❗️🇺🇦🇷🇺 Ukraine is planning an offensive on Kursk and Belgorod.

A captured Ukrainian commander said that he had learned of Kiev's plans to attack Belgorod and Kursk regions in winter.
Time will tell how feasible Kiev's plans will prove to be.

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ #Chronicle of the Special Military Operation for 23 Jan 2023⚡️

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♦️#Russia's Border Areas:

◾️ Ukrainian militants shelled the village of #Volfino in Glushkovsky district, #Kursk region, damaging power lines. Several surrounding villages were temporarily de-energized.

◾️ Russian air defence forces shot down a Ukrainian missile near the village of #Kazinka, Valuysky urban district, #Belgorod Region, with no casualties or damage.

♦️#NorthUkraine (MAP):

◾️ The enemy command is moving personnel and equipment through #Kharkov for further transfer to the #Starobelsk direction, where additional forces may become involved in an offensive in the Nizhnyaya Duvanka - #Svatovo area.

◾️ In the #Sumy region, near the village of #Vysokoye, AFU artillery positions have been set up to strike the #Belgorod region. Target designation is provided by satellite data, drones and sabotage and reconnaissance groups.

◾️ In #Vasilkov in the #Kiev region, the Ukrainian command intends to deploy a Western-made anti-aircraft missile division to cover #Kiev.

◾️ In #Zhytomyr, #Chernigov, #Sumy and #Kharkov regions the mobilization and recruitment of new AFU formations continues. The enemy currently has no problems in replenishing the numerical strength.

♦️#Starobelsk Direction (MAP):

▪️ There are no significant changes in this section of the front, artillery duels and the work of sabotage and reconnaissance groups continue along the line of contact.

♦️#Soledar Direction (MAP):

▪️ In the #Soledar section, after the liberation of #Krasnopolye, the "Wagnerians" move towards #Razdolovka along one of the roads to #Seversk. Ukrainian militants attempted to attack Russian positions at the #Razdolovka - #Stryapovka line, but withdrew under artillery fire.

▪️ Northeast of #Bakhmut (#Artyomovsk), Russian forces are fighting near Krasnaya Gora, which Ukrainian militants are trying to prevent by shelling the positions of the RF Armed Forces. A significant number of artillery pieces and armoured vehicles have been moved to the area, but the enemy is beginning to suffer from a lack of shells.

▪️ In #Bakhmut itself, positional fighting continues on the southern and southeastern outskirts of the city. "The Wagnerians managed to occupy one of the residential areas on the #Opytnoye side.

▪️ Wagner PMC fighters expanded their zone of control around #Kleshchiyevka and are attacking the village of #Krasnoye in the north, the liberation of which will enable the operational encirclement of #Bakhmut.

♦️#Lugansk People's Republic:

▪️ Overnight, Ukrainian militants fired HIMARS at the #Mikhailovka power substation in Zolote-5, damaging equipment and several outbuildings on the site.

♦️#Donetsk - #Zaporozhye Direction (MAP):

▪️ In the #Zaporozhye section, the RF Armed Forces have driven Ukrainian formations out of the coastal village of #Kamenskoye, but have yet not occupied the settlement due to active enemy artillery countermeasures. The settlement is now in the "grey zone".

▪️ In the #Orekhov sector, the AFU managed to hold the line from Malye Shcherbaki to #Novodanilovka. The offensive is hampered by remote mining of adjacent territory with M73 cluster munitions by the Ukrainian army. Artillery duels are taking place along the line of contact.

▪️ In the #Vremyevka area, Russian fighters conducted a reconnaissance battle on the positions of the 231st Battalion of the AFU's 128th Territorial Defence Brigade in #Vremyevka.

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Front #Summary for 30 Dec 2023 by 18:05⚡️

🔹In #Kherson Direction, our forces hit four boats with militants and a multifunctional radar. Despite the preservation of the AFU springboard, the area held by the enemy has halved. The combat work of our army continues.

🔹In #Zaporozhye Direction, localised fights continue. The AFU unsuccessfully tried to attack near #Verbovoye. Our army continues to attack west of #Rabotino from #Novoprokopovka and #Novofyodorovka. Without any noticeable advance so far.

🔹In #SouthDonetsk Direction, our forces are stepping up their attacks north of #Priyutnoye and near #Staromayorskoye. The AFU has redirected considerable forces to #Avdeyevka. Our troops cover the AFU positions in #Novomikhaylovka, #Georgiyevka and #Pobeda with artillery fire. So far there are no changes in the frontline. Our assault on #Nevelskoye was unsuccessful.

