Commentary by Russian Journalist Boris Rozhin.
[ColonelCassad] 1. Mariupol. Stubborn battles continue in the city, but signs of an imminent collapse of the defense appear more and more often. The fighting has already approached "Azovstal", from the west the troops have advanced deep into the city blocks. There is a desire to cut the boiler into 2 parts, which will facilitate its further liquidation. The enemy understands this and seeks to slow down our advance and inflict as many losses as possible. Along the way, more and more hysterical calls for salvation are being aired. The deblockade of Mariupol is no longer possible.
2. Ugledar. The enemy continues to try to cling to the south of the Maryinka-Kurakhovo highway and puts up stubborn resistance. Progress in this direction has slowed down.
3. Maryinka-Avdeevka. The DPR army was able, after serious artillery preparation, to advance 2 km in the area of ​​​​the village. Apparently, a direct assault on Maryinka will begin in the near future. Positional battles near Avdiivka.
4. Gorlovka. There was no breakthrough in the Verkhnetoretsky area, the enemy is trying to prevent further advance to the ring road and to Dzerzhinsk.
5. Severodonetsk-Lysichansk. Fights are going on in Severodonetsk and Rubizhne. The enemy is slowly pressed, but he defends himself in a fairly organized manner. There are no direct attacks on Lisichansk yet. Fighting continues in the Popasna area.
6. Kharkov. No major changes. Arrivals in the city, fighting to the north and east of Kharkov.
7. RIzyum-Balakleya. Fighting on the southern bank of the Donets and the southern regions of Izyum. The city was seriously damaged. The enemy, having blown up part of the bridges, is preparing to withdraw to the Slavic-Kramatorsk agglomeration, where he is planning a more or less long-term resistance. There is an accumulation of forces in the Pavlograd region for a possible counterattack, like an unsuccessful attempt to attack the RF Armed Forces near Balakleya.
8. Zaporozhye. The front is at Kamensky. Gulyaipole is still holding out, and it has not yet been possible to push through the barrier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine here. Fighting continues east of Gulyaipole.
9. Kyiv. The counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Gostamel and Bucha turned out to be virtual. Already this afternoon, the Armed Forces of Ukraine were forced to admit that Gostomel is being held by the RF Armed Forces. Due to ongoing fighting and shelling, Gostomel, Bucha and Irpin continue to collapse.
10. Nikolaev. Fighting north of the city. An attempt to attack in the direction of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station was repulsed. In Nikolaev itself, the enemy has serious losses - mainly due to the strikes of the Russian Aerospace Forces and MLRS. As a result of a recent shelling of an airfield in the Kherson region, 3 Russian helicopters and several trucks were destroyed/damaged.
PS. in the evening there were reports that the enemy was withdrawing from Ugledar, and Novotoretskoye had been cleared of the enemy.