Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] 1. Mariupol. During the day, no major progress was reported in the city. The fighting is in the Azovstal area, in the Levoberezhny district and north-west of the city center. There is a monstrous humanitarian catastrophe in the city, which has become a direct consequence of the criminal decision of the Zelensky gang to hold residents as hostages. Tomorrow is expected to intensify the assault operations.
During the assault, the deputy commander of the Black Sea Fleet for military-political work, captain 1st rank Paliy, died. Black Sea Fleet ships support assault units with fire.
2. Nikolaev. No significant changes. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are limited to blocking the city and carry out fire destruction of enemy forces on the outskirts of the city. The enemy snarls to the best of his ability. Kim, after hitting the 79th brigade, is no longer cheerful. Full losses are still hidden.
3. Krivoy Rog. According to the mayor of the city, the advanced units of the RF Armed Forces are already 10 km from the city, but no active actions are being taken against the city itself. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are preparing to defend it at close approaches. Movement in the direction of Nikopol was not recorded today.
4. Zaporozhye. On the direction of Kamenskoye - Orekhov - Gulyaipole without significant changes. Zaporizhia continues to be fortified, waiting for an active development of events after the Mariupol cauldron is liquidated.
5. Ugledar. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the army of the DPR advanced quite confidently north to Marinka and Kurakhovo. The enemy retreats to the north with fighting and heavy losses, trying to slow down the advance of our troops. In a few days, I think, they will come out to Kurakhovo, which will create serious problems for the Maryinsky fortified area. The situation in Ugledar itself is not yet clear.
6. Marinka. The assault on Maryinka from the east continues. The troops are slowly moving forward. There will be no rapid progress. It is more likely that events here will accelerate when troops operating in the Ugledar region approach Marinka from the south.
7. LPR.Fighting continued north of the outskirts of Lisichansk and in Severodonetsk. Fighting continued in Popasna. It is expected that more decisive actions to liberate these cities will begin in the coming years. The grouping of the LPR and the RF Armed Forces is being strengthened to complete the liberation of the territory of the republic.
8. Avdievka. There are no significant promotions. The defense of the enemy continues to be processed on a daily basis. On the whole, the idea of ​​breaking through Avdievka's defenses head-on looks debatable, although it cannot be ruled out that a cumulative effect from prolonged bombardment will begin to take effect in the coming days.
9. Izyum-Balakleya. Fighting continued, also to the north and west of Kharkov. Their results are unclear. The enemy continues to transfer reinforcements to this direction in order to contain a potential blow to the rear of the Donbass grouping. He holds a certain number of forces in the Pavlograd region, and measures are also underway to strengthen the defense of the Slavic-Kramatorsk agglomeration.
10. Kyiv. Fighting west and east of Kyiv. Chernihiv and Sumy without changes. An episode of mass surrender of the personnel of the 14th mechanized brigade was noted. In this direction, tendencies towards positionalism still dominate, including due to the length of the front.