The situation in the Ukrainian SMO on February 08 2024

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Zaluzhny resigned

Or fired. There is no exact wording yet 

Zelensky invited Zaluzhny to “continue to be on the team.”

We will soon find out whether Zaluzhny will agree to another position.

Now it is very important for Bankova to show positivity towards Zaluzhny in order to reduce the effect of the resignation, and a little later there will be revelations about the general’s activities.

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Resignation timing

As always, Ze showed that the media effect is everything to him.

The office knew the day before yesterday that the interview was postponed until Friday night, which is why they delayed the resignation.

Now Poroshenko has only 6 hours before Carlson’s interview to condemn Zaluzhny’s resignation☝ðŸ»

Tomorrow everyone will be discussing Putin

President Zelensky announced that he had appointed General Alexander Syrsky as the new Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

A logical appointment, he is most aware of the situation in the troops and at the front.

The parents and brother of the new commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky still live in Russia, and his father is a retired colonel of the Russian Armed Forces.

Parents, according to the publication, live in Vladimir. Brother Oleg also lives there and works as a security guard.

The Gunpowder Bots are about to catch fire

We understand the negative reaction of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to Syrsky.

There are bad generals. He seems to be handsome, he graduated from an academy, and he speaks intelligently. Only he is unlucky and brings trouble with him. Either there are non-combat losses, or there is a flight out of the blue. Or a subordinate, previously normal, suddenly became “stupid” in front of him.

And behind Syrsky the trail still stretches from Debaltsevo. “The Bakhmut Butcher” was given that nickname in 2022 for a reason. The soldiers’ signs say that no matter how he arrives, he will either be shelled or shot down.

This does not mean that the front of the Ukrainian Armed Forces will collapse now, of course not. NATO members will demand results, now, here, with glossy pictures.

Well, given the mobilization of everyone (we already know about three units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine exclusively made up of women at the front: two companies of UAV operators and a company of snipers), in the absence of equipment, you don’t have to be an analyst to understand exactly how Syrsky will show himself.

Bakhmut will seem like paradise to AFU soldiers.

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Zaluzhny considered Zelensky’s orders unrealistic and directly negotiated with allies on supplies, excluding the Ministry of Defense from this process.

The Times writes about this.

Military sources told The Times that Zelensky first asked Zaluzhny to resign on January 29, but he refused. Then Zelensky said that he would sign a decree on his dismissal, but after the leak of information he abandoned this decision.

At the same time, the publication writes that US Deputy Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland was unhappy with the attempt to remove Zaluzhny.

US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland and US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink met with Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov on January 31 in Kyiv.

According to a source with knowledge of the meeting, Umerov explained the reasons why the president wanted to fire General Zaluzhny, saying that the presidential office was unhappy that the general had not provided plans for the 2024 military campaign.

Sources also said that Nuland expressed dissatisfaction with Zaluzhny’s resignation and offered to “smooth out misunderstandings.” This contradicts the official position of the White House, which stated that it would not interfere in the decision of the Ukrainian president.

Ukrainian soldiers are devastated and exhausted, and at the top they are reshuffling – CNN

In the Ukrainian trenches there is an increasingly acute shortage of people. The soldiers are devastated and exhausted; even those over 50 are being drafted into the army, CNN reports. Meanwhile, in Kyiv they are making changes. It has been nine days since Zelensky informed his chief army commander, General Zaluzhny, that he had been dismissed. But so far there has been no official announcement.

Amid this confusion, Ukrainian authorities are preparing a new law on mobilization. They promise to make service more attractive and give people the opportunity to leave the army after three years. However, ordinary people do not believe them. They call it an illusion. “There will be no more demobilization.”

A more or less realistic forecast without panic and stuffing.
It is true that without US help, Ukraine will not collapse immediately, but will gradually sag.
It is worth adding here that the shortage of ammunition and equipment will be replaced by soldiers.
It is also worth noting that the worst thing in this situation is the futility, when everyone realizes that defeat is inevitable, the only question is “at what cost” (how many territories will they lose, with what casualties, with what devastation and with what debt on loans).

