Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] 1. Mariupol.
The assault on Azovstal continues. The last center of organized resistance. The additional cleansing of the Primorsky district is also continuing.
2. Ugledar direction.
No major changes. The enemy is holding Maryinka, Ugledar, Velikaya Novoselka.
3. Zaporozhye direction. Small advance east of Gulyaipole. Front Kamenskoye-Orekhov-Gulyaipole without changes.
4. Nikolaev direction.
Serious attacks on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city area. There are heavy losses of the enemy. There is no active attack on Nikolaev yet.
5. Odessa.
No significant changes. The enemy does not exclude the possibility of landing operations, but he is transferring some of his forces to the Nikolaev direction.
6. Avdievka.
No significant changes. Fighting in the area of ​​​​Novobakhmutovka and Troitsky. Activation is expected in the coming days.
7.LNR.
Confirmed the capture of Kremennaya and advance in Popasna. There are also fighting in the south of Rubizhne and on the outskirts of Severodonetsk.
8. Izyum.
The troops are advancing towards Slavyansk and Kramatorsk from the north and northwest. The enemy suffers heavy losses and slowly withdraws. Fighting is noted north of Krasny Liman and Yampol. There are also heavy battles in the Barvenkovsky direction.
9. Kharkov.
The enemy is trying to strain the flanks of the Izyum grouping of the RF Armed Forces west of Kharkov in order to force the Russian command to withdraw part of its forces from the directions of the main strikes. There is also fighting north of Kharkov.
10. Regarding the issues of the 2nd phase of the operation, today Foreign Minister Lavrov confirmed that Russia is starting the 2nd phase of the operation, which will be related to the liberation of the remaining territories of Donbass occupied by Ukraine.