Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] In relation to the discussion about the battles for Artemovsk.
1. The Ukrainian Armed Forces, for political and operational reasons, will continue to try to hold Artemivsk for as long as possible. Moreover, it seems that political reasons now prevail over purely military ones.
2. The transfer of reserves to Artemovsk, Opytnoe and Chasov Yar is carried out, among other things, to the detriment of ambitious offensive plans, which also indicates the current prioritization of the enemy command. Heavy losses and political tasks force this to be done.
3. Based on the experience of the battles for Popasnaya and previous actions, such as blowing up bridges and preparing positions in the city center, the enemy will conduct defensive operations, with the option of withdrawing to prepared positions in the central and western parts of Artemovsk. Further, in the event of the loss of the city and a forced rollback in the direction of Konstantinovka, they will defend themselves in the Chasov Yar area.
4. In the city itself, the battles will gradually move into residential development and the repetition of already known paintings - Mariupol, Popasnaya, Severodonetsk. The city itself will obviously be very badly destroyed.
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PS. Ukrainian sources report the destruction of another Ukrainian director Anton Kolomiyets in Artemovsk.
Judging by the death of "cultural figures" in Artemovsk, this is a consequence of the transfer of parts of the Volkssturm to the city after the shabby 93rd Brigade was put on rotation, as a result of which the "Ukrainian creative intelligentsia" ended up on the front line, which is now being reset there.