Commentary by Russian military journalist Brois Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] 1. Mariupol. Storm of the city. Promotion in all directions. The enemy defends stubbornly, but he is pressed. It is already formally possible to travel to Crimea from Donetsk. Although a full-fledged land corridor has not yet been opened. The de-blockade of Mariupol, which Azov and Zelensky are asking for, is practically impossible in the current realities.
2. Volnovakha. Completely freed and cleaned. The troops are already freely passing through it in the direction of Ugledar, closing the front with the RF Armed Forces, which are also advancing in the direction of Velikaya Novoselka - Ugledar with an emphasis on Ugledar.
3. Donetsk - Gorlovka. Shelling of the cities of the DPR. Front near Avdiivka, Maryinka, Pesok, etc. noticeably perked up, but there is no significant progress.
4. LPR. Fighting in Rubizhne and around Severodonetsk. In Popasnaya (which was prematurely declared liberated a couple of days ago), fighting continues - LNR troops control part of the city.
5. Izyum. Fighting in the city area and on the southern outskirts. The situation in the city itself is incomprehensible, locals confirm the presence of the RF Armed Forces in the city and the fighting going on in the south. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to pin down the Russian troops in Izyum and Balakliya with attacks in order to prevent their advance to the south and in the direction of the Slavic-Kramatorsk agglomeration.
6. Nikolaev. The city is blockaded, the RF Armed Forces are methodically attacking enemy positions on the outskirts, there is no assault yet. Part of the group left in the direction of Krivoy Rog and Nikopol.
7. Kherson - Zaporozhye. The power of civil-military administrations is being strengthened in the liberated territories. The communications of the group operating in the Zaporizhia direction are being established. At Gulyaipole - fighting. The front line in the area of ​​Kamensky and Orekhov without major changes.
8. Kyiv. Fighting to the east and west of the city, with again accentuated by the desire of the RF Armed Forces to move south in order to achieve a complete encirclement of the city.
9. Chernihiv - no major changes. The city is blocked, in the city itself a hotel where foreign mercenaries were located was destroyed at night.
10. Sumy - no major changes.
11. Odessa. They continue to wait for the landing, but it is still not there. However, the city continues to fortify, transferring reinforcements from western Ukraine. There are no signs of an offensive by the RF Armed Forces from the PMR.
12. Belarus. Despite another wave of fakes that Belarus will attack Ukraine (yesterday at 21.00), the Belarusian Armed Forces do not show a noticeable increase in their presence on the border beyond the increase in the number of BTGs of the Belarusian army on the border with Ukraine from 5 to 10. The very border of Ukraine with Belarus is actually not guarded.
In general, for the evening of 12.03. One can note significant successes in the development of the offensive of the DPR army, as well as the troops of the RF Armed Forces in the Zaporozhye region.