Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin.
[ColonelCassad] 1. Mariupol. Street fighting. By evening, no major progress was reported in the city. Cases of attempts by enemy soldiers to leave the city under the guise of civilians have become more frequent. The filtering generally works. Civilians continue to be actively pulled out of the combat zone and evacuated.
2. Ugledar. According to a number of reports taken, but there is no official confirmation yet. The RF Armed Forces actively advanced in the direction of Kurakhovo. There are prerequisites for an offensive from the east to Velikaya Novoselka. In Maryinka, after several days of fighting and powerful artillery preparation, it was possible to inflict serious losses on the enemy and make some progress, but the complete capture of the Maryinsky fortified area is still far away.
3. Avdiivka. No significant changes. The positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are holding here, despite many days of fire.
4. LPR. Rubizhne is almost completely cleared. The troops advanced to the northern outskirts of Lisichansk. Soon the assault on the city will begin. In Severodonetsk - street fighting. It is too early to talk about the complete capture of Popasna, fighting continues in the city.
5. Kharkov. Heavy fighting to the north and east of the city. Their results are not yet clear. In the area of ​​Izyum, the struggle for Kamenka continues, which is of decisive importance for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, holding the southern part of Izyum, which hinders the effective development of the Russian Armed Forces offensive against Slavyansk and Barvenkovo. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are well aware of the consequences of the collapse of the front near Izyum and throw here their most combat-ready reserves from the remaining ones.
6. Zaporozhye. Gulyaipole is more likely to be under the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The city was badly damaged. Most likely, pressure in this direction will increase after the liberation of Mariupol. The front between Vasilievka and Kamenskoe is unchanged. Orekhov is also under the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
7. Kyiv. Some expansion of the zone of control of the RF Armed Forces to the west and south of Kyiv, but there are no operational achievements yet. Fighting continued from the east, but there are no active movements in the direction of Brovar yet. There is no special movement towards Poltava, although the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has already stated that the advance towards Poltava will soon begin. Perhaps, there is still an accumulation of forces. Sumy and Chernihiv are unchanged.
8. Odessa. The Black Sea Fleet is still imitating a landing threat, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are engaged in anti-landing activities. Along the way, it is reported that part of the exposed sea mines was torn off by a storm and carried away towards Romania and Bulgaria. There are no major movements of troops from Odessa to Nikolaev. On the contrary, there is a process of building up the Odessa group in anticipation of the activation of the Nikolaev group of the RF Armed Forces.
9. Nikolaev. Losses during the strike on the barracks of the 79th brigade ranged from 80 to 200 killed and 200-300 wounded. In fact, one of the battalions of the brigade ceased to exist in a few minutes, which seriously reduced the ability of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to conduct active operations in the Nikolaev region or to be active in the direction of Kherson. The city itself is still not stormed, the emphasis is on the methodical destruction of manpower and equipment by air strikes, missiles, MLRS and artillery.
10. Krivoy Rog. There is no serious progress yet, as under Nikolai. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation met barriers there and so far are not making active advances in the direction of these cities. Tactical reconnaissance is actively conducted deep into enemy territory due to the lack of a full-fledged front in all areas.