In fact, the future looks bleak.

Bankova must understand that any failure at the front will mean an internal political crisis, and all elites will take advantage of the situation. Now the Office of the President is trying to shift the focus on Zaluzhny for military failures, but society perceives the situation completely differently.
Ukrainians have become less likely to talk about victory ,” Zelensky in his address

 We must be honest: the feeling of stagnation in the southern direction and the difficulties in the battles in the Donetsk direction have affected the public mood. Ukrainians began to talk less often about victory, he said

Our source in the General Staff said that Syrsky began to transfer reserves to Avdiivka in order to break through the encirclement of the city and fulfill his promise to Zelensky. The new Commander-in-Chief, unlike Zaluzhny, does not oppose the President’s decisions and will hold Avdiivka as a new symbol of resistance.

Appointment of Syrsky to replace Zaluzhny will be unpopular among soldiers – Washington Post

Zelensky’s decision to appoint Alexander Syrsky as commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine instead of Valery Zaluzhny will probably not please Ukrainian military personnel, the Washington Post believes.

Although it is known that it was Syrsky who led the defense of Kyiv in the first month of the war, he is not liked among ordinary soldiers. Many accuse him of using Soviet methods in his command and believe that he kept Ukrainian troops under fire in Bakhmut for too long instead of retreating.

It is also unclear how Syrsky’s appointment will change the increasingly dangerous situation on the battlefield for Ukraine, the newspaper notes. As the publication emphasizes, Russia has regained the strategic initiative by intensifying attacks along the front line. At the same time, the Ukrainian command stated that they are acutely short of people, especially infantrymen.

Ukraine is also facing an ammunition shortage as President Biden’s $60 billion aid package stalls in Congress.

The ongoing Zelensky vs. Zaluzhny spectacle continues, and the media conflict has entered another round.

Recently, Zelensky and Zaluzhny had an important meeting where they discussed the need to change approaches and strategies in order to achieve victory over Russia.

Predictably, this was once again interpreted as a call to replace Zaluzhny. It seems that Zaluzhny, like a steadfast tin soldier, dutifully carries out all the instructions of the Office of the President of Ukraine and Western overseers, without even considering alternative options.

📌From the perspective of manipulating the agenda, this situation is ideal: whether Zaluzhny is removed or not, the media frenzy will continue, blame will be assigned, and the details of the resolution will be debated — all of which is irrelevant.

The main goal here is to divert attention from the failures on the battlefield, the hardships faced by the population in Ukraine, and other troubles. A media scandal like this is exactly what is needed to achieve that.
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Kyiv will lose its main weapon – US support, The New York Times predicts

 The United States accounted for about half of foreign military assistance to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, about $47 billion. But the stalemate in Congress threatens to put an end to American support, which is considered critically important in Kyiv, writes The New York Times.

According to analysts, the Ukrainian army will not be suddenly defeated, but its degradation will be inexorable. European countries do not have the arsenals that the Pentagon has at its disposal and are unlikely to be able to fill the emerging gap.

Without American help, Ukraine faces a “dark” second half of the year. “Over time, there will be no prospect of rebuilding the army, and they will slowly begin to lose,” predicts Michael Kofman, an expert at the Washington-based Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

The decline in aid levels is already being reflected on the battlefield, officials and soldiers say. Russia is using its advantage in artillery and personnel to nullify the defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which are trying to conserve ammunition.

And this is another problem. Despite Western support, Kyiv has been unable to close the gap with Moscow in terms of weapons stockpiles as it has increased drone production and “corrected deficiencies” in its military industry, the newspaper notes.

The uncertainty regarding future supplies of ammunition is beginning to be recognized at the front. One of the Ukrainian soldiers admitted to The New York Times that there is a sense of fatalism in the army and the number of deserters is growing.

Western media began to write about the problem that has long been raised in political telegram channels, that the Ukrainian army is bleeding, and morale is constantly falling.
“The forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are exhausted, the front may collapse.”

The Washington Post today published a very grim article about the situation at the front, where Ukrainian troops are facing a huge shortage of not only shells, but also soldiers.

