Daily Report from the Ukraine Field for 2022-05-11
Daily Report from the Ukraine Field for 2022-05-11
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The Russian Military Campaign in Ukraine—SitRep by Boris Rozhin (ColonelCassad) @boris_rozhin, as of 23:00 on May 22, 2022
1—Mariupol—The unhurried assault on the Azovstal industrial complex in Mariupol continues. Having lost the slag heap hills (terrikons), the Azov (Ukrainian neo-Nazi National Guard regiment) fighters nonetheless continue holding key buildings in the territory of the complex. These strongpoints are being subjected to air and artillery strikes by the Allied forces, contributing to a stead rise in Azov casualties.
2—Zaporozhye—There have been no changes along the Kamenskoye—Orekhov—Gulyai Pole front line. There are also no appreciable progress along the Gulyai Pole—Velikaya Novoselovka line.
3—Ugledar—There have been no changes along the Novomikhailovka—Ugledar—Velikaya Novoselovka line. Reports indicates heavy fighting in the area of Novomikhailovka.
4—Maryinka—There has been no substantial progress within the limits of the settlement. The fighting continue, as before, in the environs of the coal waste hill (terrikon).
5—Avdeevka—Clashes continue along the Avdeevka—Konstantinovka highway. Reports indicate that the Ukrainian troops have blown up the dam in order to retard the progress of the advancing Allied forces. Fighting is also ongoing near Novobakhmutovka, in the vicinity of Troitskoye.
6—LNR—After the taking of Popasnaya, the Allied forces continue probing the Ukrainian army’s defenses in the direction of Artyomovsk (Bakhmut). Clashes also continue near Toshkovka and Voevodovka. The Ukrainian units are being driven further from Rubezhnoye. Heavy fighting is taking place in the vicinity of Belogorovka, where a threat to the communication lines of the Severodonetsk grouping of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has materialized. Both sides are taking losses. Nonetheless, the risk of encirclement of a part of the Donbass military grouping of the Ukrainian army is rising.
7—Izyum—Heavy clashes are continuing near Kurulka and Pashkovo, as well as in the vicinity of Velikaya Kamyshevakha. Near Yampol, the Ukrainian army sustained heave losses and was forced to retreat. The Allied armies are approaching Krasny Lyman (Lyman) from the north-west. The Ukrainian Armed Forces command is rushing reserves to this theatre of the campaign in order to prop up the breaking line of the front.
8—Kharkov—The Ukrainian units are pursuing attacks in the direction of Liptsy and Kazachya Lopan, intending to drive the Allied forces further away from Kharkov. The Ukrainian army has also made progress from Stary Saltov in the direction of Ternovaya, in the vicinity of which fighting is taking place [in reliance on unconfirmed reports, @Rybar has since claimed that Ternovaya has been taken by the Kraken unit of the Azov regiment and other nationalist battalions]. It is evident that the situation in the Kharkov theatre of the campaign requires Russian reinforcements. The Ukrainian Armed Forces units approaching the border increases the threat of shelling of settlements in the territory of the Russian Federation, and it would be difficult to suppress such attacks without controlling the border with the Kharkov region.
9—Nikolayev—There have been no material changes either on the Nikolayev or the Nikopol front. The fighting here has positional character.
10—Odessa—Without significant changes. After taking serious losses, the Ukrainian army has ceased its attempts to land on the Zmeiny island. According to several sources, there were foreign military advisors among those who died on the island. The grandiose plans of taking the Zmeiny island in time for the May 9th celebration yielded no results.
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@Rybar Report: Regrouping of the Ukrainian Forces in the Izyum Theatre of the Conflict.
1—In light of the difficult situation (https://t.me/rybar/32558) facing the Ukrainian units in Donbass, the Ukrainian command has decided to transfer part of the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade, until now deployed in the vicinity of the Seversky Donets river.
2—An unknown number of fighters and quantity equipment of the 14th Brigade will be brought via railroad during nighttime to the Soledar area (Map #1) for the purpose of reinforcing the Ukrainian grouping of forces in Donbass.
3—Several of the 14th Brigade units will remain around Zavgorodneye (Map #2) and will be transferred to the command of the Ukrainian 4th Separate Tank Brigade, reinforced with 10 additional tanks and 300 servicemen of the territorial defence (https://t.me/rybar/32533).
4—It is likely that the plan of the offensive aimed at the flank of the Russian forces’ grouping near Izyum will also have to be adjusted. An option being considered includes
