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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Special Military Operation Update
for November 11, 2022

▪️In the Kherson region, Russian troops completed their withdrawal to the left bank of the Dnieper River. After the last units of the Russian Armed Forces crossed over, they blew up the Antonov Bridge in Kherson and the Kakhovskaya HPP bridge near Novaya Kakhovka.

🔻The Starobelsk direction (see the map below):

▪️The command of the 14th mechanized brigade of the AFU equipped observation posts west of Kislovka. The enemy uses drones to identify Russian artillery firing positions.

▪️At the Svatovka sector, assault detachments of the 92nd AFU detachment undertook another attack on the Russian Armed Forces' strongholds in Kuzemivka. Russian artillery dispersed the enemy grouping, forcing it to retreat to its original lines.

▪️In the Liman area, units of the 25th Airborne Brigade of the AFU several times tried unsuccessfully to gain a foothold in the area west of Krasnopopovka. Over the past few weeks, the unit has suffered heavy losses in its personnel, but the Ukrainian command again and again sends its fighters into attack.

🔻Soldar direction (see the map below):

▪️In the Bakhmut area, strike groups of the 53rd brigade, supported by artillery, attempted a counterattack in the directions of Zaitsevo and Otradovka. The Russian forces repulsed the attack, pushing the enemy back to their original positions with return fire.

▪️ During the offensive on Mayorsk, the Russian Armed Forces established control over the railway station of the same name, the industrial zone and part of the development area. The Russian Armed Forces took up defensive positions in the remaining territory of the neighborhood.

🔻Donetsk direction (see the map below):

▪️Fighters of the Sparta ORB and the 1st Slavian Brigade, supported by the 238th Artillery Brigade, liberated the village of Opytnoye. The capture of the settlement moved the front line away from Donetsk by several kilometers and allows the offensive to continue to cover Avdeevka from the southwest.

▪️Ukrainian formations shelled the Donetsk agglomeration again: residential buildings and civilian infrastructure in Donetsk, Gorlovka, Yasinovata, Dokuchaevsk and other settlements came under attack.

🔻 Zaporozhye direction:

▪️Russian rocket artillery hit an AFU repair base in Volnyansk.

▪️In Melitopol, Ukrainian saboteurs made an attempt on the deputy minister of culture, sport and tourism in Zaporozhye region by detonating a bomb near his entrance. The official was lightly concussed.

🔻 Southern Front: Kherson direction (see the map below)

▪️ The AFU gradually occupies the territories abandoned by Russian troops on the right bank of the Dneper River. The enemy's advance is complicated by Russian Armed Forces mine barriers, and it will take 1-2 days for the enemy to establish full control over the areas.

▪️A mass mailing is going on in the region with an appeal to residents to surrender "collaborators" to the SBU. The Ukrainian security services have been arranging reprisals against anyone suspected of having contacts with the Russian Armed Forces or the Russian administration, most of whom are victims of false denunciations.

▪️Ukrainian HIMARS MLRSs shelled a suburb of Novaya Kakhovka, damaging residential buildings. Some of the shells were intercepted by air defenses. Russian artillery struck enemy firing points and hit enemy concentrations on the right bank of the Dneper River.

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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Special Military Operation Update
November 17, 2022

Today, the Russian Armed Forces once again carried out massive strikes on critical infrastructure in Ukraine. Energy facilities in Odessa, Vinnitsa, Dnepropetrovsk and Kiev region were hit.

In addition, the Shebelyn GPP near Balakleya in the Kharkiv region, a mining facility in the Kiev region, the Yuzhmash workshop in Dnepropetrovsk, a logistics hub in Ochakova and a military unit at Zastava in Odessa were hit.

An unidentified object was hit in Stryisky district of Lvov region. In Poltava and Cherkassy regions, air defense assets were triggered.

🔻Republic of Crimea:

▪️In Feodosia, a Ukrainian drone attempted to attack the Kafa power substation, but the facility sustained no damage.

▪️In Dzhankoy in the evening, air defense equipment went off, there is no information about the arrivals.

🔻Belgorod region:

▪️Ukrainian forces shelled the town of Shebekino, wounding a fifteen-year-old girl.

▪️The enemy also struck a power substation in the Belgorod region, damaging two transformers. There were no casualties and the power supply was restored.

🔻Starobelsk sector:

▪️Significant changes on the front line did not occur.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted to attack east of Makiivka in the direction of Ploshchanka, but came under artillery fire and retreated. Similar attempts were repeated in some parts of the front.

🔻Soledar sector (map):

▪️The Wagner PMCs are actively conducting an offensive on the southeastern outskirts of Opytnoye and near Bakhmut (Artemovsk).

▪️The enemy in Bakhmut attempted to attack Russian Armed Forces positions in the city, but the attack was repulsed. In the city, Ukrainian fighters set up strongholds and firing positions in residential areas.

▪️53 The AFU brigade suffered significant casualties, including the commander and commander killed by Russian troops.

▪️The enemy reportedly blew up a bridge over the Bakhmutka River near Sol station.

🔻Lugansk People's Republic:

▪️Ukrainian formations shelled the town of Stakhanov with HIMARS, killing several people, injuring three, destroying an apartment building.

▪️Russian air defenses intercepted enemy shells near Rubezhnoye and Zimogorye.

🔻Donetsk sector (map):

▪️The 100th Brigade of the DNR People's Militia established control of the key Basin stronghold southeast of Nevelskoye.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces twice attempted to retake the site, but did not achieve any success. The position allows the road from Krasnogorovka to Pervomayskoye to be kept under fire control.

▪️ At the same time, units of the Russian Armed Forces are mopping up the outskirts of Opytnoye and Vodyanoye.

▪️The enemy again shelled Donetsk, Yasynuvata, Gorlovka and Ilovaysk, where the railway track was damaged.

🔻Zaporozhye sector:

▪️Artillery duels continue in the Zaporizhia direction, with the Russian Armed Forces firing on targets in Zaliznichne, Olgovskoye, Volnyansk, and Gulaypole

🔻 Southern Front: Kherson sector

▪️On the southern section of the front, Russian missile forces and artillery struck AFU positions in Kherson, Chernobaevka, Antonovka, Kachkarovka and Osokorovka.