The article is based, as the publication notes, on conversations with a dozen soldiers and officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

“The Ukrainian military is facing a critical infantry shortage, leading to exhaustion and low morale on the front line,” writes The Washington Post.

According to them, the lack of personnel is the most pressing problem now, as the Russian Federation has regained the offensive initiative on the battlefield and is intensifying its attacks.

One battalion commander in a mechanized brigade fighting in the east said his unit had fewer than 40 infantrymen left when there should be more than 200.

Another assault brigade battalion commander says it’s “typical” for a combat brigade to be at 35 percent of what it should be. According to him, over the past 5 months he has received 5 new soldiers, not counting those who returned after being wounded. However, they were, as a rule, poorly trained.

“Where are we going? I don’t know. There is no positive forecast. Absolutely none. It will end with many deaths, a global failure. And most likely, I think, the front will collapse somewhere, as happened with the enemy in 2022, in the Kharkov region,” – said the battalion commander.

The shortage of personnel is observed along the entire front and could cause a “domino effect,” the military says.

“They need to be replaced by someone. There is no one to replace them, so they sit longer, their morale drops, they get sick or get frostbite. They are running out. There is no one to replace them. The front line is cracking. The front is collapsing. Why can’t we replace them? Because we don’t have people, no one joins the army. The state failed to explain to people that they should join the army. Those who knew that it was time for them to go are all gone,” said battalion commander Alexander.

The situation in Avdiivka for the Ukrainian Armed Forces continues to deteriorate – Russian troops have again advanced in the northern part of the city. The Russian Armed Forces are focusing on consolidation in the old Avdeevka and the dacha village near the coking plant. In addition, they are trying to occupy the bridge over the railway. It is also reported from the scene that the Russian Armed Forces are attacking the Ukrainian Armed Forces coordinating point in the 14-story Khimik building, striking the front line and adjusting artillery fire.

At the same time, according to Bild military observer Julian Röpke, the position of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Avdiivka is beginning to resemble Bakhmut.

As we see, Avdiivka is “broken”. And the situation in the Ukrainian Armed Forces is even worse than in Bakhmut, since Avdiivka is practically surrounded. That is, the authorities will have to either leave the city or put all their forces there, probably with a large number of people surrendering, which will once again hit Zelensky’s rating. In fact, the current situation is a “political cauldron” for the Office of the President, where they “slept” the time when it was possible to prevent the Russian army from tightening the “noose” over the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Avdiivka. But the authorities went exactly according to Bakhmut’s scenario, which is why experienced military personnel again died in battles, who will never be replaced by freshly mobilized civilians.

The situation in Avdeevka is very difficult; headquarters refused to withdraw units from the city despite Zaluzhny’s position. There are almost three thousand military personnel in Avdeevka; if the city is closed in a ring, this can lead to serious consequences.

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Tactics of small boilers. Avdeevka. Azovstal 2.0

It looks like the Russians have again used their favorite trick of 2022 , “small pocket tactics,” which they have strengthened with the complex tactics of suppressing the enemy, worked out at Bakhmut and Rabotino.

After they failed to secure a large cauldron around Avdeevka with a sudden massive attack, they changed tactics.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces then hastily transferred reserves and even formed a strike force in the Selidovo-Novogrodovka area. Probably to break through a possible encirclement. However, the encirclement did not happen. First of all, due to the lack of a breakthrough in the Northern area, which made it possible to maintain logistics.

However, the capture and retention of the waste heap on the northern face of the Avdeevka stranglehold predetermined the further course of events.

A series of successive attacks from different directions reduced the width of the Avdeevsky ledge.

The RF Armed Forces also carried out active work to deprive the garrison of equipment:

Positions were filled with “lighters”,

The delivery route was constantly under fire.

Then there was a breakthrough in the “Tsar’s Hunt” area, which the entire Ukrainian “patriotic” telegram laughed at, but it was this that became decisive☝ðŸ»

The best units that were inside the city were transferred to eliminate the breakthrough, which weakened other areas, and the Russians immediately carried out a strike from the opposite side through the private sector.

