Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] 1. Mariupol.
The process of evacuating civilians from the territory of Azovstal has been completed. The resumption of intensive bombing of the remaining Nazis is expected, as well as a further reduction in the territory controlled by them after losing positions at the waste heaps.
2. Zaporozhye.
On the Kamenskoye-Orekhov-Gulyaipole line, fighting continued south of Orekhov and on the outskirts of Gulyaipole. Positional battles also continued to the east of Gulyaipole to Velikaya Novoselovka.
3. Ugledar.
There is no serious progress on the Novomikhailovka-Ugledar-Velikaya Novoselovka line. Fights are mostly positional in nature.
4. Marinka.
There is no significant progress in the village. As before, the battles are going on in the area of ​​the waste heap.
5. Avdievka.
There is no progress in the industrial zone of Avdievka. To the north of Avdievka, fighting continued at Novoselka-2, Novobakhmutovka, and in the area of ​​Troitskoye in the direction of New York.
6. LPR.
A significant advance in Popasna led to the fact that the enemy withdrew most of the forces from the city. It is reported about the cleansing of the northern regions of Popasna. Perhaps in the near future the capture of Popasna will be announced, which opens the way for advancement to Artemovsk.
In Severodonetsk, fighting is taking place on the outskirts, and the front is also approaching Lisichansk. Over the past couple of days, Voevodovka and Svetlichnoye have been taken, the enemy has lost some of its positions on the outskirts of Severodonetsk. There are signs of preparations for the withdrawal of part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Severodonetsk to Lysichansk.
7. Kharkov.
After moving away from Stary Saltov, which was occupied by the LNR reservists, the RF Armed Forces withdrew from several villages on the outskirts of Kharkov, leaving Tsirkuny among them. The enemy continues to strain the secondary direction for the RF Armed Forces in order to force them to ease pressure on the Izyum direction and transfer forces to the Kharkov direction.
A perfectly reasonable strategy. The RF Armed Forces apparently plan to be more active here only after the completion of operations in the Donbass. Nevertheless, the situation certainly requires strengthening the front on the Kazachya Lopan-Volchansk line.
8. Izyum.
Fighting continues in the area of ​​Bolshaya Kamyshevakhi, as well as to the north of the Slavyansk-Barvenkovo ​​highway. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to stay in the Krasny Liman area, and are also strengthening Seversk. Slavyansk and Kramatorsk are being systematically attacked.
9. Nikolaev.
Positional battles of medium intensity continue + positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Nikolaev are regularly processed by MLRS and various missiles. There is no traffic on the Nikopol and Krivoy Rog directions.
10. Odessa.
The enemy continues to declare the possibility of an amphibious assault near Odessa, and also continues to arrange provocations on the border with Transnistria. In addition, Ukraine tried to arrange an amphibious assault on Serpent's Island, which ended in failure and heavy losses. However, it is clear that, with NATO support, an attempt is being made to change the balance of power in the northwestern part of the Black Sea.
More from Rozhin:
They took Popasnaya
It was painfully long, but still.
Today they took Popasnaya. The remnants of the forces of the 24th brigade left their positions in the city in the morning and retreated.
The city center is completely controlled by our troops. Cleansing is still going on in the northern and western outskirts.
In fact, the biggest success in recent days. Now new opportunities are opening up for an offensive in the direction of Artemovsk.
It is also worth noting that after the capture of Popasna, only 2 unliberated large settlements remained on the territory of the LPR - Lisichansk and Severodonetsk.