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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Special Military Operation Update
November 18, 2022

🔻Belgorod and Bryansk regions:

▪️Ukrainian formations shelled the border settlements of the Belgorod region: residential buildings and power lines in the villages of Murom and Ustinka were hit, one elderly man was killed.

▪️The enemy struck the civilian infrastructure of Belaya Beryozka in the Bryansk region, the settlement experienced temporary problems with power supply. There were no casualties.

🔻Krasnodar Area:

▪️On the night of November 16-17, an AFU maritime drone attacked the Sheskharis oil harbor in the port of Novorossiysk. The damage sustained was minor and did not affect the facility's operability.

🔻Starobel sector:

▪️In the Svatovka sector, the assault units of the 92nd AFU brigade undertook another attack on the positions of the Russian troops near Kuzemovka, but failed and retreated to their initial positions with losses.

▪️In the Liman sector, Ukrainian units of the 66th brigade and 25th ovdbr tried to break through in the direction of Krasnopopovka. The Russian Armed Forces repulsed all the enemy attacks.

▪️In the Lisichansk sector, position battles continue near Belogorovka.

🔻Soldar sector:

▪️Significant changes in the situation on the front. There are clashes in the vicinity of Bakhmut.

🔻Lugansk People's Republic:

▪️Ukrainian formations fired rockets from HIMARS MLRS at the town of Bryanka, destroying and damaging several residential and outbuildings. One elderly woman was wounded.

▪️Russian air defenses intercepted enemy shells near Goncharovka.

🔻Donetsk sector:

▪️Fighters of the Sparta ORB and the 1st Slavyansk Brigade, supported by the 238th Artillery Brigade, completed a sweep of the northern outskirts of the village of Opytnoye. The liberation of the village makes it possible to continue the offensive on Avdeevka from the southwest.

The Ukrainian command moves reinforcements and strengthens its defenses in an attempt to avoid encirclement of the Avdiivka fortification.

▪️The enemy struck populated areas of the Donetsk agglomeration: residential areas and civilian infrastructure, including the Donbass Arena building, were damaged in Donetsk. At least six people were wounded.

🔻 Zaporozhye sector:

▪️The AFU command continues to pull additional forces to the Orekhovo and Gulyaypole area in preparation for an offensive.

▪️Artillery duels continue along the line of contact: the Russian Armed Forces hit the positions of Ukrainian formations in Zaliznichne, Zarechnoye and Huliaipilskoye. At the same time, during the night, Russian troops struck the 53rd workshop of the Motor-Sich plant in Zaporozhye, causing a major fire at the facility.

▪️According to local sources, an enemy DRG, which had previously carried out a terrorist attack in the lower part of the city, was detained in Melitopol.

🔻 Southern Front: Kherson sector

▪️Russian missile forces and artillery worked on accumulations of enemy manpower and armored vehicles in Antonovka, Otradokamenka and Chernobaevka.

Ukrainian formations throughout the day struck residential buildings in Novaya Kakhovka, Aleshki and Tavrichanka.

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❗️️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Special Military Operation Update
November 19-20, 2022

🔻Belgorod region:

▪️VSU shelled the settlements of Shebekino, Karabanovo, Razumnoye and Nizhniy Olshanets in the Belgorod region. At least 3 civilians were wounded and civilian infrastructure was damaged.

🔻Starobel sector (map):

▪️The enemy made another unsuccessful attempt to storm Russian positions towards Kislovka.

▪️In the Svatovsk sector, Russian DRGs conducted a reconnaissance battle near the Medvezhye tract. In the battle, the Russian Armed Forces destroyed one armored vehicle and wounded at least five Ukrainian fighters.

The Russian Armed Forces took up a position defense after several unsuccessful attempts to advance in the direction of Krasnopopovka.

🔻Soldar sector (map):

▪️In the Bakhmut (Artemivsk) area, units of the Wagner PMC blocked one of the units of the 53rd AFU ombra. After regrouping, the enemy attempted to regain the lost positions, but failed and suffered significant losses.

The AFU command moved additional forces due to the difficult situation in the area.

▪️Fighting in the Soledar area is ongoing with varying success in the area of the Bakhmut-Soledar highway.

🔻Lugansk People's Republic:

▪️Ukrainian formations shelled Lisichansk, Nizhnya Duvanka and Kremenna with HIMARS MLRS. At least three civilians were killed and five more were wounded.

🔻Donetsk sector:

▪️Ukrainian forces once again struck Horlivka, Ilovaysk, Makiivka, Yasynuvata and Krasnyi Partizan. In Donetsk, an aluminum profile plant came under fire.

🔻 Zaporozhye sector (map):

▪️The Russian Armed Forces launched several missile strikes at the Motor Sich plant in Zaporozhye, where various components for the Ukrainian defense industry were produced.

▪️Ukrainian formations, in turn, shelled the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant again. Enemy shells landed in the area of the dry storage facility for spent nuclear fuel.

▪️Ukrainian forces continue to accumulate reserves in this area: personnel and equipment arrive at Volnyansk, Preobrazhenka and Zaporizhzhya.

🔻 Southern Front: Kherson sector (map)

▪️Russian forces destroyed an AFU fuel depot near the shipyard on Quarantine Island in Kherson.

▪️The enemy continues to entrench itself on the right bank of the Dnieper: Ukrainian territorial defense units have been moved to Belozerkha and Novokaira.

▪️59 AFU infantry battalions crossed the Ingulets at the Dariyivsky bridge and occupied the Nikolskoye-Novotyatynka line.

▪️Ukrainian authorities announced the evacuation of Kherson.

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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Special Military Operation Update
November 21, 2022

🔻The North Ukrainian sector (map):

▪️There are two sabotage groups operating in the area of Denisovichi and Yakovetskoe tracts. One of the DRGs crossed the state border with Belarus and reached the Polesie Reserve.

▪️In the meantime, Ukrainian deminers in the Sumy region have started demining the area near the border with Russia.

🔻Kharkov sector:

▪️The formation of the 47th Separate Assault Brigade of the AFU to reinforce the grouping on the border with the Belgorod region is being completed in the Kharkiv region.

▪️ There are sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the vicinity of Strelechi and Volchansk, and the 228th battalion of the 127th brigade is moving to Ternovaya.