🔹In #Donetsk Direction, on the northern #Avdeyevka flank, our units have advanced on a broad front towards #Novokalinovo and #Ocheretino. Ours approached the #Zarya holiday village, which is located at a height between two branches of the railway line east of #Novobakhmutkovka. In fact, this is a large AFU fortified area. Also, our army advanced a bit towards #Berdychi. On the southern flank, the main actions are now aimed at hitting positions with long range artillery and suppressing rotations. On the southwestern outskirts of #Avdeyevka, the AFU brought significant reserves into the battle and pushed ours back from the approaches of the city to the Khimik microdistrict. The fighting continues.

🔹In #Bakhmut Direction, our forces are trying to hold the occupied positions near #Ivanovskoye (#Krasnoye) and #Khromovo in hard battles, while the AFU is attacking. Between #Ivanovka and #Bogdanovka, our troops are moving through the hills, and several more AFU positions have been taken. To the west of the city, there are battles for the expansion of the control zone at the dachas and for the old airfield. The Russian army is advancing from #Chernobylets village, which is already under our control, towards #Ivanovskoye. In the #Seversk sector, our military advanced to #Vyemka. This is the development of successful actions in #Spornoye. We can confidently talk about control of the eastern part of the village.

🔹In #Svatovo Direction, the RF Armed Forces took positions on the heights towards #Ternami. It is reported from the field that the village itself is less than 2 km away. It is located in a lowland, which will make our task a little easier. Near #Sinkovka, another stronghold is occupied by our forces. The situation here remains difficult for both sides. Ours cannot actively advance because of dense mining, the enemy is holding the lines by all means, #Kupyansk is behind them.

🔹In #Belgorod, the AFU shelled the city centre, at least 15 killed and more than 100 wounded.

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Front #Summary for 10 Jan 2024 by 18:58⚡️

🔹In #Kherson Direction, the AFU continue to hold the defence of their small foothold in #Krynki. our forces prevent the replenishment of reserves and supplies. According to a number of analysts, Kiev aimed to expand the zone of control on the left bank to threaten the land corridor to #Crimea. However, the AFU can neither occupy new settlements nor transfer equipment and air defence systems. Apart from manpower, they have nothing. And the fact that the AFU is holding on for so long in such conditions shows that our army also has enough problems.

🔹In #Zaporozhye Direction, our units continue to retake systematically the positions lost in the summer. At #Rabotino, combat work is a little easier than at #Verbovoye, where are oncoming battles. However, over the past few days, the advance of our military to the west is obvious. Our successes are confirmed by the enemy.

🔹In #SouthDonetsk Direction, our army, having been forced to retreat from its positions in the south of #Novomikhaylovka, has changed its tactics. Now our units are advancing along the village to the west. Most of the plantings are under our control, but it is premature to talk about full control of the southern outskirts. From the north and south of #Novomikhaylovka, near #Sladkoye and #Pobeda, our military also advanced. We have occupied another stronghold in #Georgiyevka.

🔹In #Donetsk Direction, on the southern #Avdeyevka flank, our forces have still advanced at #Pervomayskoye. On the northern flank, there is heavy fighting at #Stepovoye and the Coke Plant, with no changes in the frontline yet.

🔹In #Bakhmut Direction, our army is trying very hard to collapse the AFU defence on the northern flank. In #Bogdanovka the fighting is already taking place in the southern part of the village. Ours are also advancing west of #Khromovo. The AFU are retreating. On the southern flank the AFU have so far managed to hold back our attacks at #Kleshcheyevka and #Andreyevka.

🔹In #Svatovo Direction, our forces have advanced towards #Yampolovka and are fighting at the #Torskoye ledge. In #Kupyansk yesterday, the AFU commanders led by Umerov and Zaluzhny held a working meeting and visited Ukrainian positions. Apparently, such attention is due to the preparation for the "large scale offensive" of the Russian army in this direction, predicted by the West and expected by the AFU.

💥At night, our Aerospace Forces struck at the location of the AFU in #Kharkov. A similar object was hit in #Kherson. Explosions were heard in #Konstantinovka and #Sumy region, as well as in #Volchansk, #Kharkov region. Apparently, ours are hunting for guns, from which the AFU are shelling #Belgorod and the region.