To maintain the breakthrough, they cut off Starlink, and also completely transferred air strikes from the rear areas to units directly involved in the hostilities.

At the moment, they have about 500m left to the main artery – Industrial Avenue. After which the units located in southern Avdeevka (Khimik district) will remain in the operational environment.

Yes, there will remain a road through the fields, along which mosquito logistics can be carried out at great risk. However, already now few people want to travel along it; there is practically no transportation.

However, the biggest problem is not that it will be difficult to provide transportation, but that it will be impossible to ensure the exit of the garrison. There is no more evacuation 

Situation in Avdeevka and the surrounding area:

In the vicinity of the former recreation center “Tsarskaya Okhota,” the enemy’s reserves have been depleted after two weeks of continuous counterattacks aimed at regaining lost positions. As a result, the enemy in this area has transitioned from conducting assault operations to positional warfare.

On the eastern flank, the enemy group’s position has significantly deteriorated. The Russian Armed Forces successfully breached the enemy’s defenses in the area of Zheleznodorozhny Lane. Previously, the enemy had diverted some forces from this area to reinforce the southern flank near the Central district, where these reserves were effectively depleted in intense combat.

There are growing concerns among mid-level enemy officers about the possibility of the Avdeevka garrison being encircled. Additionally, reports indicate a sharp increase in cases of infantry disobeying command orders.

The quality of the enemy’s manpower continues to decline steadily. A significant portion of arriving reserves are ill-prepared for combat operations, likely consisting of mobilized citizens tasked with filling gaps in the defense.

The enemy command is aware of the limitations of these reserves and utilizes them as a delaying tactic against the RF Armed Forces, buying time for regular units.

Furthermore, discussions about the exhaustion of the offensive potential of the RF Armed Forces are unfounded and merely idle gossip. Any pauses in progress are attributed to a qualitative enhancement in operational art and a fundamentally different approach to preparing offensive actions.

Keep faith in the Russian army. Following the events in Avdeevka, the enemy can expect that the situation in the Bakhmut region will not be the worst scenario for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Everything will unfold according to Russia’s will.

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Powerful Breakthrough: The Russian Army Divides Avdeevka, Less than 700m from the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ “Road of Life”

▪️ Russian troops are continuing a potent offensive operation, penetrating the city from the northeast and breaking through the enemy’s defenses. They have effectively split the city in two, closing in on the main supply route of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

▪️ “The situation in the city of Avdeevka is deteriorating. The ‘road of life’ is only 700 meters away,” report officers from the 110th brigade of the Armed Forces, though in reality, it’s even closer.

▪️ “The Russians breached the overpass over the railway (southeast of coke factory) and are advancing. This is accompanied by feigned assaults to deceive and highly concentrated use of weapons in the direction of the main attack,” complain enemy analysts.

▪️ In the northern part of the city, the Russian Armed Forces are conducting assault operations along Chistyakov, Donetskaya, Lesya Ukrainka, Sapronov, Pershotravneva, and Stepnaya streets.

▪️ “The Russians are advancing across an area up to 2.35 km wide and up to 370 meters deep,” admit Ukrainian resources, though they traditionally slightly underestimate the depth of our breakthrough.

▪️ The northern part of the Golubye Lakes sand quarry has also fallen under the control of the Russian Armed Forces.

▪️ The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in the evening report, indicates that the Russian Armed Forces, with aviation support, are attempting to breach the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, conducting 34 attacks per day: 25 in Novobakhmutovka, Avdeevka, and another 9 attacks in Nevelskoye.

 

Regarding the night air raid on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Avdeevka 

On the one hand, the Ukrainian troops who retreated to the west to the motor depot in the area of ​​Industrial Avenue exchanged obviously unfavorable positions for ones convenient for defense.

On the other hand, the motor depot at the intersection of Selkhoztekhnika Street and Industrial Avenue is a tiny piece of land with an area of ​​0.188 square meters. km. There are about 15 large buildings with basements on the territory, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces can take refuge for some time.