🔻The Starobelsk sector (map):

▪️For the Kupyansk area, forces of the 14th AFU ombra made an unsuccessful attempt to assault Russian positions on the heights near Orlyanka. Soldiers of the Russian Armed Forces repulsed the attack, destroying two BMPs and their crews.

▪️In the Liman sector, combined units of the 66th Ombr and 25th OvdbR attacked Russian Armed Forces positions in the direction of Krasnopopovka. They were forced back to their initial positions by artillery fire.

🔻Soldar sector:

▪️The Bakhmutsky (Artemovsky) section of the AFU command moves additional forces, including detachments of American mercenaries, due to the difficult situation at the frontline.

▪️In the vicinity of Konstantinovka an accelerated training of the mobilized initial combat training is going on. After several days of training, the personnel will be sent to the line of contact.

🔻 Lugansk People's Republic:

▪️Ukrainian formations shelled civilian infrastructure in Alchevsk with HIMARS MLRS.

🔻Donetsk direction (map):

▪️Motorized units of the Russian Armed Forces have gained control of key sites along Druzhba Avenue in the center of Marinka. Fighting continues in the area of school No. 2 occupied by the Russian Armed Forces.

▪️Ukrainian troops once again launched strikes against Marinka, Krasnogorovka, Pervomaisky, Donetsk, Makeevka and Novoselovka.

🔻Zaporozhye sector:

▪️The Russian Armed Forces launched several missile strikes on the positions of the 65th Mechanized Brigade in Orekhovo, Stepovo and Zaliznichne.

▪️Ukrainian forces continue to accumulate reserves in certain areas: personnel and equipment arrive at Bilohorye and are also concentrated near Pokrov on the right bank of the Kakhovka Reservoir.

🔻 Southern Front: Kherson sector
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▪️ The Russian Armed Forces launched several missile strikes against Ukrainian army positions on Quarantine Island in Kherson, as well as in Klapai, Vysuntsy and Veseloye.

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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Special Military Operation Update
November 22, 2022

🔻Republic of Crimea:

▪️Russian air defenses shot down two Ukrainian UAVs as they approached the Balaklava thermal power plant and three more drones over the Black Sea.

🔻Belgorod region:

▪️UFU units shelled the town of Shebekino, residential buildings were damaged. One woman was killed.

▪️Ukrainian formations struck the veterans' hospital in the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka. The shells damaged the facade of the building and the gas pipeline. There were no casualties or injuries.

▪️A married couple was blown up by ammunition in the village of Staroselye.

🔻Starobelsk sector:

▪️In the Svatovka sector, assault units of the AFU's 92 ombra undertook an attack on the Russian Armed Forces' positions near Kuzemovka. Russian forces detected the enemy and launched a preemptive strike, forcing them to retreat to their original lines.

In Stelmakhivka, Russian artillery hit the 14th AFU detachment, which was reinforced by foreign mercenaries. Several pieces of equipment were destroyed.

🔻Soldar sector:

▪️Significant changes in the situation on the front. There are clashes in Opytnoye and on the southeastern outskirts of Bakhmut.

🔻Donetsk sector:

▪️Motorized units of the Russian Armed Forces continue fierce fighting with the enemy in the center of Marinka. Russian missile forces and artillery struck concentrations of enemy armored vehicles and personnel on the western outskirts of the city.

▪️Ukrainian formations once again shelled populated areas of the Donetsk agglomeration: residential buildings and civilian infrastructure of Donetsk, Makeyevka, Mineralnye, Yasynuvata, Zaitsevo and Kashtanye were hit.

🔻 South Donetsk sector:

▪️UFU units made several counterattack attempts against Russian positions in Pavlovka. The advancing enemy groups were detected by a UAV and retreated with losses to their original positions under artillery strikes by the Russian Armed Forces.

🔻 Zaporozhye sector:

▪️The AFU command continues to pull reserves and armored vehicles to the line of contact, preparing for an offensive along the entire front.

▪️Artillery duels continue along the line of contact: Russian forces hit the 65th Mechanized Brigade's concentrations in Gulaipole, Zaliznichne, and Orekhovoye

🔻 Southern Front: Kherson sector (map)

▪️SBU and national police officers are conducting filtration activities in Kherson and checking all buildings in the city in search of Russian Armed Forces personnel and pro-Russian citizens.

▪️Ukrainian units of the 9th Composite Battalion of the TRO struck the village of Cairo using a copter with a grenade dropping system.

▪️The reconnaissance team of the 73rd AFU SDF Center conducted patrols in small boats near the Dnieper estuary.

▪️Russian forces struck enemy facilities in Kherson and targeted concentrations of AFU personnel and armored vehicles in Muzykovka, Sadovoye and Tokarevka.

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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Special Military Operation Update
for November 29, 2022

🔻Frontier territories of the Russian Federation:

▪️Ukrainian formations fired mortars at the border villages of Lomakovka and Maritsa in the Bryansk region. Both villages were de-energized and a pensioner was injured.

▪️The enemy also struck civilian facilities in Tetkino and Suzhansky District of Kursk Region, which left part of the municipality without power supply.

▪️ In the Belgorod region, the Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled Shebekino, Murom and Novaya Tavolzhanka, with no casualties.

🔻Starobelsk sector:

▪️The enemy attempted to attack in the vicinity of Ivanovka in the Kupyan area, but was forced to retreat after coming under heavy artillery fire from the Russian Armed Forces.

▪️In the Liman sector, Ukrainian formations attempted to resume their offensive in the direction of Krasnopopovka, but also failed.

🔻The Slavyansk sector:

▪️Russian missile forces and artillery struck several Ukrainian forces' targets in Slavyansk and Kramatorsk.

🔻Soldar sector (map):

▪️South of Bakhmut (Artemovsk), Vagner PMC units and DNR NM units were able to build on the offensive, occupying Kurdyumovka and reaching the Seversky Donets-Donbass Canal.

▪️In the Bakhmut area, the enemy strengthens its positions near Kleshcheyevka in the southern outskirts of Bakhmut.

In order to prevent the collapse of the defense, the enemy is moving additional units to the area.

▪️On the Lisichansk sector, there are battles in the vicinity of Belogorovka. The AFU command dispatched a company of the 81st OAEM brigade to Serebryanka.

🔻Lugansk People's Republic:

▪️Ukrainian army shelled Svatovo again, a woman was killed and residential houses were damaged.

