๐บ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ฎ๐งต๐ฃ๏ธ#KennethGregg here again: (1/9) "Bakhmut is as before, no significant advances. This is what you should know about Bakhmut: 1. We now have plenty of artillery in place 2. The Russians have levelled all houses west of the railway line in a 300m zone with their artillery.+
2:"3. The Russians have taken control of the railway line which was a so-called natural barrier.
Since all the houses have been levelled, the Russians have created an open zone that now prevents them from advancing because we, with our artillery, erase their attempts to attack.+
3:"The situation is the same for us; the Russians' artillery mows us down if we attempt a counterattack. The railway line is also the dividing line between the centre and the western part of the city in the south. The Russians have also tried to storm the park to the north, +
4:"...with little success. There is a video showing a platoon from the 67th Brigade fending off a Russian attack north of the city. Those who have not seen it can go to my telegram channel and watch it. +
5:"There are positive things happening around Malinka. Thanks to the Russians moving troops from here to Bakhmut, we have moved southeast from Pobieda in the direction of Oleksandrivka. We have advanced 2 km along two forested roads and cleared the open areas between these two.+
6:"The purpose is obvious: to put pressure on the Russian troops south of Marinka.
There have been a lot of questions if we have already started our offensive. NO, we haven't, and believe me, you will know when we do. A lot of what our military spokespersons are saying is for +
7:"...the ears of the enemy in order to tire them out with alertness. Right now there is a game of chicken going on, so don't draw any conclusions based on these statements. In the south, we are doing pinpricks on the enemy front line, again to keep them alert and psych them. +
8:"The Russians in the front line are the most uneducated and with the worst weapons, all according to Soviet/Russian doctrine. In line 4 are the VDV troops, who are now involved in trying to take Bakhmut. +
9:"Our offensive must begin as long as those troops are in Bakhmut. Ground conditions are now starting to improve so let's hope for continued dry weather. "๐
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๐บ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ฎ๐งต๐ฃ๏ธ#KennethGregg here again: (1/14) "The Russians' massive reinforcements and the new meat grinder at Khromove has meant that the Russians now have an offensive momentum. We still hold Khromove but the Russians are pouring into our trenches in droves without caring for the +
2:"massive casualties. It is their reserves that are now in the meat grinders. In the city centre they advance westwards and at the railway station they levelled the high-rise buildings to the ground. Unfortunately, they now have enough artillery to give us a Dante's inferno. +
3:"We continue to delay their advance as much as we can but now we are at the limit of what we can do. If we can still stop them in the city and thus gain more time for our offensive, we will have done a day's work rarely seen in the history of warfare. +
๐บ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ฎ๐งต๐ฃ๏ธ#KennethGregg here again (1/9) "The new Russian reinforcements and the activation of the reserves have given the Russians new offensive momentum in Bakhmut. We abandoned the railway station and retreated a few blocks to the west. They also advanced towards the key road +
2:"...that connects Chasiv Yar and Bakhmut through Khromove but heavy fighting is currently going on there.
Russian forces also advanced westwards from the direction of Dubovo-Vasylivka and took the ridges north-east of Hryhorivka. At the time of writing, information was +
3:"...received that we had counterattacked at the railway station with a larger force, but I have no confirmation of this information.
At Avdiivka small but good things are happening: the Russians tried to rotate their troops on the southeastern edge of Pervomaiske, +
๐บ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ฎ๐งต๐ฃ๏ธ#KennethGregg here again: (1/10) "It is now T minus 'something' until the major offensive. The new armoured vehicles and tanks have new recognition signs: a white arrow pointing to the left. This is normally done before a major event. +
2:"There are also pictures of our soldiers on Bradleys, supported by old modernised T55 tanks (yes, we have these too). Their task will probably be to enter during the so-called second wave and secure retaken ground. +
3:"Artillery and grenades are also pouring in and we have filled our fuel depots all along the front line. This detail is interesting by the way: during the Kharkiv offensive the depots were filled while the other fronts were at a standstill. +
๐บ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ฎ๐งต๐ฃ๏ธ#KennethGregg: (1/12) "Bakhmut is under very heavy pressure with new Russian reinforcements brought from Avdiivka. All the Wagners in the area are now in Bakhmut along with the Russians' regular army of mobilized and elite soldiers. The Wagner boss himself has staked +
2:"...his entire prestige on conquering the city. He has also realized that this is the last conquest the Russians can make and now advocates a purely defensive role for the entire army. With the help of these new reinforcements, they have managed to cross the railroad line and +
3:"...retake the positions from which our special forces drove them away. At the same time our drone operators have spotted a large infantry force entering the city. Already on April 4th, our forces in Bakhmut were ordered to prepare a withdrawal from the city to Chasiv Yar.+
๐บ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ฎ๐งต๐ฃ๏ธ#KennethGregg here again: (1/11) "Local artillery duels continue along the entire contact line at Svatove. Similarly, Russian attacks continue in the Serebryansk area.
On the Bakhmut front, the Russians have recently carried out intense attacks near Bilogorivka and in +
2:"...the town itself they are attacking around the railroad in order to retake the positions we drove them from two days ago.
At Avdiivka, the Russians are shifting in their reserves and trying to consolidate on the highway west of Novobakhmutivka. +
3:"Fighting also continues in Pervomaysk and Marinka.
Notably, the Russians have now mobilized the entire reserve to these combat areas. If no results are achieved during the weekend, the reserve has been sacrificed to no avail. We, on the other hand, have stocked up heavily on +
๐บ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ฎ๐งต๐ฃ๏ธKenneth Gregg here again: (1/9) "In Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Marinka the Russians have launched a desperate offensive. In Bakhmut, more VDV (elite) troops have been deployed and have slowly been able to advance a few houses, but with heavy losses. +
2:"The combat zone (the so-called gray zone) has expanded while the established Russian-controlled area is more or less unchanged. They have also concentrated on knocking out our maintenance convoys with partial success, so you can guess that we are also suffering heavy losses. +
3:"North of Avdiivka, where we counter-attacked, we have retreated to the starting position. Here too, the Russians have brought in VDV troops. South of the town the Russians have good troop concentrations but their attacks have been repulsed. +