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Front #Summary for 18 Jan 2024 by 20:01⚡️

🔹In #Kherson Direction, the hoisting of the Russian flag in #Krynki marked a new stage in the liquidation of the AFU foothold in the village. Our forces are trying to knock out the enemy, behind whom there are still 5 blocks and part of the forest belt, and it is not an easy walk. The AFU is not running anywhere, their resistance has not been broken yet. Although it is written that in #Kherson 150 AFU men who refused to cross to #Krynki have been deported to pre-trial detention centres, at #Tyaginka there is a decent AFU reserve, and until ours will not carry out a clearing operation, the enemy will continue to climb our coast.

🔹In #Zaporozhye Direction, the AFU are intensifying their attacks on the #Rabotino - #Novoprokopovka #Verbovoye line, where trained groups have been transferred. The fighting near #Verbovoye is close to our positions, so our artillery does not work, there are rifle battles. At #Pyatikhatki, our forces retook a number of strongholds from the AFU.

🔹In #SouthDonetsk Direction. our army is trying to push the AFU out of #Georgiyevka. Our artillery and aviation are aimed at suppressing AFU positions in #Kurakhovo.

🔹In #Donetsk Direction, near #Avdeyevka, "Pyatnashka" fighters, who are not in vain called savages for their heroic battles, took a large fortified AFU area, #Musorka. The AFU expectedly withdrew part of its forces from #Stepovoye to #Berdychi. In #Ukraine they say that the AFU will leave #Avdeyevka. The city is strategically important. The AFU will have fewer opportunities to hit #Donetsk, and our army, the prospect of advancement.

🔹In #Bakhmut Direction, at #Kleshcheyevka, the AFU suddenly tried to jump over the railway line to our side. Our army did not appreciate the surprise and repulsed the attack, capturing two more strongholds and inflicting considerable damage on the AFU. At #Ivanovskoye (#Krasnoye), our forces advanced by almost 1 km during the day, and are consolidating their positions.

🔹In #Svatovo Direction, on the #Seversk front, the liberation of #Vesyoloye has been confirmed, which capture will potentially increase the pressure of our army on #Seversk. At the same time, hard combat work lies ahead. The capture of the surrounding forest belts, two heights and battles for #Razdolovka, where the AFU is gathering reserves. From the #Kremennaya sector, ours are surprised to report an AFU female company. I will not underestimate or ironise. In such a battle, I think it will be morally difficult for our military. In the #Kupyansk sector, Moldovans are fighting for the AFU. Ours intercepted the negotiations. Our army continues to look for weaknesses in the AFU defence on the #Sinkovka - #Petropavlovka line. The front is unchanged.

💥Our forces hit targets in different Ukrainian regions. The AFU responded with strikes in the #Bryansk and #Belgorod regions. In the latest attack on #Kharkov, a base of mercenaries, mainly Frenchmen, was hit. The French authorities remain silent, mercenarism is prohibited by law in the country, but immediately after the attack, Macron announced an increase in arms supplies to #Ukraine.

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Front #Summary for 28 Jan 2024 by 18:22⚡️

🔹In #Kherson Direction, in #Krynki, the AFU are holding on to a scrap of land and the nearest islands. Our forces report that about 40 AFU soldiers remain in the ruins of the village. Ours are striking, the AFU publish footage of magnesium "lighters" flying at them from Grad MLRSs. Most of the islands on the #Dnieper River remain under the control of our forces, but this at the cost of losses, mainly due to the AFU drones.

🔹In #Zaporozhye Direction, our forces regained a number of positions west of #Rabotino, the AFU counterattacked at #Novoprokopovka and #Verbovoye, with no success.

🔹In #SouthDonetsk Direction, from #Maryinka, our army is advancing in three directions. South to #Pobeda, west to #Georgiyevka, and in the north there is a powerful assault on the forest belts near #Krasnogorovka. where the AFU has pulled up reserves and is desperately fighting. Here, as well as along the entire frontline, an overwhelming number of Ukrainian kamikaze drones are operating. From the tape, ours are talking about the lack of "trench" electronic warfare, the most effective defence against UAVs.