🔻Donetsk sector:

▪️The Ukrainian Armed Forces continued strikes on towns in the Donetsk agglomeration: Donetsk, Gorlovka, Yasinovataya, Zaitsevo, Kashtanovo, Kvashino and Panteleimonovka were hit.

🔻Dnepropetrovsk region:

▪️Russian troops fired on targets in Nikopol, Marganetskaya community and Malomikhailovka.

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❗️️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Special Military Operation Update

December 1, 2022

🔻Belgorod region:

▪️Ukrainian formations shelled populated areas of the Valuy urban district, residential buildings, the House of Culture and the kindergarten were damaged.

▪️The enemy struck civilian objects in the village of Murom in the Shebekinsky urban district, one man was injured.

🔻Kursk region:

▪️Ukrainian drone dropped an explosive device on the village of Tetkino, a substation was disrupted. There were no casualties or injuries.

🔻Starobelsk sector:

▪️Significant changes on the front line no. In the Kupyan area, units of the Ukrainian armed forces are preparing for another attack on Russian positions near Kuzemovka.

▪️The Ukrainian command, after several failed offensive attempts, replenishes its losses in the Liman sector and conducts reconnaissance of the Russian Armed Forces' positions near Ploshchanka and Krasnopopovka.

▪️Artillery duels continue along the entire contact line: Russian artillery struck enemy positions in Berestovoe, Stelmakhovka, Druzhelyubovka and Torskoye.

🔻Soldar sector:

▪️The Ukrainian command is pulling in additional forces and trying to stop the advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the Bakhmut area. The 16th battalion of the 58th AFU infantry battalion was redeployed from the Orekhovo area.

▪️South of Bakhmut (Artemovsk), Vagner PMC assault detachments and units of the DNR National Front finish mopping up the areas adjacent to Kurdyumovka.

🔻Lugansk People's Republic:

▪️The enemy fired rockets from HIMARS MLRS at the civilian infrastructure of the town of Svatovo.

🔻Donetsk sector:

▪️Russian units continue fighting with Ukrainian formations entrenched in the center of Marinka.

▪️The enemy fired barrel and rocket artillery at populated areas of the Donetsk agglomeration: civilian facilities in Donetsk, Ilovaysk, Kashtanovoye, Zaitsevo, Gorlovka and Holmovskoe were hit. There were casualties among civilians.

🔻 Zaporozhye sector (map):

▪️Ukrainian command is building up a grouping of troops and conducting combat coordination with formations arriving from the Kherson direction.

▪️At the Poltavka-Malinovka line, AFU assault groups supported by "roving" mortars are conducting sorties against Russian positions.

▪️ Enemy drones are scouting along the front lines, and Ukrainian informers in the Russian-controlled part of Zaporozhye Region are monitoring the movements of the Russian army.

▪️The Russian Armed Forces' artillery struck AFU concentrations in Orekhovo, Novoandreyevka and Gulaipole.

▪️ Another 50/50 exchange of prisoners of war took place in the Zaporozhye region. Twelve servicemen from the Donetsk People's Republic and eight from the Lugansk People's Republic were among those who returned to Russia.

🔻 Southern Front: Kherson sector

▪️Russian artillery worked on enemy positions in Respublikants, Matrosovka, Chernobaevka, and also struck targets in Kherson.

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❗️🇺🇦🇷🇺 Special Military Operation Update

December 3-4, 2022

🔻Frontier territories of the Russian Federation:

▪️Ukrainian formations shelled the village of Tishanka and the village of Krasnoye in the Belgorod region, damaging residential buildings, gas and power supply lines. There were no casualties or injuries.

▪️The enemy attacked the village of Guevo and the hamlet of Kucherovo in Kursk Region, with no casualties among civilians.

🔻Starobel sector:

▪️On the Liman area, Ukrainian units launched an offensive toward Ploshchanka. Russian forces repulsed the enemy attack, forcing them to retreat with losses in manpower and equipment.

At the same time, the AFU advanced towards Krasnopopovka. Russian units counterattacked, pushing the Ukrainian formations back to their original positions.

▪️Artillery duels continued along the entire line of contact: the Russian Armed Forces hit enemy concentrations in Ternovaya, Berestovoe, Vishnevoe, and Tabaeevka.

🔻Slavyansk sector:

▪️On Saturday, Russian missile forces and artillery struck the Starokramatorsk machine-building plant in Kramatorsk. A fire broke out at the facility.

🔻Soldar sector:

▪️On the Bakhmut (Artemovsk) section, fighting continues in the vicinity of Opytnoye. The Russian Armed Forces surrounded a group of Georgian mercenaries, eliminating at least five people.

The Ukrainian command is redeploying additional units to the area to make up for the losses incurred. In the area of Chasov Yar, the enemy is strengthening its defensive lines.

🔻Lugansk People's Republic:

▪️Ukrainian formations fired rockets from HIMARS MLRS at LNR populated areas: on Saturday the residential modules of Dorinvest in Novochervonoe were hit, on Sunday the technical school and the student dormitory in Alchevsk were damaged. Two people were injured.

🔻Donetsk sector:

▪️Motorized units of the Russian Armed Forces continue fighting in the center of Maryinka. The sides are exchanging artillery strikes.

▪️The enemy shelled civilian facilities in Donetsk, Horlivka, Yasinovataya, Mineralny, Makeevka, and other settlements in the agglomeration with barrel and rocket artillery.

🔻 Zaporozhye sector:

▪️Russian forces struck concentrations of AFU manpower and armored vehicles in Orekhovo, Malinovka, Chervonoe, and Guliaipole.

▪️Ukrainian formations shelled residential buildings in Mikhailovka, civilians were not injured.

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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Special Military Operation Update

December 5, 2022

The Russian Armed Forces again carried out massive strikes against critical infrastructure in Ukraine: enemy facilities in Vinnitsa, Cherkasy, Khmelnytskyi, Poltava, Kyiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhya, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv and Odessa regions were hit.

Ukrainian air defenses were unable to repel the attack. There were problems with power and water supply and communications in some regions of the country.

In the course of the raid, a rocket booster, presumably fired from the Ukrainian S-300 air defense system, landed near the Moldovan city of Briceni.

🔻Saratov and Ryazan regions:

▪️Ukrainian drones struck two Russian Air Force strategic airfields in Engels and Ryazan: three Russian Armed Forces personnel were killed and six were wounded.

