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Briefly about Ukraine. 05/18/2022
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin [ColonelCassad] 1. Mariupol. The surrender of the remnants of the Mariupol grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at Azovstal continues. According to official data, on the morning of May 18, 2022, a little less than 1,000 people surrendered. Nearly 800 more have surrendered today.  The surrender process continues. The wounded are taken to Novoazovsk. Prisoners in Yelenovka, as well as in the pre-trial detention center of Taganrog and Rostov. The head of the DPR said that the war criminals are waiting for the trial. 2. Zaporozhye. After a failed attempt to advance in the region of Malinovka and Gulyaipole, the enemy switched to defensive actions. The RF Armed Forces are also strengthening defensive positions. The front on the Kamenskoye-Orekhov-Gulyaipole-Malinovka- Velikaya Novoselovka line is stable and positional. 3. Ugledar. Heavy fighting continues in the area of Ugledar and Novomikhailovka. There is no significant progress in this direction. 4. Marinka. Positional battles continue in the village. There are no significant advances in the front line in the village. 5. Avdievka. Heavy fighting continues in the Novoselka-2 and Novobakhmutovskoe areas, as well as in the Troitsky and New York areas. 6. LPR. Fighting continued on the outskirts of Severdonetsk. Troops from Popasna have advanced towards Artemovsk and are fighting in the Pilipchatino area. The village of Druzhba was liberated. To the north of Popasnaya, the troops are bypassing the Gorskoe-Zolotoe fortified area through Kamyshevakha and are fighting for Vrubovka, control over which is critical for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, since its loss will lead to the cutting of the Soledar-Lysichansk highway, as well as worsen the position of troops in Zolote and Gorsky. 7. Izyum. Troops continue to press in the area of Dolgenkiy, Kurulka and Svetlogorsk. The enemy threw here part of the reserves that the area accumulated near Soledar. The fighting at Bolshaya Kamyshevakha also continued. In the Slavyansk direction, the enemy blew up the bridges near Krasny Liman, the group defending it was in a semi-encirclement. 8. Kharkov. Positional battles continued south of Cossack Lopan, near the village of Liptsy, near Rubizhne. The enemy's attempts to cross the Seversky Donets and create a powerful bridgehead there did not bring him much success, the RF Armed Forces have enough forces here to stop attempts to threaten the flank of the Izyum group. On the whole, the front is positional in nature, although the enemy tries to periodically attack in the hope of pushing the RF Armed Forces to the borders of the region. The Russian Armed Forces, in turn, are unlikely to resume a large offensive near Kharkov before the completion of the operation in Donbass, although individual strikes to improve positions are quite possible. 9.Nikolaev. In general, no changes, purely positional battles in the Nikolaev and Nikopol directions. Both sides have strengthened their groupings, but they are not moving on to active offensive operations. 10. Odessa. The enemy is carrying out various anti-amphibious measures, and is also trying to probe the possibility of repeating the attack on Zmeiny Island under pressure from Western military advisers demanding to unblock the sea route to Ukraine. BDK Black Sea Fleet completed repairs in Novorossiysk (2 of them were damaged in an explosion at the BDK "Saratov" in Berdyansk) and are ready, including for landing operations. Posted by: badanov 2022-05-19 |
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