Daily Report from the Ukraine Field for 2022-05-07
Daily Report from the Ukraine Field for 2022-05-07
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[Forwarded from Slavyangrad - Gleb Bazov]
Donbass Offensive of the Russian Forces—Rybar SitRep, as of 14:00, May 6, 2022
The Offensive of the Russian-allied Forces
1—Heavy fighting continues in the Krasny Lyman/Lyman theatre of the conflict and in the Rubezhnoye-Severodonetsk-Lisichansk triangle.
The Krasny Lyman Direction
2—The tempos of advance are slow because of large fires between Lyman and Yampil and near the Yarovaya settlement from the direction of Svyatogorsk.
3—The Russian forces have reached Seversky Donets in the section from Yampol to Kremennaya. Artillery duels between the opposing forces are taking place. Near Serebryanka, Belgorovka, and Privolye, Russian forces are conducting artillery and missile strikes against the position of the Ukrainian troops.
The Lisichansk-Severodonetsk Direction
4—There are unconfirmed reports of exchanges of gunfire in Serebryanka, Privolye, and on the western outskirts of Lisichansk.
5—Units of the LNR People’s Militia are advancing toward Lisichansk from the south. An important railroad junction was taken under control in Svetlichnoye, and fighting is ongoing in Nizhnee and Orekhovo.
6—The Russia-allied forces have completed the mop-up of the residential areas of Rubezhnoye. The remaining units of the Ukrainian forces have entrenched themselves at the Zarya gunpowder factory.
7—Russian forces have taken control of the Voevodovka settlement between Rubezhnoye and Severodonetsk. Clashes are taking place in the eastern neighbourhoods of Severodonetsk and in the forests between Voevodovka and the city.
8—Establishing control over Severodonetsk is impossible without first taking Lisichansk, which is situated at a higher elevation on the western bank of Seversky Donets. Lisichansk is a strategic height in relation to Severodonetsk, and Ukrainian forces, unless dislodged from there, could continue targeting Severodonetsk with impunity.
9—In Popasnaya, the Allied forces are continuing to develop their offensive along the path of the railroad.
10—The settlement of Troitskoye has also been liberated by the Allied forces, with a continuing development of the offensive toward Niu-York.
The Counteroffensive of the Ukrainian Forces across Seversky Donets
11—Ukrainian forces are continuing their attempts to traverse the Seversky Donets river between Balakleya and Izyum using pontoon bridges and to entrench themselves on these positions.
12—Military engineering units of the Ukrainian army were able to construct two pontoon bridges in the area of Protopopovka and Zavgorodneye and to organize their defence. Several saboteur-reconnaissance groups (“SRG”) of the Ukrainian forces have crossed the river and are attempting to establish an outpost on the opposite side. The pontoon bridges were installed below the surface of the water and are concealed from visual observation.
13—To provide support and to distract the attention of the Russian forces, a group of servicemen of the special operations units of the Ukrainian army crossed the Seversky Donets river to the south of Chapel. They have been tasked with taking control of the Rudnevo settlement. Ukrainian rocket (MLRS) artillery on the outskirts of Chapel is providing fire support for the SRG.
14—Ukrainian forces are using Bayraktar TB2 UAV/drones based on the aerodrome in Chuguev to provide aerial reconnaissance and targeting.
[Forwarded from Slavyangrad - Gleb Bazov]
Kharkov Counteroffensive by the Ukrainian Forces—Rybar SitRep, as of 19:00, May 6, 2022
1—Following the withdrawal of Russian forces from Stary Saltov, the withdrawal of the troops from the northeastern outskirts of Kharkov became only a matter of time.
2—After a Ukrainian saboteur-recon group blew up the bridge across the Murom river, between Russkiye Tishki & Cherkasskiye Tishki, threat of encirclement in a cauldron became obvious.
3—Russian command decided to withdraw RF units from Tsirkuny, Cherkasskiye Tishki, & Liptsy.
4—The advance units of Ukrainian forces entered Liptsy in the morning of May 6, 2022. At that time, there were not longer any Russian troops in the settlement: The units had withdrawn to the north. At this time, Russian forces control a 7-8 km buffer zone north of Kharkov. 3/
5—Ukrainian forces are conducting a zachistka (mop-up operations against civilians). Ukrainian units are breaking into basements, checking the cellphones of local residents, and are searching for agents and informers of the Russian forces.
[Forwarded from Slavyangrad - Gleb Bazov]
The Southern Offensive of the Russian Forces—Rybar SitRep, as of 17:00, May 6, 2022
1—In Mariupol, the Allied forces have taken control of the terrikon (man-made slag heap mountain) on the southeastern outskirts of the Azovstal industrial complex. The strikes at the positions of the Azov (Ukrainian neo-Nazi National Guard regiment) continue unabated. After demanding to exchange the civilians they hold as human shield hostages for food, the Azov nationalists have been categorized as terrorists.
2—Russian forces are conducting constant strikes against Gulyai Pole and Orekhov. These are two of the primary fortified strongholds of the Ukrainian forces in this theatre of the conflict. Once the Ukrainian defensive lines at Gulayi Pole are broken, a further offensive in the direction of the northern Allied grouping that is advancing on Slavyansk from the north will become possible.
3—To the west of Orekhov, the Russian forces have taken the minor settlement of Shcherbaki. Taking control of Orekhov would open the door to an offensive on Zaporozhye (the administrative centre of the Zaporozhye region).
4—On the boundary line between Novoukrainka-Ugledar-Sladkoye, Russian forces have evened out the line of front.
