Battlefield Update - 2023-05-03 (1)

⚡️ (https://t.me/sitrepmaps/2246)🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Battle for #Maryinka - Situation until 16:00 on 3 May 2023⚡️

🔹 Tankers of the Southern Military District @tankistrossii100 report that fighting continues in the low-rise development of the city after breaking through AFU defences near Druzhba Avenue.

▪️ Paratroopers of the 79th Airborne Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces try to counterattack using small-scale FPV drones as well as artillery fire support.

▪️ A howitzer division of the AFU's 72nd Mechanized Brigade as well as a tank battalion previously deployed in the #Ugledar area have been redeployed to the area of #Konstantinovka to the south of #Maryinka.

▪️ In addition, due to heavy losses in the 79th Brigade, units of French mercenaries were transferred to the #Maryinka area to reinforce the town's defence.

📌 Despite the best efforts of Ukrainian formations, Russian fighters managed to break the AFU defence near the territory of Gorgaz on the southern outskirts and gain a …