🔻 Kursk Region:

▪️The enemy shelled the border villages of Tetkino and Guevo, damaging residential buildings and a gas pipeline. There were no casualties or injuries.

🔻Starobel sector:

▪️On the Kupyan-Svatov sector, the AFU attacked the RF Armed Forces positions in the direction of Liman 1, no visible success was achieved.

▪️On the Liman sector, Ukrainian units launched an offensive in the direction of Krasnopopovka and Ploshchanka. Russian forces repulsed the enemy's attacks, forcing them to retreat to their original lines with losses.

🔻Soldar sector (map):

▪️On the Lisichansk section, Russian Armed Forces units are fighting in the vicinity of Belogorovka. Russian artillery and aviation are striking enemy positions near the village.

▪️In the Soledar area, Russian forces broke through the defensive lines of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' 10th Ogsh Brigade, occupying two platoon strongholds in Yakovlevka and three in Belogorovka.

▪️In the Bakhmut area, assault detachments of the Wagner PMCs pushed through the AFU defenses in Opytnoe and southeast of Bakhmut. At the same time, Russian units are storming the positions of Ukrainian formations on the outskirts of Kleshcheyevka.

▪️The Russian Armed Forces are advancing in the Toretsk (Dzerzhinsk) sector at the Shumy-Novgorodskoye line.

AFU assault units attempted to break through the defense of Russian troops in the vicinity of Polunochoye (Kirovo). Russian Armed Forces units repulsed the attack, and the enemy retreated after losing 20 men killed and wounded.

🔻Lugansk People's Republic:

▪️Overnight, Ukrainian formations fired HIMARS rockets at civilian facilities in Alchevsk: residential buildings, educational buildings, dormitories, and a library were damaged. Ten people were killed and 28 injured.

▪️In the afternoon, the enemy used rocket artillery to hit Vrubovka, injuring three civilians.

🔻Donetsk sector:

▪️Russian motorized rifle units continue fighting with the AFU in the center of Marinka.

▪️Ukrainian units fired barrel and rocket artillery at populated areas of the Donetsk agglomeration, including residential buildings and civilian facilities in Donetsk. At least four civilians were killed.

🔻 Zaporozhye sector:

▪️The Russian Armed Forces hit a shop of a high-voltage apparatus plant in Zaporizhia, which produced high-voltage transformers. The strike on the facility will make it difficult to restore the infrastructure damaged in the raid.

🔻 Southern Front: Kherson sector

▪️UFU units shelled the town of Tavriisk with mortars: residential buildings, a school, a gas pipeline and a power line were damaged. Civilians were not injured.

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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Starobelsk Sector
Situation as of 19.00/7pm on December 11, 2022

The heaviest fighting in the Starobelsk Sector is going on in the Liman area, where the AFU is trying to break through the Russian Armed Forces' defenses near Kremennaya.

▪️Before Ploshchanka, Ukrainian formations are attacking to retake positions to the west of the settlement that were lost during the recent Russian offensive.

▪️The entire area is being exchanged with barreled and rocket-propelled artillery strikes, the intensity of which has increased significantly compared to previous days. Russian Air Force aircraft are also operating in the area of the clash: they are striking the enemy with rocket and bomb strikes from extremely low altitudes.

▪️In the afternoon, enemy infantry launched an attack in the area between Nevsky and Ploshchanka, coming close to Russian positions. Russian Armed Forces units engaged in a small arms battle and artillery promptly struck the front line. The Ukrainian formations lost up to a platoon of fighters and were forced to retreat.

🔻Although the AFU failed to achieve any visible successes during the day, it is likely to continue attacks the next day in order to retake the lines lost in recent days. For this purpose, the Ukrainian command will use reserves from among the most prepared formations, which are now in the second echelon.

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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦🎞 Highlights of the Special Military Operation: December 15, 2022

▪️ In Valuy city district, the AFU launched an artillery strike on the village of Stary Khutor.

Fragments of shells damaged the power line. There were no casualties as a result of the shelling.

▪️ The Ukrainian Armed Forces once again shelled Stakhanov with American HIMARS rocket launchers.

Schools, kindergartens and other social infrastructure facilities were damaged as a result of the strike.

▪️Wagner PMC units stormed fortified positions of the AFU in Podgorodnoe and the eastern quarters of Bakhmut.

The Ukrainian command is trying to slow down the Russian offensive with massive missile strikes in the squares.

▪️The fighting for Opytnoe continues on the southern flank. Despite heavy losses, the AFU continues to hold the outskirts of the settlement.

At the same time, an offensive on the enemy's positions in Kleshcheyevka is unfolding.

▪️ The Ukrainian armed forces increased the intensity of shelling of Donetsk. Over the past 24 hours, 40 Grad missiles were fired at the city.

Residential buildings, a dormitory and a shopping mall were destroyed. At least ten people were wounded.

▪️Battles continue for settlements near the Donetsk Ring Road.

The Russian command claims successful progress in Vodyanoe: most of the settlement is under control.

▪️After several days of active assault, the offensive on Bolshaya Novoselovka has practically stopped.

Russian units are trying to hold their newly occupied positions and consolidate the current situation on the front line.

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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Special Military Operation Update
December 16, 2022

Russian troops carried out massive strikes on critical infrastructure facilities in Ukraine: targets in Kiev, as well as in Zaporozhye, Kharkov, Nikolayev, Poltava, Dnepropetrovsk, Vinnitsa, Zhitomir, Kirovograd, Ternopol and Odessa regions were hit.

Ukrainian air defenses once again showed low efficiency. Electricity and water supply was disrupted in most regions of the country due to the strikes.

🔻Belgorod region:

▪️Ukrainian formations shelled the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka in the Shebekinsky urban district, one of the shells hit the basement of a school. There were no casualties or injuries.

🔻Kharkov region:

▪️Russian troops hit CHPP-5 and the Zalyutino 330kV substation in Kharkiv, as well as struck an energy infrastructure facility in the Chuguev district.

🔻Starobelsk sector:

▪️The Kupyansk section continues fighting in Novoselovskoye. Russian artillery is firing heavily at enemy positions on the western outskirts of the village.

▪️On the Limansk sector, Ukrainian units launched an offensive towards Ploshchanka and Kremennaya. The Russian Armed Forces repulsed the enemy's attacks, forcing them to retreat to their initial positions with losses.