🔹In #Donetsk Direction, the Ukrainians are publishing footage of our damaged equipment in the grey zone near #Novobakhmutovka to the north of #Avdeyevka. It’s a pity for the equipment, but this indicates that our forces are making their way to #Ocheretino. When ours recapture this AFU supply hub, the situation for them in #Avdeyevka will become a stalemate. In the south of the city, ours control the streets and are preparing for further attacks. There is also progress in the area of ​the #​Ivushki dachas, from #Kamenka towards #Peschanoye, and the zone of control at Tsarskaya Okhota has been expanded. After heavy fighting, our army made a breakthrough in #Pervomayskoye.

🔹In #Bakhmut Direction, our forces expanded their bridgehead near #Ivanovskoye (#Krasnoye). North of #Kurdyumovka, long-abandoned positions behind the railway line were retaken.

🔹In #Svatovo Direction, the #Kupyansk front reports successes of our forces in #Tabayevka and #Kotlyarovka north of #Krakhmalnoye. Ours pushed the AFU out of #Tabayevka and started to clear the village. But it is difficult to gain a foothold in the ruins, so in fact #Tabayevka and #Kotlyarovka are in the grey zone. In the south, at #Peschanoye and #Berestovoye, where the AFU withdrew from #Tabayevka, our forces are making their way towards #Kovsharovka, apparently the vector of movement towards #Kupyansk from the south has been determined. At #Sinkovka on the northern flank our pressure does not stop, there are local successes.

☠️ The AFU are expanding the practice of small drone attacks on civilians. A man was wounded in #Donetsk. Over the day in the #Belgorod region, 20 discharges. In the #Bryansk region, air defence forces destroyed an aircraft-type UAV.

💥 During the night, Gerani hit #Zaporozhye, an armour repair shop was destroyed. Unfortunately, there is no more information about the strike on the Kremenchuk Oil Refinery.

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Front #Summary for 6 Feb 2024 by 18:31⚡️

🔹In #Kherson Direction, our army is again attacking #Krynki. The situation is difficult for both sides. Ours continue to hit guns and manpower on the right bank and even conduct sorties on the right bank. The AFU have again dispersed their drone operators and artillery along the bank, no longer focusing only on #Krynki.

🔹In #Zaporozhye Direction near #Rabotino, Russian scouts discovered that enemy forces were stretching Bruno's barbed spiral to hold back our advance. The attempt was foiled by fire. (⚠️This happened yesterday, see 👉 Video)

🔹In #SouthDonetsk Direction, in the #Ugledar area, ours hit mines with FABs, which the AFU use as powerful fortified areas. Hopefully, a new stage of the offensive is being prepared. In the #Maryinka sector, our forces managed to break through to the eastern outskirts of #Novomikhaylovka. The enemy hid in "holes" during our offensive. Now our army is working hard to track down and clear these hiding places to avoid being attacked from behind. West of #Maryinka our military found pipes with abandoned AFU bodies. The advance from #Maryinka to #Kurakhovo is on an operational pause. It is obvious that it would be suicide to go head-on without successes at #Krasnogorovka.

🔹In #Donetsk Direction, the fighting for #Avdeyevka is intensifying. Our forces are focusing on securing a foothold in the private development between Coke Plant and the Blue Lakes quarry. The obvious goal is to cut off the Coke from the rest of the city. Ours took a platoon stronghold and are establishing a foothold on Zheleznodorozhny Lane. There are heavy street battles. Preliminary fights are already taking place for positions near the railway tracks. Our advancing forces at the southern flank are being hit by enemy drones and artillery from the front edge of the Khimik microdistrict defence,

🔹In #Bakhmut Direction, there is relative calm on the northern flank of the city near #Bogdanovka. Our army is actively working with drones, searching for AFU firing points.

🔹In #Svatovo Direction, in the #Liman sector, the AFU confirms the critical situation near #Yampolovka. Our military is actively moving forward and reaching the outskirts of #Terny, advancing up to 800m per day. The pressure is exorbitant, a very serious amount of equipment and personnel has been deployed there. The front is thundering, the enemy admits. "the dominance of artillery is maximum, it is impossible to stick your nose out of the dugouts." In the #Kupyansk sector, on the northern flank near #Sinkovka, our army, under cover of artillery and aviation, bypasses the fortified positions of the AFU, advancing from the northwestern forests. On the southern flank, ours are consolidated on a ledge in the area of #Tabayevka and #Kotlyarovka.

☠️ AFU shelling on the border in the #Bryansk region wounded our border guards, one of them was killed. In #Donetsk, a city bus was attacked by a drone, without casualties. In #Belgorod, 7 Ukrainian UAVs were shot down.