A night raid by Russian aviation targeted this place, among other objects. In addition to FAB-500 with UMPC, at least 12 ODAB were dropped on the buildings, after which some of the large concrete buildings turned into a mass grave and the position again became unsafe for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

From the very beginning, we compared the Avdeevka operation of the Russian Armed Forces with the Artyomovsk meat grinder, and the pattern of the operation carried out by the Russian army and the forces of the Wagner PMC continues to emerge.

The Ukrainian military remaining in the area of ​​the motor depot does not have many options. As in the case of the Tetris fortified area in Artyomovsk, retreating to the west, if you need to leave positions, will have to be through an open field with five forest belts.

The only road towards the village of Lastochkino is under tight fire control, and it will be difficult to use it to escape from the territory of the motor depot and have time to catch your breath in the private sector three kilometers to the west.

Thanks to the work of aviation (which, by the way, continues combat sorties on February 8), further advance of the 114th brigade of 1Army Corps and Samara motorized riflemen from the 30th brigade of the Russian Armed Forces from the northeast to the west of Avdeevka is expected.

Military Chronicle

According to the situation in the Avdeevsky direction

The Russian Armed Forces knocked out the enemy from positions in the DKAD area east of the settlement Opytnoe and took control of the road leading to the military unit.
The general situation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Avdeevka continues to rapidly deteriorate; the enemy will soon have to use serious reserves or begin a retreat.

We are waiting for mass statements from enemy talking heads that Avdeevka has no strategic importance.

Sofa General Staff

In the Kupyansk region, in villages where the Ukrainian authorities announced forced evacuation, they began to turn off the electricity

The decision is due to the refusal of the majority of residents to leave populated areas.

 

NATO intelligence activity in the Black Sea and its connection to UAV raids on Crimea

There was unrest in Crimea again last night: six drones were launched from the Odessa airport towards Crimea.

Upon reaching Crimea, five of them hovered in the air near the peninsula, occasionally approaching and moving away. One of them flew over the Steregushchy area and was eventually shot down by a crew operating the Pantsir air defense missile system over Gvardeyskoye. The other drones were overwhelmed by the crews and fell into the water.

However, the purpose of this operation was simple: it aimed to assess the reaction of the air defense systems and determine the most suitable route for the UAV. One UAV reached Simferopol, indicating the presence of small gaps.

🔻In anticipation of this, NATO aircraft and drones conducted a comprehensive reconnaissance operation. American U-2S, MQ-9A, P-8A, and even a British RC-135 were in the air, escorted by two Typhoon fighters.

And today the activity has not decreased: the standard MQ-9A drones and the R-8A anti-submarine aircraft were joined by the RQ-4B UAV, flying south of the Crimean Peninsula.

We will see what this level of intensity leads to, but as the past months have shown, nothing good should be expected from this.

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Map of military operations and the situation on the fronts on the evening of February 8

⚔️The situation on the fronts over the past 24 hours:

⚫️Svatovo-Kremennoe direction

In the Kupyansky sector, the Russian army advanced in the Sinkovka area. There are counter battles at Tabaevka . The Ukrainian Armed Forces counterattacked in the area of   Ternov and Yampolovka . Our fighters east of Belogorovka .

⚫️Donetsk direction

Our fighters advanced in the Stepovoye area and on the northern outskirts of Avdeevka . There is fighting in the southern part of the city. There are successes south of Novomikhailovka.

⚫️Zaporozhye direction

In the Orekhovsky sector there were oncoming battles at Rabotino , Novoprokopovka and Verbovoy . On the Vremevsky ledge, ours are attacking the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Priyunnoye .

💥The Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Ukrainian Su-25 in the Novotroitsk DPR area.

⚡️ The Russian army worked on infrastructure facilities 404. Powerful explosions were heard in Odessa. It is known about arrivals in Nikolaev. In Vinnitsa, enemy targets were visited by “Gerani”.

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Russian Defence Ministry Report on the Progress of the Special Military Operation (8 February 2024)⚡️

The RF Armed Forces continue the special military operation.

▫️In Kupyansk direction, (https://t.me/c/1678598698/18730) the Zapad Grouping repelled 5 assault group attacks of the AFU 30th, 44th Mechanised, 25th Airborne, and 13th National Guard Brigades near Sinkovka (Kharkov reg) and Terny (DPR).