🔻Soldar sector (map):

▪️On the Lisichansk sector, fighting continues on the western outskirts of Belogorovka.

▪️In the Soledar sector, the Russian Armed Forces completed the clearing of Yakovlevka, providing a bridgehead for an offensive on Soledar.

▪️At the Bakhmut (Artemovsk) sector, Vagner PMC assault units are fighting in the east of Bakhmut.

Units of the 3rd Battalion of the 28th Brigade and the 46th Army Airborne Forces launched an attack on the positions of the Russian Armed Forces in Ozaryanovka. The Russian forces repulsed the attack, pushing the enemy back to their original lines.

🔻 Lugansk People's Republic:

▪️Ukrainian formations fired rockets from HIMARS MLRS at Lantratovka and Stakhanov: residential buildings, a school and a post office were damaged. At least 11 people were killed and 17 more were wounded.

▪️The enemy shelled residential buildings in Svatovo, killing one civilian.

🔻Donets sector:

▪️Position fighting continues in the center of Maryinka and in the area of Bolshaya Novoselovka.

▪️The AFU launched strikes against civilian objects in Donetsk, Gorlovka, Makeevka, Staromikhailovka, Yasynuvataya and other settlements of the agglomeration. There were casualties among civilians.

🔻 Zaporozhye sector:

▪️Russian troops hit Dneper HPP-1 in Zaporozhye: the strikes hit the 330kV switchyard, reinforced concrete structures of Engine Room No. 1, canteen premises and a warehouse with spare parts and accessories.

🔻 Southern front: Kherson sector

▪️The artillery duel in the southern section of the front continues: the Russian Armed Forces fired on enemy concentrations in Kherson, Tokarevka, Chernobaevka and Berislav.

In turn, Ukrainian formations shelled residential buildings in Kakhovka.

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❗️🇪🇸🇺🇦 About training of AFU soldiers in Spain

Madrid said this week that a two-month course for AFU troops will begin in January. 400 people at the facilities of the training and material base of the Spanish Armed Forces will be trained in shooting and mine blasting, as well as undergo medical training.

The military training is part of an EU programme to train 15,000 Ukrainian servicemen.

🔻 Here you can find out where the training takes place and who oversees it.

▪️The training of Ukrainian servicemen in Spain is conducted at military facilities in the city of Calatayud at the Spanish Army Logistics Academy, as well as in the city of Toledo at the Infantry Academy.

It is in the vicinity of Toledo near the town of Añover de Tajo that major firing ranges are located. The images of the area show the characteristic structures and facilities of the training base.

▪️The main organizer of tactical training courses in Spain is the state PMC G.O.A. TACTICAL INDUSTRIES. The center also cooperates with the Spanish police union Sindicat De Mossos d'Esquadra.

Both organizations provide courses for local soldiers and police, but civilians are also admitted to the courses. This allows companies to train volunteers and mercenaries going to crisis areas around the world - including Ukraine.

▪️G.O.A. TACTICAL INDUSTRIES is directly controlled by Spain's army elite. One of the key persons in the company's management is Eva Alvarez del Manzano, the daughter of the former head of operations of the Spanish Armed Forces General Staff, the late Lieutenant General Bernardo Alvarez del Manzano.

Formally, Manzano also heads the company OzonaCero, which provides operational intelligence, planning and security services, and is responsible for special projects at Grupo Edefa, a major Spanish publishing house. They also oversee the authoritative profile media outlet defensa.com.

▪️Mansano also supervises the work of G.O.A. TACTICAL INDUSTRIES instructors in training Ukrainian servicemen and foreign mercenaries at training centers in Poland.

🔻 What else does Spain help the Ukrainian Armed Forces with?

According to the Spanish government, a total of 40 shipments of humanitarian aid, military equipment, medical equipment, generators and ambulances were sent to Ukraine via Poland.

In October, 19 Ukrainian servicemen underwent six weeks of training in the use of Aspide air defense systems at the Zaragoza air base.

From November 9-16, 21 AFU servicemen were trained in the use of 105 mm M56 howitzers at the Alvarez de Sotomayor base.

From November to December, 64 Ukrainian servicemen received basic military training and cyber security courses.

As of December, Spain had already received more than 160,000 refugees, but not all of them were lucky enough to be warm. Back in October, rising utility prices forced some Spanish families to deny shelter to Ukrainian migrants. This problem is likely to increase with the onset of winter.

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❗️️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Special Military Operation
January 3-4, 2023

🔻Republic of Crimea:

▪️In the morning, two enemy drones attempted to attack the Belbek airfield on the outskirts of Sevastopol, Russian air defense assets intercepted all targets over the sea.

🔻Starobel sector:

▪️The Ukrainian command moved additional forces to Bolshoy Burluk to reinforce the grouping in the Kupyansk-Svatovsk section.
➖ Units of the 67th mechanized brigade of the AFU created on the basis of the Right Sector nationalists arrived in the area of Dvurechnaya, Sinkovka and Kupyansk.
➖ Enemy drones are scouting Russian positions in the vicinity of Kupyansk.

▪️The enemy continues to prepare for a large-scale offensive on Kremennaya.

▪️Russian artillery struck enemy concentrations in Makeevka, Stelmakhovka, Kupyansk, Tabayivka and Nevskoye.

Ukrainian formations shelled Ploshchanka, Dibrowa and Krasnopopovka.

🔻Soldar sector (map):

▪️The Bakhmut (Artemovsk) section, the Vagner PMC assault detachments continue to fight fiercely on the southeastern outskirts of Bakhmut.
➖North-east of Bakhmut, Russian forces advanced in the vicinity of Podgorodnoe and squeezed units of the 17th Detachment and 60th Army Brigade of the AFU from their positions on the approaches to Krasnaya Gora from the direction of Bakhmutskoye.
➖On the eastern outskirts of Bakhmut, the Vagner PMC assault detachments repulsed an attack by the 42 battalion of the 57th Brigade Combat Team and three battalions of the 24th Army Brigade of the AFU.

▪️In the Soledar sector, Russian forces established control over three strongholds in the south of Soledar and enemy positions at the Dekonskaya railway station.
The Russian Armed Forces dislodged Ukrainian units of the 109th Mountain Assault Battalion of the 10th Ogsh Brigade from their observation post at the Soledar-Veseloye line.