💥 Our Army hit in #Kharkov region a private hotel with two missiles, which housed up to 50 Ukrainian militants, presumably from the Kraken national formation.

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Frontline #Summary for the Morning of 19 March 2024; pub. 08:08⚡️

🔹On the #Zaporozhye Front, there are oncoming battles in #Rabotino and northwest of #Verbovoye, where the RF Armed Forces are consolidating their positions that were ⚠️taken from the AFU. Both sides are striking with long range weapons. (Fig. 1)

🔹On the #Donetsk Front, fierce fighting is taking place on the #Tonenkoye - #Orlovka - #Berdychi line. The RF Armed Forces continue to press the enemy, but ⚠️the advance of the Russian troops cannot be called rapid.
📌 Firstly, this is due to the fierce resistance offered by the AFU in this area, and secondly, due to the actions of the RF Armed Forces leadership, who are trying to preserve their personnel, avoiding frontal attacks if possible. (Fig. 2)

🔹In the #Kharkov and #Sumy Direction, the AFU has again returned to the tactics of small groups. SRGs periodically attempt to infiltrate into #Tyotkino and #Kozinka in groups of 6-8 men, but ⚠️no results from these operations have been observed so far.
💥 Ukrainian artillery continues to launch massive strikes on the territory of #Belgorod and #Kursk regions, killing civilians and damaging civilian infrastructure. The attacks have become a daily occurrence, and air defence alone cannot solve the problem.
📌 Competent and operational counterbattery warfare is needed in this area. (Fig. 3)

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Frontline #Summary for the Morning of 21 March 2024; pub. 08:08⚡️

🔹On the #Zaporozhye front, the frontline remains ⚠️without significant changes. Heavy fighting continues in #Rabotino and northwest of #Verbovoye. (Fig. 1)

🔹On the #Donetsk Front, Russian troops are pressing the AFU on the #Tonenkoye - #Orlovka - #Berdychi line. There are ⚠️advances in the area of #Tonenkoye, where the AFU left the territory of dachas. On the same line, the RF Armed Forces are developing ⚠️success in the area of #Orlovka. In #Berdychi, the Ukrainian forces are still putting up serious resistance, but the Russian forces are not giving up their attempts to advance from the eastern side of this settlement. (Fig. 2)

🔹In the #Bakhmut Direction, the RF Armed Forces continue their attempts to dislodge the AFU from the western outskirts of #Ivanovskoye (#Krasnoye), but the Ukrainian troops are in no hurry to surrender the upland. Also, the Russian forces took assault actions in #Bogdanovka. (Fig. 3)

🔹In the #Kharkov and #Sumy Direction, there is relative calm on the ground, but attempted sorties by Ukrainian SRGs remain regular.
💥 Shelling of the #Belgorod region also remains constant. The AFU is shelling Russian border territories using rocket and barrel artillery, hitting civilians and civilian infrastructure. (Fig. 4)

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Frontline #Summary for the Morning of 22 March 2024; pub. 08:17⚡️

🔹On the #Zaporozhye Front, the struggle for the remnants of #Rabotino continues. Long-range weapons are actively working on both sides. Northwest of #Verbovoye, there are positional battles. (Fig. 1)

🔹On the #Donetsk Front, there are ⚠️small tactical successes of the RF Armed Forces in #Novomikhaylovka as a result of assault actions. Positional battles in the area of #Pobeda and #Nevelskoye. In #Pervomayskoye, the assault on the settlement by Russian troops continues. There are ⚠️advances, but they are being made with great difficulty (⚠️which means losses), the AFU continues to refuse to put up stubborn resistance in this locality.
📌 The main news was the liberation of the #Tonenkoye village, from where the AFU had to retreat following #Orlovka. In #Berdychi there are oncoming battles (Fig. 2)

🔹In #Bakhmut Direction, There is counter fighting near #Kleshchyeevka, in #Bogdanovka and #Ivanovskoye (#Krasnoye), there are ⚠️advances in the area of the first settlement.
📌 Russian troops continue to develop their offensive towards Chasov Yar. (Fig. 3)

🔹In the #Kharkov and #Sumy Direction, the activity of military operations has noticeably decreased, but it is too early to say that the AFU will no longer make attempts to sabotage the border area.
💥 Artillery shelling of the #Kursk and #Belgorod regions continues. (Fig. 4)

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