Battlefield Update - 2023-03-24 (1)
❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Chronicle of a special military operation
for March 24, 2023
🔻 Border areas:
▪️In the Kursk region, the enemy continues to shell the border settlements. In Plekhovo, two houses and power lines were damaged, and there were no casualties among civilians. There are no casualties or damage in the village of Gordeevka.
🔻Sumy region:
▪️Su-35 fighters of the Russian Aerospace Forces dropped more than ten FAB-500M62 guided bombs at enemy personnel bases in the village of Viry and Belopolye, Sumy region. Dozens of Ukrainian Ukrainian militants were killed, over two hundred were injured.
🔻Starobelsk direction:
▪️The situation along the entire front line remains stably tense: the parties are conducting mutual shelling and attacks on the rear positions of reconnaissance groups.
🔻Soledar direction:
▪️To the north-west of Bakhmut, the assault detachments of the Wagner PMC continue to push through the enemy defenses in Orekhovo-Vasilevka.
▪️In Bakhmut, Russian troops are fighting on the northern and southern outskirts of the city.
➖In the center, Russian units managed to cross the Bakhmutka River and start a fight in the area of the garage cooperative.
➖In the north, the Wagnerites continue to advance in the Selishchensky district along Kolpakova Avenue, as well as in the shops adjacent to Vostokmash.
➖In the south, a heavy assault on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Sobachevka, Budenovka continues: the fighting is going on for the Avangard stadium.
▪️Southwest of Bakhmut, positional battles continue for the enemy fortified areas adjacent to the highway to Konstantinovka.
🔻Donetsk direction:
The RF Armed Forces continue to expand the zone of control near Novobakhmutovka in the north of Avdeevka, pushing the enemy further and further away from the liberated village.
In addition, Russian servicemen managed to completely liberate the village of Kamenka northeast of Avdiivka.
▪️Ukrainian formations shelled Gorlovka with HIMARS MLRS: several residential buildings were damaged, one was completely destroyed. The victims were avoided.
🔻Zaporozhye direction :
The command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine planned to launch an attack on the Orekhovsky sector on March 23-24, but the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, having revealed the plans of the enemy, dealt a massive blow to his positions.
At least 20 objects of the Ukrainian army came under fire - the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost several ammunition depots, equipment and at least a hundred people. The wounded were evacuated through Zaliznichnoe to Hulyaipole.
🔻Dnepropetrovsk region:
▪️At night, Russian troops launched a massive strike with Geran-2 drones on Ukrainian army facilities in Krivoy Rog: it is known that five Flowers have reached their target, one was shot down.
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🇺🇦 Frustrated offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Polozhsko-Orekhovsky direction
On March 23-24, in the Zaporozhye direction, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine planned to launch a counteroffensive. According to the enemy's plan, the main blow was to fall on the Orekhovsky sector : a strike force was created in the city up to a reinforced battalion tactical group.
According to @ZSU_Hunter_2_0 , the command of the 58th Combined Arms Army of the RF Armed Forces decided to inflict massive fire damage on exposed enemy positions and warehouses. The offensive was thwarted before it even started.
From 21.00 to midnight on March 22, hotels and schools were hit in the city, which were used to accommodate personnel of both the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the recently formed assault brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine "Chervona Kalina" - in total , more than 20 targets were covered.
Several warehouses with ammunition, artillery shells, ATGMs, and equipment parking were put out of action.
Estimated losses of the enemy reach half a thousand people killed and wounded. The Internet was turned off in the city to prevent information leaks. The wounded are taken out through Zaliznichnoe towards Gulyaipole .
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❗️The Armed forces of Ukraine lost five tanks in Artemovsk due to German mines: details
Since the beginning of March, units of the 92nd and 67th mechanized brigades and the 4th and 17th tank brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost at least five tanks and seven armored vehicles during combat operations in the suburbs of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) due to the triggering of German AT-2, PARM-1 and PARM-2 anti-tank mines.
According to RT(@rt_russian), due to high losses in the engineering units of the armed forces of Ukraine, "mixed engineering groups" consisting of cadres and personnel of territorial defense brigades were engaged in planting AT-2 mines near the villages of Privolie, Golubovka and Vasyukovka.
Presumably, the roads in this direction were mined back in late February, but the command of the mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine did not receive mine maps in time due to the withdrawal of some units for rotation.
A similar situation developed further south, in the area of Dyleyevka and Ozaryanivka, 35 km south of Artemovsk (Bakhmut). In that direction, waiting for the Russian Armed Forces to break through, engineering units of the 28th Independent Mechanized Brigade mined five main roads at once with German PARM-1 and PARM-2 anti-tank mines. Due to heavy losses, the brigade's engineer units were taken out of action to restore combat readiness and to resupply and did not leave any data on the coordinates and type of mines planted.
