Daily Report from the Ukraine Field for 2023-02-19
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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Soledar direction
situation by the end of February 18, 2023
🔻In the north, after the liberation of Paraskovievka, the assault detachments of the PMC "Wagner" are attacking the northwestern suburb of Bakhmut - Berkhovka. Several important highways pass through the village, through which the supply of the group passes.
▪️Now fierce battles are taking place on the eastern outskirts, where the Ukrainian formations were pulled after the withdrawal from Paraskoviivka. Also, Russian fighters occupied one of the hills north of the village, trying to break through the defensive lines of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
▪️In addition, the "Wagnerites" managed to advance a little in the Stupka area. After establishing control over Paraskovievka, the tactical position of Russian fighters on the northern outskirts of Bakhmut improved significantly.
🔻 Positional battles continue in Bakhmut itself. As a result of the fighting to the west of the champagne factory, the assault detachments of the PMC "Wagner" were able to knock out the Armed Forces of Ukraine from several positions in this quarter.
▪️On the southern and southwestern outskirts of the city, the “Wagnerites” went to Radyansky Lane from the side of Experienced, and also moved closer to the Bakhmut cemetery.
🔻In the south-west of Bakhmut, positional battles with the use of artillery continue. The Armed Forces of Ukraine pushed back Russian units from the Bakhmut-Konstantinovka highway: clashes are taking place on the outskirts of the road.
▪️The Ukrainian command has begun the transfer of a battalion of an unidentified formation from the Liman sector to Kramatorsk, followed by the transportation of personnel to Bakhmut.
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❗️Russia has accumulated 450 aircraft and 300 helicopters 200 km from the border with Ukraine
- Representative of the GUR of Ukraine Andrey Yusov.
"Massive airstrike on Kiev is unlikely, but Moscow can use these forces to support the offensive in the east," Yusov said.
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Difficult situation in the Avdeevsky direction.
After the loss of n.p. Opytnoye and for the most part n.p. Vodyanoye, the enemy managed to pull up reserves to the Avdeevka direction and is trying, at least here, to seize the initiative and recapture some of the previously lost positions. Yesterday, an armored group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to advance, but was detected in time. An artillery strike was made on the enemy.
Nevertheless, the activity of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this direction is not excluded.
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⚡️ Information comes from several sources that Wagner PMCs have established themselves in the settlement. Bekhrovka north of Artemovsk (Bakhmut).
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Many are wondering why we are slowly advancing on the Svatovo-Kremennaya front. It is clear that people watch and read the news, and the picture and accents sometimes do not quite correspond to reality, although they do not lie.
On the Svatovo-Kremennaya front, we are in active defense, which involves counterattacks and moving forward, but this is not a breakthrough with enemy coverage. In general, a month and a half ago, the enemy thought that he would be able to take Kremennaya, leaving in the area of the settlement of Staraya Krasnyanka on the Kremennaya-Rubezhnoye highway and cut off part of our forces from supplies along the main road. Zelensky generally dreamed that he would celebrate the New Year in Kremennaya.
Ukrainians pulled artillery and personnel, Serebryanskoye forestry, the arc of Chervona Dibrovo-Torskoye-Terny literally teemed with enemy manpower. To the north, the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to go along the large Zhuravka Beam to Chervonopopovka, take Ploschanka and hit Krasnorechenskoye. In fact, the plan was not bad, but he stumbled upon the fierce resistance of our troops, who then themselves began to move forward, catching the enemy on counterattacks.
A very important role in the defensive phase was played by our counter-battery fight, when Xs (Lancets) carried out dozens of enemy artillery systems. Tanks also proved to be excellent, especially the T-90M (there are a lot of videos with their work on the network), which worked both in direct fire and dismantled the enemy from PDOs. All this successful work in defense would have been impossible without reconnaissance, which found the enemy with copters, aimed artillery at him and recorded the result. Therefore, I repeat, everything that we are now seeing on the Svatovo-Kremennaya front is the essence of a defensive operation of our troops.
Now the crest has withdrawn some of his strength, as he himself is afraid of a blow. Actively fortifies Seversk, Yampol, Krasny Liman, burrows on the heights behind Torsky, Terny, Makiivka, probably waiting for us to hit him. But as I have repeatedly said that the best recipe for a successful defense and offensive is an effective counter-battery. Let's take out the artillery of the Ukrainian, it will be much easier for us, even if there is a lack of our own shells.
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The Russians are certain to launch strikes on 24 February, the anniversary of the invasion, which is why they are escalating the situation now. Yuriy Ignat, the spokesman for the Air Force of the Ukraine said this.
"Everything is changing in this war. They see that they are not achieving the results they wanted to achieve with massive missile strikes, to destroy our critical infrastructure. And now they are changing tactics," he commented on the events of recent days when the nature of the shelling has changed somewhat.
