As a sign of the op importance, 🇺🇦 army leaders go to the front: Col. Sirskyi (Grnd Forces commander) but also Lt. gen. Ihor Tantsyura (Territorial Defence Forces commander)
According to #AFU, the attack on Tantsyura failed, he survived👇
Sirskyi says counterattack in #Bakhmut is an "opportunity" operation that is part of the panoply of restraint techniques, done with an eye toward sparing men
The braking action of #AFU did not change the occupancy rate, which remains between 86 and 89% (difference is explained by the existence or not of images)
The last 🇺🇦 post is still within the limits 👇:
-to the NW, Kraina Street and the 54th Brigade barracks (not sure if it is occupied or not)
-to the SW, Tchaikovsky street (T-0504 urban)
-to the west, the municipal limits
As explained, 🇷🇺, in symmetry with #Bakhmut, inflated the #Avdiivka N salient to try to take the stronghold
This swelling is related to the failure of an initial pincer in the directions of #Sieverne to the SW and #Stepove to the N
🇷🇺 then overflows in the directions of #Keramik to the north and #Nevelske to the SW
But as at #Bakhmut, at the cost of an increased convexity of their flanks
These salients are twice as difficult to defend because they are twice as long as a straight line
#Ukraine May 04, an update from the excellent @CedricMas.
Lots of noise right now, long-range attacks from both sides. The counter-attack operation is getting closer, but not yet launched. In terms of communication, it's swinging though...
Details ? Read the thread 👇
#Ukraine May 04 (1a) Situation update on day 434 of the invasion.
Between multiplication of UKR strikes against RUS POL (fuel) depots and trains, salvos of Shaheed 136/131 drones ...
#Ukraine May 04 (1b)
... and the two drones that exploded over the Kremlin, events follow one another as rumors of local UKR operations and counter-attacks flourish all over the front.
#Ukraine May 02 Update - announcement of UKR counterattack at Avdiivka (1.5km advance according to pro-Russian Romanov account and by another pro-Russian account).
Nothing confirmed.
We must remain cautious as these announcements may be attempts at manipulation.
#Ukraine May 02 Update A Russian fuel train or POL derailed in the Bryansk region.
This is the second one in 24 hours.