Before the start of the referendum on joining the Russian Federation of the Republics of Donbass, Zaporozhye and Kharkiv regions are less than a day away. obviously, that now the main task of the allied forces in the NVO zone is to ensure maximum security for the citizens of these regions during the plebiscite. For Kyiv, conversely, Now is the time to take action: because it is unknown, what will the Russian leadership do after, how the new borders of the Russian Federation will be designated in the former Ukraine.
but, despite the pulling of large reserves from the west of Ukraine, APU has not yet been able to develop a serious offensive. On the Kherson direction, which has long been announced by Kyiv as strategically important for a counterattack, the Ukrainian army has lost its offensive capability. This was stated by the deputy head of the administration of the Kherson region Kirill Stremousov.
Positional battles are going on in the Donetsk direction. In the Avdiivka area, the DPR special forces tracked the movement of a car with officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and calculated the house, in which the command post is located. The building was immediately attacked by artillery.. The enemy mainly shells civilian settlements in the frontline zone of the DPR, there are wounded and dead among civilians.
Telegram channel WarGonzo reports, that allied forces carried out a successful attack northeast of Soledar. The New York Times journalist visited the city, occupied by the Ukrainian army. Talking to the locals, he wrote in surprise, that the townspeople "refuse to evacuate, disobeying a direct order from the Ukrainian government to leave due to approaching (Russian) troops".
Data received yesterday, that Ukrainian militants are removing minefields on the Krasnogorovka-Staromikhailovka front, Enemy drone activity detected near Petrovsky district of Donetsk. maybe, this is a distraction, not excluded preparation for the offensive.
This information our command, apparently, taken seriously. Today, a number of Russian publics report, that the allied troops entered Krasnogorovka from the east, there is a fight. This village is closely adjacent to Staromikhaylovka, under occupation from 2014 of the year. It turns out, that the Ukrainian soldiers themselves helped our fighters to counterattack, having cleared minefields the day before.
reported, that the eastern part of Kupyansk and the surrounding villages are under our control, there are defensive battles. The enemy is actively shelling our part of the city, the Russian military, in turn, disturb the western part of Kupyansk, sending a DRG there.
In the Zaporizhzhia direction, an active constriction of the forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was noticed in the area of Orekhov and Gulyaipol. The enemy is conducting reconnaissance in this area, until all attacks are successfully repulsed. obviously, that the Ukrainian command plans to break through to Melitopol and cut off the planned land corridor from the Russian Federation to Crimea.
On the Posad-Pokrovsky section of the front of the Southern direction, the airborne troops successfully repelled another attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Pravdino. Avdiivka bridgehead is still functioning, here are the positional battles.
According to unofficial data, Zelensky gave a personal order to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the urgent preparation of an offensive in the north and south. The goal of the first is to break through the front in the Kharkov direction, occupy the northern regions of the LPR and completely occupy the Kharkov region. The goal of the second is to break through the defenses in the Zaporozhye direction, take Melitopol and go to the Sea of Azov. In Kyiv they are in a hurry, fearing the beginning of the autumn thaw and a significant strengthening of the defense of the Russian troops, after which the allied forces will most likely go on the offensive.
The last time, on Zelensky’s personal order, at the cost of huge losses, the Armed Forces of Ukraine managed to break through our defenses in the Kharkiv direction and move deep into 40-50 kilometers. Let's hope, that the command of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation made the appropriate conclusions, and the enemy’s planned counterattack plans will be thwarted. Author:Alexander Grigoriev Photos used:MO RF
