Russia attack Bohorodychne and were repelled (1), but that isn't the interesting thing going on in the Izyum area.
I want to first say that nothing going on in this area has been confirmed, the news is confusing, it could be part of an disinformation campaign...
I want to first say that nothing going on in this area has been confirmed, the news is confusing, it could be part of an disinformation campaign...
but there are multiple sources of information backing up the claims.
First, a Russian pontoon bridge across the Siverskyi Donets river has disappeared (2). There are rumors that people saw Russia removing this pontoon bridge.
First, a Russian pontoon bridge across the Siverskyi Donets river has disappeared (2). There are rumors that people saw Russia removing this pontoon bridge.
https://twitter.com/DefMon3/status/1551881753203179522?s=20&t=adauDm5BqzuSRSGbn7sSdA
Second, there are rumors that Russia is withdrawing from Bohorodychne (1), Studenok (A), Yatskivka (B), and Borova (C).
The disappearance of the pontoon bridge is really the piece of information that ties all of these rumors together.
The disappearance of the pontoon bridge is really the piece of information that ties all of these rumors together.
With the pontoon bridge gone, resupplying the Russian forces in this area becomes substantially more difficult. And with it gone, it makes sense for Russia to begin removing forces from here.
However, it may not be so simple, and things may not be as they appear.
However, it may not be so simple, and things may not be as they appear.
Oh, and one last comment about this area, there was a wierd comment about Russia attacking Ukraine from the Sviati Hory park. The park is gigantic and I have no idea how to interpret that comment, so I just drew an arrow (3). I have no idea where the attack actually was.
The Siversk area: Everything here has been steady for a few days. Russia is sending failed attacks into Verkhnokamyanske (4), Ivano-Darivka (5), Spirne (6), and north from Berestove (7). Russia officially announced they captured Berestove, although I think it happened yesterday.
The Bakhmut area: Russia is trying to find weaknesses in the Soledar defenses, but they have not yet found any (8). The Wagner terrorist group claims to have captured Pokrovske (9,10) but I have marked the town as contested for the moment.
The Wagner mercenaries captured the Vuhlehirske power plant today (11), and the DPR control most of Novoluhanske (13). The Ukrainian forces have been abandoning these two areas in favor of Semyhirja (12). The DPR forces tried to attack Semyhirja today (14) but they were repelled.
Finally, south of Donetsk, Russia launched minor attacks into Blahodatne (15) and Pavlivka (16).
Sorry that things are short today.
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