🔻Lugansk People's Republic:

▪️Ukrainian units fired mortars at residential buildings in Kremenna: one woman was killed.

🔻Donetsk sector:

▪️Position fighting in Maryinka continues: motorized rifle units push the enemy to the western outskirts of the city.

▪️Ukrainian units shelled residential buildings and civilian infrastructure in Donetsk, Yasynuvata, Gorlovka, Makeevka, Aleksandrovka, Panteleimonovka and other settlements of the agglomeration using barrel and rocket artillery. There were fatalities among civilians.

🔻Zaporozhye region:

▪️The AFU command continues to pull reserve forces to the Orekhovo area in preparation for an offensive.

▪️Artillery duels continue along the line of contact: the Russian Armed Forces fired at enemy positions in Dorozhnyanka, Novodanilovka, Charivne, Novoandreyevka and Malye Shcherbaki.

In turn, Ukrainian forces shelled a district hospital building in Tokmak and civilian infrastructure in Vasilievka: at least 11 people were killed and 15 others were wounded.

🔻 Southern Front. Kherson direction:

▪️A Bayraktar drone patrolled the airspace over the Ochakov coast for the third day in a row, conducting reconnaissance of the Russian Armed Forces' activities on the Kinburn Peninsula.

▪️Russian artillery hit enemy concentrations in Kherson, Inzhenerny, Berislav and Dudchany.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces struck civilian facilities in Novaya Kakhovka and Aleshki: residential buildings and power lines were damaged.

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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Special Military Operation Update
January 21-22, 2023

🔻Border territories of the Russian Federation

◾️On Saturday Ukrainian drones attacked a mill in the village of Tetkino in Kursk Region. The dropped shells did not cause any damage and casualties were also avoided.

◾️The AFU shelled the village of Vyazovoye, Krasnoyaruzhsky District, Belgorod Region. There were no casualties, but the blast damaged several houses and power lines.

🔻Kharkov region:

◾️ The Russian Federation Air Forces launched at least four missile strikes on AFU facilities in and around Kharkov. According to preliminary reports, one of the shells hit a fuel and lubricants storage facility near the Kharkov - sortirovochnyy station.

🔻Starobel sector:

▪️There are no significant changes on the front line. On the Kupyansko-Svatovsky section, enemy units are rotating and gathering reinforcements near Novoselovskoye, planning an attack on Kuzemovka soon.

▪️To the south of the sector artillery duels continue in the Ploshchanka-Makeevka area. The Ukrainian Armed Forces engage small sabotage groups to probe the defenses of the Russian forces, but the Russian Armed Forces detect and destroy them in a timely manner.

🔻The Soledar sector:

▪️На Soledar area north of Sol station, the Wagner PMC assault groups took control of Krasnopolyevka. The village is located on one of the roads leading to Seversk.

▪️ On the southern and south-eastern outskirts of Bakhmut, fighting for control of the local residential areas continues. Russian Air Force and artillery are working on the identified positions of the Ukrainian army.
➖ Over the village of Khromovo near Bakhmut, a man-portable air defense missile system of the Wagner PMC shot down a Ukrainian army Mi-8 military transport helicopter that crashed down on the Bakhmut railway station.

🔻Lugansk People's Republic

▪️The AFU hit Stakhanov with HIMARS MLRS. In the city, the preventorium of the machine-building plant and the old prosecutor's office building were destroyed, and at least four residential buildings were damaged.

▪️Ukrainian forces also shelled the village of Fomovka in the Svatovsk district, destroying two houses and damaging the local medical clinic. In Starobelsk, which came under fire by the Ukrainian armed forces, one residential building was destroyed and there were no casualties.

🔻Donets People's Republic

▪️Ukrainian formations again shelled Donetsk agglomeration settlements: art school No. 5 in Kirovsky district of Donetsk was damaged, 23 transformer substations in Petrovsky district were de-energized.

▪️The AFU shelled Ilovaysk several times, most of the shells were hit in the air by anti-aircraft defense equipment.

🔻Zaporozhye sector:

▪️In Orekhovsky area the fighting has taken a positional character. The Russian Armed Forces are consolidating in previously occupied positions and conducting counter-battery warfare. The enemy is transferring reinforcements to the area.

🔻 Southern Front. Kherson sector:

▪️Along the contact line artillery duels continue: Russian troops and artillery hit enemy facilities and manpower in Kherson and Antonovka.

Ukrainian formations shelled Novaya Kakhovka. One person was killed, two more were wounded, and there were power outages.

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🇹🇷🌍 Turkey engagements in Africa

When we talk about foreign powers that are highly interested in Africa we always remember China, US, Russia, France, UK. And yes, these countries have a lot of projects on the continent. However in this list of countries Turkey, which also has huge ambitions and interest in Africa, is often overlooked. Why's that? Before we answer this question we should have a brief insight in the history of Turkey-Africa relations.

🔻Engagements between Turkey and Africa date back to the Ottoman Empire period when most of the North Africa was conquered by it and Ottomans had an influence in Arab world overall.

However, after the World War I the Empire has fallen. Newly established Republic of Turkey throughout the whole 20th century had a western-oriented foreign policy and distanced itself from the non-aligned movement and from Africa.

▪️The year 2005 breathed a new life into Turkey-Africa relations when government of the Republic declared "The Year of Africa" (interestingly, a year before China did the same). 2005 started a period when Turkey implemented African Initiative Policies and wanted to, let's call it, "reintroduce itself to the continent".

After Erdogan took power in 2014, the Republic aimed to strengthen its institutions and partnership in Africa throughout Africa Partnership Policies. In fact, during his tenure, as his ambitions grew larger and larger, we see the increased interest in Africa, especially in it Northern regions, but more on this later.

▪️Yet still the question arises, why does Turkey need Africa? Well, for the same reason as any other nation that wants to realize foreign policy ambitions: resources, seeking influence and support for projects and ideas in international relations (especially in organizations like the UN and G20), gaining strategic foothold to expand influence into MENA region, etc. And also to counter the influence of other major nations like the US, Russia, China, France, UK.

🔻How's Turkey doing right now in Africa?

The answer is not simple. As of now, Turkey interacts much more with the Northern Africa. The trade, official development assistance, military cooperation, foreign direct investment are all bigger with the countries of North Africa, since the region was Ottoman's sphere of influence thus share close historical proximity with Turkey.

