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| Armed Forces of Ukraine keep control over Severodonetsk - summary of the General Staff |
| 2022-06-07 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Vesti] HEAVY FIGHTING CONTINUES IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE CITY The Ukrainian military maintain control in Severodonetsk, fighting continues in the eastern part of the city. This is stated in the operational summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 18:00 on Monday, June 6, 2022. In order to replenish the units, the Russian invaders continue the measures of forced mobilization in the temporarily occupied territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Besides: in the Volyn and Polesye directions, the enemy did not conduct active operations. The situation has not changed much; in the Seversk direction in the border areas of the Bryansk and Kursk regions of the Russian Federation, the enemy is holding separate units from the 20th Combined Arms Army of the Western Military District. Also, in the Bryansk region, in the immediate vicinity of the state border with our state, enemy artillery units are located; in the Slobozhansky direction, the enemy continues to conduct combat operations in the border areas north of the city of Kharkov. Enemy repair and restoration units are working to restore the destroyed railway bridge across the Oskol River in the area of ​​the Kupyansk-Uzlovaya railway station; in the Kharkiv direction, the enemy is conducting defensive battles in order to deter the advance of the Defense Forces units to the state border and control the Belgorod-Kupyansk highway. In the areas of the settlements of Shestakovo, Pobeda and Bayrak, he carried out remote mining of areas of the area; in the Slavyansk direction, the enemy is preparing to resume assault operations in order to improve the tactical situation. To compensate for the losses suffered by the grouping of troops, it trains personnel on the territory of the Russian Federation; units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine successfully repulsed the assault in the direction of the settlement of Dovgenkoye and dealt a serious blow to the Russian military; in the Donetsk direction, measures are being taken to restore the combat capability of the occupying units. At some training grounds, measures were taken to coordinate the combat coordination of enemy motorized rifle and tank units, which were understaffed with mobilized ones; The main efforts of the Russian army are focused on attempts to establish full control over the city of Severodonetsk and block our troops in the area of ​​the settlement of Lisichansk. Our soldiers nullify the enemy's attempts to take control of the Bakhmut-Severodonetsk highway; in the Liman direction, in order to destroy fortifications, the enemy fired on our units from mortars and artillery in the areas of Tatyanovka and Piskunovka. Launched a missile attack on Nikolaevka; The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled the enemy assault in the direction of Novoohtyrka and Voronovo; in the Bakhmut direction, in order to support the actions of units, the enemy is shelling the areas of the settlements of Berestovo, Fedorovka and Mironovka from cannon and rocket artillery, mortars. Launched an air strike with Ka-52 helicopters near Rotov; for reconnaissance of routes of advance and clarification of the positions of our troops, the enemy uses sabotage and reconnaissance groups operating in the Belogorovka area; in the Novopavlovsk and Zaporozhye directions, the enemy did not conduct active hostilities. The Russian army carried out attacks using artillery, mortars and multiple launch rocket systems in the areas of the settlements of Bogoyavlenka, Vladimirovka, Malinovka and Shcherbaki; in the Yuzhnobugsky direction, the enemy is concentrating efforts on holding occupied lines, conducting reconnaissance and engineering equipment for defense lines. Carries out preparations for the intensification of hostilities; in the Zaporozhye direction, the enemy reinforced the grouping of troops to a battalion tactical group. In Severodonetsk, Russia has a 10-fold advantage in artillery - Budanov [Vesti] In Severodonetsk, Luhansk region, in some areas, a tenfold advantage of the Russians in artillery is recorded. This was announced by the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Kyrylo Budanov, who inspected the work of the GUR MO unit in Severodonetsk. He noted that today Severodonetsk is the "hottest" direction of the Russian-Ukrainian war, where Ukrainian defenders in heavy battles destroy the Russian military. "In certain areas, there is a tenfold advantage of the enemy in artillery. Despite this, we are gradually pushing the occupiers out of the city," he stressed. It should be noted that earlier the head of the Lugansk OVA, Sergei Gaidai, said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine could recapture Severodonetsk, but the city does not have great strategic importance. Commander of the Svoboda Battalion Kuzyk on the situation in Severodonetsk: Fierce fighting continues, we are destroying them, and they are throwing away new reserves. [Censor] Commander of the Svoboda Battalion, Captain of the National Guard of Ukraine Petro Kuzyk spoke about the fighting in Severodonetsk, Luhansk region. This was reported by Censor.NET with reference to Radio Liberty . "The enemy has a certain advantage in barrel artillery, the number of tanks, and possibly in the number of people, and actively uses this advantage. According to him, the situation is extremely difficult in Severodonetsk, there are fierce street fights. "There were attempts to counterattack somewhere successful, somewhere not very. They are also under constant pressure. Some units were forced to withdraw to the quarter, some units held their positions, including ours. But it's all in very difficult conditions, very scary, but reminiscent." ". Strategically, we are waiting for reinforcements, especially to close the problem in the artillery. For their part, some incomprehensible assaults, as we call the" meat "of the infantry. We are constantly destroying them, they are throwing new and new reserves already. data, pulled up more reserves, " the commander of a battalion Svoboda added. At the same time, according to the captain, the dynamics of the battle is very high, the situation changes several times a day. "We are literally fighting for every house, for every street. Sometimes one day we can move a quarter, one day we can be thrown out a quarter. This is constantly going on and will continue. If our side is interested in keeping it, then, except to count on the stability of the infantry, we still need enough forces and means here - tanks, artillery, "he concluded. |
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