Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin.
[ColonelCassad] 1. Svetlodarsk.
Fighting continues in the Novoluganskoye area. The Mironovskaya State District Power Plant was released. There are battles for the Svetlodarskaya CHPP. The enemy is preparing a retreat to positions southeast of Artyomovsk.
2. Avdievka.
Fighting continued in the area of ​​Novoselka-2, Novobakhmutovka, New York and Krasnogorovka. Our troops have a small advance of 1-2 km.
3. Zolotoye.
Fighting continued in the Toshkovka area, as well as in Kamyshevakh.
Gorsko-Zolotoy fortified area, in fact, hangs on one road, which is also subjected to artillery fire.
4. Soledar.
Fighting continues north of Soledar near the Artemovsk-Lysichansk highway. The enemy confirms the complete fire control of our troops over the section of the road from Belogorovka to Berestyanoe, but declares that it is still possible to break through and even move away from Severodonetsk along it. To the south of Soledar, the front approached 10-15 km from Artemovsk.
5. Severodonetsk.
The fighting is taking place directly in the city near the bus station and the Mir Hotel. The enemy confirms that the city is covered from 3 sides. The bridges leading to the city from Lisichansk cannot be fully used, that is, the full-fledged supply of the group in Severodonetsk has already been disrupted. Today there was talk that the order to withdraw from Severodonetsk might be given. It is also worth noting the intensification of the offensive of our troops near Svetlogorsk.
6. Artemovsk (Bakhmut).
The enemy continues to use Artemovsk as the main supply hub for the Severodonetsk grouping, and is actively preparing the city for defense and street fighting.
Fighting continues in the Pilipchatino area and near Novaya Kamenka. Up to 2 BTGs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were deployed to Artemovsk, which are used in the battles for the Lisichansk-Artemovsk highway and east of Artemovsk.
7. Krasniy Limon.
The city has actually been taken, although the enemy claims that there is still resistance on the southeastern outskirts. Moreover, the troops that bypassed the Krasny Liman had already reached the Seversky Donets.
The group defending Krasny Liman suffered heavy losses. The next serious barrier will be at Raygorodok.
8. Kharkov.
Positional battles in the area of ​​Liptsy, Ternovoe, Rubizhnoye. Both sides operate here with rather limited forces.
9. Izyum.
Positional battles in the area of ​​Kamyshevakhi, Kurulka, Dolgenkiy.
The enemy is waiting for the RF Armed Forces to launch an offensive against Slavyansk.
10. Maryinka, Nikolaev (the attack to the north of Kherson ended unsuccessfully for the Armed Forces of Ukraine), Krivoy Rog, Nikopol, Odessa - without significant changes.