In Sub-Saharan Africa Turkey mostly engage with Somalia, Nigeria, South Africa, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast.

▪️Nevertheless,Turkish development and humanitarian aid, trade, military cooperation, towards Africa are modest compared to other foreign actors on the continent.

There are not so many major projects, and still part of them haven't been realized, some of them are still in talks and some of them are stuck in limbo (for example, the construction of International airport in Khartoum, Sudan, was postponed multiple times and still haven't begun).

The humanitarian aid to Somalia, for example, is big. Yet it is outshined by the USA. Africa like Turkish military industry and its inventions (like Bayraktar TB-2 drones, that are quite popular in Africa), and still Turkey currently shares only 0.5% of Africa’s total arms imports from outside the continent.

Trade, development aid, major and small projects are largely outshined by China. The list goes on.

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🇹🇷🌍 Turkey engagements in Africa — part 2

🔻What are the reasons for this situation?

Turkey in past decades encountered numerous problems and crises, like the 2016 Turksih coup d'etat attempt and financial crisis that continues to this day. For long time Turkey's eyes were mostly on Syria. The growing geopolitical uncertainties in its regional neighbourhood. The Republic maintains western-oriented political and trade policies.

▪️Moreover, in Africa Turkey encounters huge competition with other major nations in every field.
And last, but not the least, in some way Turkey lacks the proper vision of its involvement in Africa.

On the one hand, Republic's policy revolves around noninvolvement in conflicts and competition with other foreign countries in Africa. On the other hand, Turkey does not have a proper niche that it can concentrate on in Africa. At the same time, the Republic does not have enough strength to fully compete with the likes of China, Russia, US, France and UK.

🔻What's next for Turkey?

In present time the race for Africa is already in the full swing. For now, Turkey need to craft a proper roadmap for African engagement around Republic's strengths and weaknesses.

▪️Turkey's historical proximity with North Africa, noninvolvement in scramble for Africa especially in 20th century, ambitions, betterment of relations with Egypt, willingness to work with any administration, regardless of its views and accession to power, the decrease of French and British influence in Africa — all these things can work in favour of the Republic.

Turkey tries and tries a lot in terms of Africa, but for now it does not have a clear picture, does not know how work around its weaknesses (in terms of Africa) and that's why mostly fails.

▪️The Republic during Erdogan rule is willing to increase its influence in the world. Africa has an important place in Turkey's strategy. Only time will show whether Turkey joins the race for the continent or fails miserably in attempts to do something and nothing at the same time.

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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦🎞 Chronicles of the special military operation: events of September 9-10, 2023.

▪️ Russian aviation crews thwarted another enemy attempt to land troops on the Crimean Peninsula.

In addition, air defense systems intercepted eight Ukrainian drones near Cape Tarkhankut.

▪️Russian drones carried out a series of attacks on enemy military targets in Kyiv.

Explosions occurred in the Svyatoshinsky, Shevchenko and Podolsky districts: at least one infrastructure facility was damaged.

▪️ In the southwest of Bakhmut, Ukrainian formations are conducting active offensive operations near Andreevka.

Russian troops were forced to retreat to prepared positions near the railway line.

▪️ The AFU continue to conduct indiscriminate shelling of the Donetsk agglomeration, including using cluster munitions.

Residential buildings and civilian infrastructure were damaged. Two people died, six more wounded.

▪️ In the Yuzhnodonetsk direction, the enemy again tried to gain a foothold on the northwestern outskirts of Novomayorsky and near Novodonetsky.

All attacks by Ukrainian formations ended for them only in losses and a retreat to their original positions.

▪️ At the same time, to the north of Priyutnoye, Russian assault troops were able to push the AFU units beyond the Grushevaya gully.

The line of control was restored to the previous defensive line a few kilometers from the settlement.

▪️ In the Kherson direction, the AFU again tried to transfer reinforcements to the islands in the Dnieper delta.

Under heavy fire, the enemy partially managed to land troops in the east of Aleshkinsky Island and at the railway bridge.

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📝Front Collapse near Hulyaipole📝

The "Vostok" troops group is advancing on a wide front, moving forward simultaneously in several sectors of the Zaporizhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions.

Assault units of the 36th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 29th Army have freed the settlement of Hai. Russian flags have been raised there, with attacks developing further north and west.

🔻Where else are the successes?

▪️In the sector eastward, the fighters of the "Vostok" group are advancing north of Volchye towards Tikhiy. Several forest belts have come under control.

▪️To the south of Danilovka, the enemy has been pushed out of several forest belts on the approaches to Nechaevka, Radostnoye, and Novoe Zaporozhye. The offensive continues there as well.

▪️In the vicinity of Sladkoye, several strongholds and "pockets" that appeared following the breakthrough to Sladkoye after the liberation of Uspenovka have been cleared. Now the enemy is being cleared from the fields further in the direction of the Gaidchur River.

▪️From the areas of Rovnopol and Yablokovo, an offensive is also moving west towards Varvarovka. It appears that Russian units are forming a "pincer" for a partial encirclement of Huliaipole.

▪️There are also successes on the eastern approaches to Huliaipole itself. Russian units have managed to hook onto the outskirts of Vesely and Zeleny Gay, as well as advance closer to Chervony. Earlier, the Armed Forces of Ukraine were pushed out from fields to the north.


📌Almost the entire East Zaporizhia direction is moving, and the situation for the enemy is rapidly deteriorating. As we predicted, Ukrainian formations are trying to establish defense along the Hanchur River.

Judging by the pace of "Vostok's" advance, at least some units have been withdrawn by the enemy across the river. Those left in the "interriver" area are essentially abandoned as sacrificial troops, attempting to buy time to reinforce defense on the Yanchur.

❗️Moreover, Russian units are approaching Hulyaipole not only from the north but are also pressing from the east, where the enemy has fortification lines. From the Yablukove side, it's quite possible to advance through these fortifications, which would avoid a frontal assault on the defense lines approaching Hulyaipole.

❓The only question is whether the opponent will decide to hold Makhno’s homeland, which has considerable political significance but whose strategic value is practically lost, or will not attempt to do so and will withdraw forces to the second line of defense, which has already been breached by Russian units on another front.

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