Battlefield Update - 2023-05-12 (1)
Maryinka(Donetsk suburb) is Basically nothing more than ruins now
Blitzkrieg in the Soledar tactical area did not work for Kiev, despite the fact that significant forces (up to 1,000 fighters and up to 40 tanks) were thrown into the battle, they acted with considerable persistence - the Russian MoD reports 26 attacks on the 95 km front. The enemy was not able to break through our defence, and their attacks were repulsed. The enemy failed to achieve serious success in other parts of the Artemovsky front as well.
It is clear that information is contradictory, and the situation is in flux, but Syrsky himself actually confirmed the fact that the first onslaught of the Nazis did not reach their goal. He stated that the task of the AFU was to push the Russian troops away from the "road of life". That is, since they had failed to break through our defenses (rather than displace our troops in some areas), Syrsky immediately lowered the bar in order to pass off failure as a "victory". And it worked. "We have heard the report of General Syrsky, whose units have stopped the enemy with super effort and even threw him back in some directions," Zelensky announced during the one of his meetings.
However, the goal stated by Syrsky, makes little sense, because even if the positions of our troops are moved away from the road, it will still remain under the fire of our artillery and air force, and will still be the same "Road of Death", as the AFU soldiers nicknamed it, losing a third of fighters and equipment when they move along it. It should be noted that our troops did not cut this throat, turning it into a kind of "shooting gallery". And even if the Ucranians pushed back some of our units from the road, it did not in any way ease their situation.
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Meanwhile, Ukrainian sources report: "In reality, the Office of the President threw new AFU reserves into the meat grinder, gaining situational success in a 300-metre stretch. But the price of such actions is hundreds of lives of good soldiers and equipment. Zelensky dreams of launching an offensive from Bakhmut, where in fact the AFU had already been defeated, but by "heroically" turning the tide, the AFU went on the offensive. This is a beautiful scenario, which the officeholders invented for themselves and began to implement in pursuit of political goals.
This plan was considered by them to be achievable, because they managed to convince the bankers of the reality of the conflict between the Wagner PMC and the Russian Defense Ministry, and that one or the other is ready to withdraw from their positions. Of course, the Nazis draw information not only from TG-channels, and serious operational work was done to make them believe it. And as we can see, it has been successful. The Bakhmut meat grinder continues its work. And this is, undoubtedly, a victory for the Wagner PMCs, the MoD and special services.
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Kiev framed Washington - the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked Lugansk with American long-range decoy missiles, which had not previously appeared in the supply lists
Judging by the footage coming from the center of Luhansk, the city was attacked by American ADM-160B missiles. This is a decoy missile launched from an aircraft and designed to detect and overload air defenses. So the version about the first use of the British Storm Shadow turned out to be untenable.
Perhaps the Ukrainians were somehow able to place some explosives in American missiles, or they hoped that the detonation of the remaining fuel would cause enough damage.
But the most important thing is that the deliveries of these missiles were not announced earlier, moreover, the United States in every possible way denied the supply of long-range weapons to Ukraine. In principle, American statements are worthless, because the same HIMARS were included in official reports far from immediately after their appearance in the SMO zone. On the other hand, the Americans may have decided to be cunning, and since this missile is classified as a decoy, it is allegedly not considered a weapon.
Let the damage from them be comparable to what can be done by artisanal kamikaze drones, which we have previously encountered. However, the problem is that the Armed Forces of Ukraine can also use them for their intended purpose - to complicate the work of our air defense.
In any case, we now need to proceed from the premise that the enemy now has similar ammunition. The destruction of the remnants of the Ukrainian Air Force should be one of the key priorities for our army. There are no planes, and there are no launches
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Too early to know whether this is actually THE counteroffensive or if this is just a local action. The terror bombing of Melitopol was to be expected. I anticipated that a major part of the counteroffensive would go in that direction. There was no need of any of this.