Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] 1. Svetlodarsk.
The Svetlodar arc fell down. The village of Mironovsky was taken near Svetlodarsk. There are battles near Vozdvizhenka and Mironovka. The Svetlodarsk-Artemovsk highway is under threat. The Armed Forces unsuccessfully tried to undermine the dam of the Uglegorsk TPP.
See below on Svetlodarsk arc
2. Soledar.
After the capture of Vladimirovka, the RF Armed Forces began shelling the Artemovsk-Lysichansk highway, as a result of which the main communications line of the Severodonetsk grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was under direct threat. Fighting also continued in the Novaya Kamenka area.
3. Artemovsk.
The fighting continued at Pilipchatino. Rockets are being fired at the city. The enemy is concentrating troops on the western outskirts of Artemovsk.
4. Zolote.
The troops broke through the fortified area and reached the outskirts of Zolote. A cleansing of Kamyshevakhi is also underway. There are also battles in the area of Viktorovka and Vrubovka. There are unconfirmed reports of the occupation of Toshkovka. The Gorsko-Golden fortified area did not last long.
5. Severodonetsk.
The assault on the city continues. The fighting has already moved to urban areas. On the other hand, there are more and more complaints from the military that they are not being supplied, as well as chatter about the fact that Zelensky does not allow Zaluzhny to withdraw troops from the operational bag.
A fire sack, as mentioned previously
6. Krasniy Limon.
The assault on the city began. Our troops entered from the north and began to occupy city blocks. Artillery and aviation have been working very actively since morning. The enemy retreated to the southern part of the city. A large number of prisoners are reported.
7. Izyum.
Fighting continued in the area of Bolshaya Kamyshevakha, Kurulka and Dolgenkiy. The battles here so far are more of a positional character.
8. Kharkov.
Medium-intensity battles continued in the area of Liptsy, Ternovoye, Rubizhnoye. After the enemy transferred part of his forces from near Kharkov to Izyum, the front here stabilized and the progress was more of a tactical nature.
9. Avdievka.
Fighting near the Avdievka-Konstantinovka highway. There is a probing of the enemy defenses on the outskirts of Avdievka and in the area of Krasnogorovka. After occupying Novoselovka, the troops continue fighting on the outskirts of New York.
10. Zaporozhye.
On the line Kamenskoe-Orekhovo-Gulyaipole-Velikaya Novoseloveka without changes. The enemy expects that soon this direction will be activated and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will go on the offensive either on Zaporozhye or in the Gulyai-Polye area.
Marinka, Nikolaev, Odessa - no change.
This is a very big deal. Svetodarsk arc is the last geographical objective before Bakhmut (previously known as Artemovsk).
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A lot of separatist blood was shed, but they could not crack this line. It now appears the Russian are about to march on Artemovsk.
They broke into the fortified area near Zolote and went to the village itself.
They took the suburb of Svetlodarsk Mironovsky (the village was cleared by the fighters of the Wagner PMC), the process of clearing the villages of Mironovka and Vozdvizhenka is underway.
In fact, we are witnessing the collapse of the Svetlodarskaya arc, which we could not liquidate in 2015. Immediately after the liberation of Popasnaya and Troitsky, the enemy was under the threat of encirclement of the Svetlodar group and was forced to withdraw troops to Artemovsk (Bahkmut). There will be good news from here in the next few days.
There are reports that they took Toshkovka (but so far without video confirmation, as of yesterday ours controlled about half of the village)
Well, the assault on Krasniy Liman has recently begun. Our troops are already in the city. There are fights.
📽️Russian artillery targeting a road between Bakhmut and Lysychansk #UkraineRussiaWar #Donetsk pic.twitter.com/ud88bonXwB
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