He noted that the anniversary of the invasion is being anxiously awaited not only in Ukraine, but the global media is also "turning up the heat". But the enemy also really wants to show the "iconic sacredness" of the date.
But one should not exaggerate the threat too much either, warns Ignat.
"There is no particularly dramatic situation to speak of. Yes, there will be aggravations, there will be blows, and there is no doubt that something like this will happen. But we are ready for that. Nobody will take us by surprise," he said.
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Briefly on the situation on the Svatovo-Kreminna front, Zhuravka gully area.
Today the assault troops of the 3rd motorized infantry division fought hard for the enemy strongholds (yesterday and the day before the AFU tried to attack in the same place).
One of the strongholds where the most severe battle was, our fighters managed to break in and seize it. Enemy personnel were killed, and two AFU soldiers (they are treated with tea in the video) surrendered to the Black Mamba assault troops. In war, people have a good sense of humor, no matter what they think on the home front.
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The US administration has been in talks with Elon Musk regarding Ukraine's use of the Starlink satellite system. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that talks with Musk were underway, but did not provide details about them.
SpaceX, the company that operates Starlink, is known to have connected the Ukrainian army to the internet to allow continued hostilities. But it recently began imposing restrictions on the use of Starlink to control unmanned systems
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‼️🇺🇦🇷🇺Head of Avdeevka Civil-Military Administration forecasts a major offensive by Russian troops
"Russia is pulling troops to the Donetsk direction, which may indicate the probable preparation of a new offensive on the anniversary of the full-scale invasion," Vitaly Barabash, head of the Avdiivka Civil-Military Administration, told Espresso.
According to him, some 160 battalions were concentrated a few weeks ago - now it's 190. Even with incomplete manning - "that's a lot of people".
The head of the VGA expressed the opinion that the Russians will shell Ukraine's regional centres on 24 February and will attack all or most directions on the front line.
"My personal opinion is that there will be missile strikes on regional centres on February 24. And on the front line they will attack in all or most directions. The reserve has been pulled up for that," Barabash said.
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Summary as of February 19, 2023 Summary compiled by: Two Majors
Over the past week, the initiative in all directions remained in the hands of the Russian Army, while the enemy launched many unsuccessful counterattacks.
The situation in the Kharkov and Sumy directions is characterized by increased artillery shelling of enemy targets. The enemy accumulates mercenaries in the region, parts of the defense, and around the clock builds fortifications in cities and on the outskirts of them. In the basements of residential buildings in Kharkov, new warehouses with ammunition and provisions are being equipped. In many areas, the Armed Forces of Ukraine retreated 3 km deep into their territory to pre-prepared positions, the indicated strip in 3 km of the area, most likely, was mined.
In the Kupyansk direction, our troops are conducting a successful offensive, despite its slow pace. The enemy is preparing Kupyansk for surrender, and the evacuation of the population has been announced. To curb the pace of our offensive, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are transferring units to the LBS.
Constant fighting goes west of the Svatovo-Kremennaya line. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are conducting an organized defense, preparing the second lines in case our forces break through the front.
The Artemovskoe (Bakhmutskoe) direction is characterized by the advance of the Wagner PMC in the north of the city. With the occupation of a number of settlements, the main road to Slavyansk was cut, but it is impossible to talk about the encirclement of the city. Many small roads lead to Artemovsk from the western side.
To the south of the city of Artemovsk, in the offensive zone on Chasov Yar, the enemy is fighting fierce battles, twice went over to an unsuccessful counterattack, which indicates the preservation of his reserves in place and the importance for him of Chasov Yar as a logistics hub.
In the Avdiivka direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine also took reciprocal actions but did not achieve success.
Marinka is taken in pincers from the north and south sides. The advance of the Russian Armed Forces is underway, albeit slowly.
Ugledar has become a serious problem for the Russian Armed Forces. The enemy competently used all our mistakes in reconnaissance (including engineering) and organization of the offensive. It was reported from the field that despite the heroism and selflessness of the same our 155th brigade of marines and the accuracy of the 338th jet brigade, "the offensive bogged down." The troops are regrouping, the enemy is fixing huge columns of our equipment in the region.
Our military intelligence has been activated in the Zaporozhye direction. Announce the arrival of new units.
The Kherson sector of the front is characterized by the arrival of foreign mercenaries on the Ukrainian coast: Polish and English-speaking. Number - from 500 to 1 thousand people. Used for delivery as a DRG to the islands, according to primary data.
Thus, the front line for the past week was without significant strategic changes. The Russian army is preparing for a large-scale offensive, waiting for the decision of the military-political leadership of the country.
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