Due to the withdrawal of units of the 28th Brigade of the Armed forces of Ukraine, tanks of the 4th AFU Tank Brigade, as well as armored vehicles M113, YPR-765 and Sisu Pasi of the 24th Mechanized Brigade began to explode on mines left in fields and near by roads.
As a result of these incidents, at least 20 Ukrainian servicemen were killed during the month and about 50 more were seriously wounded. According to preliminary data, more than 70% of all AFU units do not currently possess a unified minefield map around Artemovsk
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🇺🇸 Americans have written off Ukraine and Poland
🟥 The Polish authorities, participating in the US-created Ukrainian crisis, were full of the rosiest hopes. Washington and its allies, including Warsaw, probably expected Moscow to give up quickly, but that did not happen, writes the Polish Independent Political Journal.
🟥 "If Ukraine cannot defend its independence, we will have no choice but to enter the conflict," said Polish Ambassador in Paris, Jan Emeric Rostiszewski. These words made a great impression on Poles, the newspaper writes and warns that attempts to "return to the former power might" may lead to the disappearance of Poland from the face of the earth.
🟥 Everyone is well aware that the Polish army has no chance in battle. "Within a year, the Polish government is giving all of our weapons to the Kiev regime, thus disarming their country. "What's more, all this comes with a huge number of problems in the Polish Armed Forces," the magazine specifies.
🟥 In this situation, there is only one solution left: count on help from the White House. "Over the past year, the number of American troops on Polish territory has increased from 4,500 to almost 10,000 to 20,000." Polish politicians are pulling troops to the borders of Russia and Belarus, conducting mass exercises, while using "the fight for Western values" as a pretext.
🟥 But real friendship with Washington is impossible, the paper believes. From the U.S. point of view, vassals should not complain. They can only participate in the next American military campaign as long as it benefits the White House.
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A Year Into War, Ukraine Faces Challenges Mobilizing Troops — Now they are calling disabled people without hands
(WSJ) After a year of war, Ukraine is facing increasing challenges in raising the troops it needs to resist Russian forces and eject them from its territory.
When Russia invaded in February last year, thousands of volunteers lined up outside military recruitment centers. With many of them now dead or injured, Ukrainian authorities are scrambling to recruit replacements, often drafting those who have neither the desire nor the training to serve. The result is a growing number of fighting-age men who are attempting to evade service.
while polls show that support for the defense effort remains high, the stock of willing volunteers now appears to be dwindling.
A 25-year-old operations manager at a cryptocurrency company in Kyiv has spent the past few months staying away from cafes, restaurants and other public spaces to avoid a call-up. He said he understands the need for mobilization but said he believes he does his part by contributing part of his income each month to the armed forces.
“I’m pretty sure there are people with better ability to fight than me,” he said. “I’m not standing on the front lines shooting bad guys, but there are multiple front lines in this war
Ruslan Bortnik, head of the Ukrainian Institute of Politics, a think tank in Kyiv, said recent changes have discouraged many men from fighting. Last month, the military slashed bonuses for non-front-line personnel, calling it a cost-saving measure. A new law signed by Mr. Zelensky in January introduced harsher punishment for desertion and disobedience.
There have been public scandals involving inappropriate call-ups and videos appearing to show men being roughed up by enlistment officers for refusing a summons. A disabled person was drafted in western Ukraine and pronounced fit for service despite having no hands. Another died on the front lines within a month of mobilization after 10 days of training, according to his relatives.
Ignoring a summons can lead to criminal charges, though such cases are rarely punished. A 38-year-old welder in the eastern Dnipropetrovsk region has received five summonses despite being a father of three children, caring for a mother who has cancer, and having health problems—all of which, he contends, are grounds for an exemption. He said he is challenging the call-up.
With men between the ages of 18 and 60 banned from leaving Ukraine, a small number have resorted to radical means to get out. The country’s border force frequently reports arrests, publishing stories of men cross-dressing as women, paying smugglers to whisk them out and one almost drowning as he tried to cross a river that runs along the border with Hungary this month.
Various schemes have helped men flee, often costing thousands of dollars. They include buying a passenger seat alongside a long-haul truck driver leaving the country, bribing a doctor to issue an exemption, or enrolling at a university using fake documents, according to men interviewed by the Journal who have researched them.
There is still a steady flow of volunteers to the army, and many men willing to fight. Polls (polls? 🤣🤣) suggest public support for Ukraine’s defense effort hasn’t waned. But Mr. Bortnik said time might not be on Ukraine’s side as it continues to lose lives on the battlefield and discontent over conditions for soldiers grows.
“The financial incentive has gone away. Some are thinking: ‘I can earn that money myself, without risking my life,’” he said.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-year-into-war-ukraine-faces-challenges-mobilizing-troops-64dcdc49
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