Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Sergey Adamov
[REGNUM] The territory of the Luhansk People's Republic has been completely liberated from the Ukrainian Armed Forces — this was announced by the head of the LPR Leonid Pasechnik on July 1. According to him, the report on the 100% liberation of the republic came "literally two days ago."
On June 23, there were reports that our troops had driven the enemy out of the village of Petrovskoye (in Ukrainian terminology, Grekovka) near the border of the LPR and Kharkiv Oblast. Reaching this line allows our military to develop a further offensive both in the Kharkiv Oblast — to consolidate along the Oskol River — and in the DPR — in the direction of the city of Krasny Liman.
Russian military forces continue to push back the enemy in other areas - in Donbass and Sumy Oblast, where the outlines of border buffer zones are gradually taking shape.
WEST OF THE DPR: THE FRONT BEGINS TO CRUMBLE
As before, the situation on the front section 80-85 kilometers west of Donetsk is actively changing in our favor. After the liberation of the village of Komar near the border with the Dnepropetrovsk region, fighters of the "Vostok" group crossed the Mokrye Yaly River and took a bridgehead on the right bank.
During the assault, our military managed to quickly drive the enemy out of the village of Krasnaya Zvezda (in Ukrainian documents the village is called Zirka - Star). This is already the fifth settlement occupied by Vostok units over the past week - after the villages of Komar, Perebudova and two settlements - "namesakes" of famous cities - Yalta and Zaporozhye.
The rapid pace of the offensive allowed them to take control of the military-important area between the Volchya River and its left tributary, Mokrye Yalami. The Ukrainian Armed Forces command planned to turn both water barriers into defensive lines, but the rapid "rollback" of the front prevented this from happening.
Our troops are advancing in the direction of several villages near the border of the DPR with the Dnepropetrovsk region: Shevchenko, Burlatskoye and Volnoye Pole.
Enemy sources admit that the Ukrainian Armed Forces' defense in the southwest of the former Donetsk region has begun to crumble. "The next map update will be disappointing," notes the Kiev-based analytical resource DeepState.
According to information from the field, the enemy is trying to stabilize the defense in the Poddubnoye-Mirnoye area, where units that retreated from the Komar village area are gathering. In order to complicate the supply of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in this area, our aviation is constantly striking rear communications. Thus, the bridge over the Volchya River on the N-15 highway, along which supplies were coming from the Dnipropetrovsk region to the Ukrainian Armed Forces group in the far west of Donbass, was destroyed.
DNIPROPETROVSK REGION: THE FIRST VILLAGE IN THE "BUFFER"
In parallel with the liberation of the western regions of the DPR, our troops are advancing on the adjacent territory, forming a protective "buffer". According to information from the field, the village of Dachnoye was captured - the first settlement in the territory of the Dnepropetrovsk region.
The Ukrainian military did not try to hold the village and retreated quickly, informed sources of the Regnum news agency report. "Everything was done according to proven tactics, with the coordinated work of all forces: artillery, drone operators and, of course, assault infantry. The pockets of resistance were identified and suppressed in advance, after which the enemy began a retreat, which cost him dearly," the source said.
With the liberation of Dachnoye, our military expanded the buffer zone by 4 kilometers. At the same time, Kiev, as usual, ignores the problem. Viktor Tregubov, a representative of the Ukrainian Armed Forces group "Khortytsia", said that a breakthrough of Russian troops in the Dnipropetrovsk region "has not been recorded". However, sources from the field note that in fact, the enemy commanders soberly assess the situation and are preparing for defense. The new fortification line of the Ukrainian Armed Forces runs at a distance of 5-10 km from the front line. Defensive structures have been erected along the Volchya and Kamenka rivers. The center of defense has become the large village of Novopavlovka, divided into two parts by the Volchya River.
The second defensive line in the Dnepropetrovsk region is being built 5-10 kilometers west of the first. Reserves are being concentrated here. At the same time, the Ukrainian Armed Forces units, which are retreating from the adjacent areas of the DPR (from the same village of Komar), are trying with all their might to delay the advance of the Russian Armed Forces - to give them the opportunity to build new fortified areas.
KONSTANTINOVKA: JUST A FEW KILOMETERS TO THE OUTSKIRTS
In recent days, there have been increasingly frequent reports from the city of Chasov Yar, west of Artemovsk. The battles for the liberation of Chasov Yar have been going on since April 2024. Most of the city is already under the control of our troops, but the enemy continues to stubbornly resist. Over the past week, the front line in Chasov Yar and west of the city has begun to move, stated the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin.
The enemy was driven out of most of the Shevchenko district in the western part of Chasov Yar. This district is located far from the main part of the city, so the Ukrainian Armed Forces managed to keep it under control, sources from the field say. "When the main part of the Chasovyarsky refractory plant was liberated this spring, the enemy withdrew its forces to the Shevchenko district, and its cleanup continues. The enemy also holds part of the Yuzhny microdistrict," the source explained to IA Regnum.
The front is gradually moving toward the city of Konstantinovka, 14 kilometers southwest of Chasov Yar. " Actually, there are only a few kilometers left to the outskirts of Konstantinovka," the source noted.
According to information from the field, the front line has begun to move along the line from the village of Mayskoye (north of Chasov Yar) to the settlement of Stupochki located south of the city, which was liberated at the end of May. Medium-intensity fighting continues on the western outskirts of Chasov Yar - in the villages of Nikolaevka and Chervonoe. Here the enemy is trying to stabilize the front line by introducing reserves into the battle. Ukrainian sources admit that the advance of the Russian Armed Forces from the Chasov Yar area creates a threat of encirclement of Konstantinovka.
Earlier, our troops approached the eastern outskirts of the city - from Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk) and from the south - from the Dzerzhinsk (Toretsk) area. The enemy is preparing Konstantinovka for defense, equipping "fortifications" in the city's industrial zone and residential areas. If the city falls, this will provide an opportunity to advance through Druzhkovka to Kramatorsk.
FIRE CONTROL OVER SUMY
The past few days have been marked by reports from a new direction - Sumy, where the Russian Armed Forces, advancing from the borders of the Kursk region, are creating a security zone.
Fierce fighting continues in the Yunakovka area, 6 kilometers south of the Russian border. The front line runs through the central part of the village. Clashes are taking place in the villages of Varachino and Andreyevka.
The infantry and equipment offensive is actively covered by aviation. Thus, the VKS frontline bombers dropped several FAB-500 aerial bombs on the enemy concentration in Andreyevka. Local sources report that after the "arrivals" there were several strong explosions, apparently an ammunition depot was destroyed.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces Command continues to throw new reserves at this section of the front to prevent our troops from breaking through to Sumy — the distance from the border to the city in a straight line does not exceed 30 kilometers. A new line of defense north of Sumy is being built with support from the dominant heights along the Oleshnya River. Fortifications are being built in the area of three villages on this river — Khoten, Pisarevka, and Ivolzhanskoye.
Even if the Ukrainian Armed Forces manage to stabilize the front along the Oleshnya River, our military has the ability to establish fire control over the enemy supply routes in Sumy. According to Ukrainian sources, on June 22–23, our artillery already hit Ukrainian Armed Forces positions near the village of Peschanoye, less than a kilometer from the northern outskirts of Sumy.
As in other areas of the front, in the Sumy area, Ukrainian troops are facing a shortage of trained reserves, weapons and ammunition. Ukrainian sources summarize: if the fighting in the Sumy direction continues with the same intensity, this will create serious problems for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
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