Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
1. Zaporozhye direction.
Fierce fighting continues in the area of ​​the settlement. Rabotino. The enemy continues to attempt to break through Rabotino to the south, as well as to the east of Rabotino.
The main goals of the enemy are to break through to the settlement. Willow and to Novopokrovka, as well as take the heights between them.
The Russian Armed Forces are trying to tie up the enemy with battles in the Rabotino area in order to deplete his offensive potential.
Given the approaching rainy season and subsequent mudslides, the time for the enemy offensive is running out, while not a single serious operational goal in the Zaporozhye direction of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been achieved, which leads to growing US statements about the need to prepare for the spring-summer campaign of 2024.
In a number of sectors of the front, the enemy has already begun to engage in defensive tasks and engineer equipment for positions before the impending stoppage of the front.
2. Vremievsky ledge.
As well as near Rabotino, the enemy strives to break out of the viscous battles in the area of ​​the settlement. Staromayorskoye and Urozhaynoye, in order to restore momentum to the offensive, which had broken up into a series of tactical battles without serious progress.
Move to n.p. Zavitne Bazhanya, the opponent cannot yet. Attempts to expand the zone of offensive pressure at Priyutnoye have also not brought him success so far.
It is expected that the enemy may try to resume attacks on the settlement at the expense of accumulated to the west of Ugledar. Novodonetskoye for the purpose of further actions in the direction of Staroml'ynovka, simultaneously with frontal attacks in the area of ​​​​Urozhaynoye and Staromayorsky.
As in the Orekhovsky sector, our troops had to wait for the period of thaw, so that the enemy offensive on the Vremevsky ledge finally stopped. The enemy has little time left here either, despite propaganda threats to continue an active offensive during the autumn.
3. Artemovsk.
After the enemy failed to capture Kleshcheevka, Andreevka, and Kurdyumovka, the front stabilized here, and again the content of the battles was reduced to battles for landings and heights west of the Kleshcheevka-Andreevka-Kurdyumovka line.
Due to heavy losses and the transfer of part of the reserves to the Svatovo-Kupyansk direction, the enemy cannot support attacks southwest of Artemovsk at the same pace.
As a result, during the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that began on May 10 with the aim of "semi-surrounding Artemovsk", the enemy was not able to take at least one village and break through our front.
Syrsky's plan actually collapsed, just like his plan to defend Artemovsk during the battles for the city.
In the area of ​​​​Artemovsk itself, the enemy is showing local activity in the area of dachas. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation solve purely defensive tasks here.
To the northwest of Artemovsk - also without major changes.
4. Svatovo-Kupyansk.
In the Svatovo-Kupyansk direction, the offensive of the RF Armed Forces continues with an average advance rate of up to 1 km per day and several occupied defenders.
The enemy suffers heavy losses in men and mat. parts, which forces him to transfer additional reserves to the Khar'kov region. (including at the expense of the Zaporozhye and Artemivsk directions).
In the area of ​​Kupyansk, fighting continues near the settlement. Sin'kovka (settlement - mostly in the gray zone, but not yet taken by the RF Armed Forces) and in the direction of Petropavlovka, as well as in the direction of Kislovka through the forest area west of Sin'kovka.
Enemy counterattacks have not yet been able to stabilize the front due to their limited nature and insufficient forces.