has been documented at the Kakhovka 330 kV substation, which plays a crucial role in the region's power supply. The AFU has been targeting this facility for the past two days.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Kherson Direction: Positional Battles in the Forest
Situation as of 19:00, November 28, 2023

🔻During the night of November 28, the Katran group command once again deployed assault groups to consolidate their position in the forest adjacent to Krynki.

▪️ Two detachments took up positions in a small forest south of the village and began establishing strongholds. They came under heavy shelling. Subsequently, a reconnaissance group from the Russian Armed Forces attacked Ukrainian marines resulting in the death of three people and injuries to three others.

▪️ In the morning, the wounded were evacuated to a makeshift hospital set up in a warehouse on the northern outskirts of Krynoki. They were then transferred to the right bank via Frolov Island.

▪️ Nevertheless, new assault groups arrived to replace them. With the cover of artillery and drones, they attempted to gain a foothold in the depths of the forest.

🔻Despite the losses and the Ukrainian formations' inability to advance further, the enemy remains firmly entrenched on the left bank of the Dnieper. This has been facilitated by the active support of artillery and drones, which continues without interruption. Additionally, the tactic of concealing the prevailing problems within the Dnepr group has contributed to the enemy's stronghold.

Some time ago, we discussed the challenges faced by military personnel in the Kherson Region. Unfortunately, some of these issues remain relevant today. The lack of competent and adequate management is one such problem, as highlighted by Two Majors, which leads to unnecessary personnel losses.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Kherson direction:
situation as of 16:00, December 4, 2023

🔻The situation in Krynki remains unchanged. Ukrainian formations are still holding a bridgehead in the populated area and attempting to expand their control into the forest.

▪️ Last night, two assault groups from the 1st battalion of the 38th Marine Corps of the Ukrainian Navy positioned themselves south of the greenhouses adjacent to the plantings in the southern part of Krynoki, indicating a slight advancement of the Marines to the south.

▪️ The group was dispersed and suffered casualties as a result of artillery and mortar fire from the Russian Armed Forces. The wounded and deceased were evacuated to the northern part of the village and then transported to the right bank.

❗️Overall, the situation in the Kherson direction remains unchanged. Ukrainian marines are attempting to advance further, but with limited success. However, as the weather gets colder, the Dnieper river will freeze, making it easier for ground troops to cross.

With the Katran strike group already having a bridgehead, we can expect larger attacks once the soil and water freeze. At this moment, units from the 37th Marine Brigade are being transferred to the left bank.

Previously, this brigade did not participate in battles on the left bank and is fully staffed. The introduction of the 37th brigade suggests losses in other brigades and an early activation of the front.

Of interest: with the arrival of the 37th brigade in the contact zone, there have been noticeable changes in the usage of the Bayraktar UAV. Over the past few days, the drone has been taking off from the Kulbakino airfield, which has not been observed in the past year.

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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 During the week, AFU drone raids on Russian regions continued. As before, settlements in the Belgorod, Donetsk and Kherson regions most often come under fire from Ukrainian formations.

▪️ The AFU tried several times to attack targets in the rear regions of Russia. Russian air defense systems shot down several enemy drones in the Smolensk, Oryol, Ryazan, Rostov and Moscow regions. At the end of the week, the AFU once again used modernized S-200 missiles to attempt an attack on the Krasnodar Territory.

▪️ In the border region , the Belgorod region remains the leader in the number of shellings: more than 300 arrivals were recorded, two people were wounded. In the Kursk region, the village of Tetkino was under fire from the AFU several times a week. There were also reports of shelling and air defense operations in the Bryansk region.

▪️ The AFU continued to fire at the DPR. Over the entire period, more than 400 shells were fired across the republic. Most often, the western regions of Donetsk, as well as Gorlovka, were under fire. In addition, on November 29, S-200 missiles were intercepted over Mariupol. In just a week of shelling, 21 people were wounded and one more was killed.

▪️ The frequency of missile attacks on settlements in the Zaporizhia region has increased. The enemy attacked the city of Polohy several times during the week, including from the HIMARS rocket launcher: two people were killed and six more were wounded. On November 28, six rockets were fired at the city of Tokmak: several rockets hit the territory of a kindergarten and a local hospital.

▪️ The shelling of the left bank of the Kherson region did not stop. The AFU targeted civilian infrastructure facilities, including the Kakhovka 330 kV substation . On November 28, the enemy attacked the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs building in Yubileiny from the HIMARS rocket launcher: four people were killed and 18 more were injured. In total, over 400 shells were fired across the region.
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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Kherson Direction: Ongoing Battles in Krynki
Situation as of 15:00, December 20, 2023

🔻In Krynki, the Ukrainian command has initiated a partial withdrawal of marines from the left to the right bank due to significant losses in manpower within the Katran strike group.

▪️ Taking advantage of unfavorable weather conditions that night, the wounded from Krynki were evacuated to Tyaginka. In response, the enemy dispatched the advance group of the 2nd battalion from the 38th infantry regiment.

▪️ Despite the decrease in the number of marines, the AFU Territorial Defense units have started to fill their positions. Currently, there are approximately 20 personnel from the 126 Brigade Territorial Defense stationed in Krynki. An additional 40 individuals arrived at the Ivanovka-Tyaginka-Lvovo line the other day.

❗️To counter the intense fire strike on the AFU bridgehead in Krynki, the Ukrainian command has deployed additional air defense crews to the front line. Furthermore, several Bukovel electronic warfare units are stationed in Kherson. The inclement weather will further complicate the work of UAV operators.

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