Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] 1. Svetlodarsk.
Fighting in the area of ​​​​Novoluganskoye and at the Uglegorsk thermal power plant.
Fighting is going on in the Klinovoe area. The liberated settlements switched to the republican supply.
2. Artemovsk.
Fighting in the Pilipchatino area, which is located in a semi-circle.
The section of the road between Artemovsk and Soledar is also under fire from Russian artillery. Artillery and rocket attacks continue to be carried out on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ​​the city.
3. Soledar.
Fighting at Stryapovka and Novaya Kamenka.
There are battles near Belogorovka, Nagorny and Berestovoye.
The Soledar-Lysichansk highway is subjected to heavy fire impact. Losses of the APU when using this route are growing. The enemy uses up to two BTGs to try to push our troops back to Lipovoe and Vasilievka.
4. Golden.
A little less than half of Kamyshevakha has been cleared. Fighting is going on near the western outskirts of Toshkovka and in Ustinovka.
Attempts by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to return part of the positions in Toshkovka were not successful.
Fighting continues in Zolote. The enemy is still holding the cut.
5. Severodonetsk.
Fighting in the city, where our troops entered after taking the Mir Hotel area and the bus station. The enemy never received an order to retreat from the city. Fights - in residential buildings, the industrial zone will obviously be left for later.
The group's communications in Severodonetsk have been disrupted, and normal communication with Lisichansk is associated with losses.
There are fights in the area of ​​Voronovo, Borovskoye and Metelkino. Lisichansk is not yet stormed.
6. Avdievka.
The slow advance north of Avdievka and the fighting in the industrial area continue.
There are also battles near Krasnogorovka, Novoselka-2, as well as on the southern outskirts of New York. A rapid pace of advancement is not expected here, since in fact, echeloned fortified areas are being hacked.
7. Krasniy Liman.
After occupying Krasny Liman, the RF Armed Forces are clearing the adjacent forests north of the Seversky Donets (river).
The positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are being processed north of Slavyansk and in the Raygorodok area. The enemy notes preparations for an attack by the RF Armed Forces on Seversk in order to cut off the only road along which the Severodonetsk grouping can fully retreat if it decides to leave Lisichansk and Severodonetsk in an organized manner. Seversk is actively preparing for defense.
8. Izyum.
Positional battles in the area of ​​Kamyshevakhi, Dolgenkiy, Kurulka.
Fighting is going on in the Bogorodichny area in order to capture Svyatogorsk in order to encircle or force the retreat of the AFU grouping holding Svetogorsk.
The enemy expects an early resumption of the offensive of the Izyum grouping on Slavyansk or Barvenkovo. The grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was reinforced by forces withdrawn from the Kharkov direction and transferred from Dnepropetrovsk.
9. Kharkov.
Positional battles on the line Cossack Lopan-Liptsy-Ternovoe-Rubezhnoye. Attempts by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to advance in this direction ended in heavy losses (especially in the Ternovoye area), after which the hostilities again took on a positional character. The plans of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to push the Russian troops to the border failed, limiting themselves to the occupation of several villages on the outskirts of Kharkov and north of Chuguev.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are clearly not planning active offensive actions near Kharkov at this stage, limiting themselves to holding down actions.
10. Kherson.
The attack attempt of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Davydov Brod area ended in much the same way as the attack attempt in the Gulyai-Pole area - the strike group came under artillery and aviation fire and suffered heavy losses. The fighting took on a positional character.
Nevertheless, the enemy clearly plans to continue probing the possibility of advancing northwest of Kherson from Krivoy Rog and Nikopol, where armored vehicles and artillery are being accumulated. We can expect an intensification of hostilities in this area in the coming weeks.
Odessa, Nikolaev, Marinka, Ugledar, Gulyaipole, Velyka Novoselovka - no changes.
More from Rozhin, concerning photos at the link.
Again, commentary by Boris Rozhin
Defensive positions of NGU in Severodonetsk
[ColonelCassad] In the first photo, the defense scheme of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Severodonetsk. Published at the beginning of March.
In the second photo (screenshot from the video https://t.me/boris_rozhin/51228 ) - a tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine operating according to this scheme in Severodonetsk. Taken May 29th.
Of course, such a scheme was used not only in Severodonetsk, but also in Mariupol, where the inhabitants of the city were taken hostage and used as human shields.