The enemy lost up to 30 troops, 4 pickups, and 1 US M777 howitzer.

▫️In Krasny Liman direction, (https://t.me/c/1678598698/18731) the Tsentr Grouping repelled 2 assault group attacks of the 60th Mechanised and 12th special operations Brigades close to Yampolovka (DPR) and Serebryanskoye forestry, and improved the situation along the frontline.

The AFU lost up to 230 troops, 3 IFVs, and 5 MVs.

▫️In Donetsk direction, (https://t.me/c/1678598698/18732) the Yug Grouping inflicted fire at troops and hardware of the 22nd and 92nd Mechanised Brigades close to Kleshcheyevka and Andreyevka (DPR), and captured more favourable lines and positions.

The enemy lost up to 310 troops, 1 tank, and 4MVs.

Counterbattery warfare hit 1 US M777 howitzer, 1 Polish Krab SAU, 1 D-20 and 1 D-30 howitzers, and 1 MT-12 antitank gun.

▫️In South Donetsk direction, (https://t.me/c/1678598698/18733) the Vostok Group hit troops and hardware of the 72nd Mechanised and 128th Territorial Defence Brigades close to Ugledar and Makarovka (DPR).

The AFU lost more than 155 troops, 2 AFVs, 4 MVs, 1 Akatsiya and 1 Gvozdika SAUs, and 1 D-20 howitzer.

▫️In Kherson direction, (https://t.me/c/1678598698/18734) the Dnepr Grouping inflicted losses on the 35th Marines and the 121st Territorial Defence Brigades near Tokarevka and Zolotaya Balka (Kherson reg).

The enemy lost up to 25 troops and 3 MVs.

Counterbattery warfare eliminated 1 US HIMARS MLRS and 1 Polish Krab SAU.

▫️The Russian Grouping’s Operational-Tactical Aviation, UAVs, Missile Troops, and Artillery engaged AFU troops and hardware in 114 areas.

Fighter aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces has shot down 1 Su-25 aircraft near Novotroitskoye (DPR).

Air defences intercepted 12 Czech Vampire MLRS projectiles and over 73 UAVs close to Yagodnoye (Kharkov reg), Kremennaya (LPR), Novomikhaylovka, Nikolayevka (DPR), and Lyubimovka (Zaporozhye reg).

📊 In total, 570 aircraft, 265 helicopters, 12,040 UAVs, 462 SAMs, 14,938 tanks and other AFVs, 1,218 MLRS vehicles, 7,995 guns and mortars, and 18,369 special military vehicles have been destroyed during the SMO.

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Chronicle of a special military operation for February 8, 2024

The Russian Armed Forces again carried out a massive raid on the rear of the so-called. Ukraine. Thus, enemy targets were hit in the Nikolaev , Odessa and Vinnitsa regions . In addition, explosions were reported in the Dnepropetrovsk region , but the results of this attack are still unknown.

In turn, the Ukrainian Armed Forces again tried to attack the territory of the Crimean Peninsula : Russian anti-aircraft gunners intercepted six drones. Apparently, the enemy’s goal was to reconnaissance of the operation of local air defense systems. In the near future, there is a high probability of a new raid on the peninsula.

Russian troops continue to develop their offensive against the Avdeevsky fortified area , attacking enemy positions on several flanks at once. Moreover, in the event of further occupation by the Russian Armed Forces of the key logistics artery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Avdeevka – Industrial Avenue – the position of the Ukrainian formations will rapidly worsen.

In the Ugledar direction, the Russian Armed Forces continue to storm the enemy defenses in Novomikhailovka from several directions. Against this background, there are reports of the transfer of additional equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and fortification work of the enemy in the area of   Elizavetovka , Romanovka and adjacent plantings.

 Meanwhile, in the vastness of the so-called In Ukraine, the resignation of the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny is widely discussed. Most likely, behind the so-called “conflict” between Zaluzhny and Zelensky is an information campaign to divert the attention of Ukrainians from affairs at the front, especially in anticipation of the adoption of the unpopular law on mobilization.

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