Boiler with “evacuation”? What is being prepared for the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Severodonetsk and Avdeevka
The emerging “cauldron” near Lisichansk and Severodonetsk can absorb from six to ten thousand Ukrainian nationalists.
Vitaly Kiselev, adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the LPR, told reporters about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
We are talking about Ukrainian units now concentrated in these cities and small towns around them.
“Presumably in Severodonetsk – from two to three thousand personnel, in Lisichansk – from four to six thousand personnel,” Kiselyov said.
According to military correspondent Yevgeny Poddubny, in general we can talk about about 11 thousand Ukrainian military personnel.
“These are units of the 15th National Guard Regiment, the 27th Separate Rocket Artillery Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces named after. Peter Kalnyshevsky, 4th separate operational brigade of NSU named after. Sergeant Mikhalchuk (military unit 3018). These are also tank crews of the 17th brigade, servicemen of the 58th motorized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The 111th and 118th terrorist defense brigades may find themselves under the “lid” of a boiling cauldron. And the militants of the Donbass National Battalion. In total, 11 thousand people,” the military correspondent specified.
According to him, some Ukrainian soldiers have already been captured, where they said that there has been no high brigade command or even mid-level officers in positions in the area of Severodonetsk and Lisichansk for a long time.
In addition, the Luhansk agency LITs published a control scheme for Severodonetsk, compiled on the basis of information from local residents. To the right of the red line is the territory already controlled by the LPR, to the left of the blue line is the territory controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the territory between the lines is a zone of active hostilities.
Video footage also appeared from residents of Severodonetsk with a Russian SU-25 passing at an ultra-low altitude.
In the DPR, fighting continues in Krasny Liman. According to military commander Alexander Kots, the enemy is still clinging to the southern part of the city and to the railway junction, from where Russian artillery and aviation are knocking it out.
“However, most of the city is controlled by our forces. The defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is doomed to “evacuation” if it does not escape in the near future,” the military correspondent assures.
He also published a photo of the “message” that the Armed Forces of Ukraine left for the liberation forces: “Pig people, know that we will return and you will regret that you did not die earlier.” The “letter” is written on a board in what looks like a preschool, where Ukrainian nationalists traditionally like to set up firing points and benches.
“Come back, of course. Let’s fill in the gaps in the Russian language, poor students,” comments Kots.
Journalist from Donetsk Sergei Makarenko claims that the resistance has actually been broken, and the initiative is on the side of the Allied Forces.
“The defeated and scattered units of the Ukrainian military are leaving the city while there is still such an opportunity. Well, those of them who survived,” Makarenko comments on the published video, where cheerful Ukrainian soldiers are hurrying along the highway and joking that they have to “tick.”
Also, even Ukrainian public pages publish footage of the Victory Banner, the flags of the Russian Federation and the DPR over the Krasny Liman City Council and admit that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been pushed back to the southern part. In addition, the Telegram channel “Donbass Resolves” writes that local residents are observing Russian troops in the Yuzhny microdistrict, “the last point of defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.”
There is also some progress in the Avdeevsky direction. The forces of the People's Militia of the DPR, with the support of Russian troops, have entrenched themselves near the city and plan to block the highway leading to Avdievka from the territories occupied by Kiev.
“They are reporting from the ground that DPR troops, with fire support from the Russian Armed Forces, have entrenched themselves near the Avdeevka industrial zone, and are preparing to block the route to Konstantinovka, which in turn may make it difficult for Ukrainian units to transport weapons to their positions,” reports military correspondent Evgeniy Poddubny.
It is noted that in this way a cauldron is gradually being formed, surrounding the city from the north-west direction.
The military correspondent’s words are confirmed by the commander of a separate tank battalion of the DPR, Pyotr Ruchyev, with the call sign “Diesel”.
“The strongest battles are now taking place near Avdiivka. We are advancing, but not as quickly as we would like, because the enemy was preparing, the defense was well fortified. Practically, on the eastern side, the Avdeevka industrial zone is completely under the control of the DPR,” DAN quotes Ruchev.
However, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to fire from the populated area on the outskirts of Donetsk, including from MLRS.
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