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🇺🇦🇫🇮🧵🗣️#KennethGregg here again: (1/13) "At 03:00 the Ministry of Defence confirmed that Makarivka has been liberated. At the same time, Russian blogs informed that Ukrainian forces are in Staromaiorske. In terms of distance, this is quite realistic for a light motorised unit.+
2:"From a tactical point of view, it is logical to try to advance as quickly as possible before the Russians' reinforcement from Kherson Oblast arrives. it looks like the Russians think the same way and try to prevent us by blowing up a small dam again. +
3:"The river/channel is flooding but not to such an extent that it prevents us from attacking.
When we take Staromaiorske there is only 15 km left to where the Russians have the last defence unit. After that it is a clean road to Mariupol. That said, we use minimal troops and +
When we take Staromaiorske there is only 15 km left to where the Russians have the last defence unit. After that it is a clean road to Mariupol. That said, we use minimal troops and +
4:"...have the large forces ready to attack where we penetrate the Russian lines. We have operations in 4 more places in the Zaporizhzhia region.
The Bakhmut front continues to have radio silence but the brigades there have reported partial successes. +
The Bakhmut front continues to have radio silence but the brigades there have reported partial successes. +
5:"The Russians are putting all the soldiers they can spare in the area into the centres of Berkhivka and Klischiivka.
The Marinka front has calmed down enough for the first journalists to enter the city. The Akhmat troops seem to have lost interest in the area. +
The Marinka front has calmed down enough for the first journalists to enter the city. The Akhmat troops seem to have lost interest in the area. +
6:"I take up again my criticism of total radio silence and this time from the point of view of our frontline soldiers. When you are a soldier and placed in a so-called pocket at the front, you are only aware of what is happening in your small part of the front. +
7:"You have your mobile phone and can, in a safe place, connect to the internet to get information about the general situation. When all you see are the videos and photos of destroyed Ukrainian armour and the flood of fake information from Russian blogs, +
8:"...your mood is affected and doubts arise about the success of the offensive. This situation - I have experienced it myself - is depressing and drains motivation. Of course, one should not announce as success on Telegram an operation just two hours after it has started, +
9:"...but one can at least generally inform about things without revealing secrets. Total silence is perceived as a failure by the frontline soldier, this is a fact.
Another success I can report: a successful missile attack on a railway bridge southwest of Melitopol. +
Another success I can report: a successful missile attack on a railway bridge southwest of Melitopol. +
10:"This knocks out the railway transport of new soldiers and ammunition to the Zaporizhzhia front for the Russians. Furthermore, we are knocking out the artillery positions behind the front line, which weakens the Russians' time window for maintenance. +
11:"It will not be long now before they have to start rationing ammunition. With the help of our allies' intelligence, we continuously discover new smaller hubs, which are then attacked from above. +
12:"From the available information on the front lines and the attacks behind the Russian lines, the offensive is actually going well. Information on casualties is still lacking BUT they are not excessive considering how few troops we are using, +
13:"...and the fact that our troops are advancing in accordance with the standards of light motorised units. If casualties were high, the advance would have stopped."🛑
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