Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] 1. To the south of Bakhmut (Artemovsk), fighting is going on in the area of ​​the settlement. Kleshcheevka, where the Wagner is being hammered and the fortifications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are being stormed. We have not yet entered Kleshcheevka itself. To the south, ours are trying to move from the area of ​​​​Kurdyumovka and Ozeryanovka, but the results are still unknown.
2. In Bakhmut itself, fighting is going on in the southeastern outskirts, where Wagner operators is fighting for every house.
Part of n.p. Opytnoye, the fighting is going on in the very center of the village, and no one will now mark a clear front line there.
In the area of ​​​​the city industrial complex - fighting in the area of ​​the gypsum plant, st. Patrice Lumumba. The advances are insignificant, the battles are more positional in nature.
3. Taken n.p. Podgorodnoye, where the system of Ukrainians of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is similar to Experimental, but they are still being broken there, and in Podgorodnoye they have already broken through.
There is an assault on the enemy strongholds between Podgorodny and Krasnaya Gora, ours have not yet entered the latter.
4. In Soledar, fighting continues in residential areas in the central part of the city. Assault detachments of PMC Wagner went to the salt mine 1.3, taking it. The enemy identified himself at the State Enterprise Artemsol (video with Butusov). They are sitting at the Sol station, on the western outskirts of Soledar, having transferred the 46th Brigade from the Zaporozhye direction to reinforce.
Our troops entered the city from the direction of Yakovlevka, information is coming in about the advance to the west towards the Seversk-Soledar highway, but even here it is difficult to determine the real front line at the moment.
5. According to military expert Boris Rozhin, the capture of Soledar will allow us to cover the enemy positions in Bakhmut from the north. At the same time, problems arise in the defense of the enemy north of Soledar at the turn of the settlement. Merry - Belogorovka - Berestovoe - Controversial.
The cutting of the Seversk-Soledar highway will make it possible to advance along it towards Seversk. With the development of the offensive on Seversk and to the north, the enemy is deprived of the opportunity to use the bridgehead in the area of ​​​​the second Belogorovka near the Seversky Donets to put pressure on Lisichansk and through the forest to Kremennaya.
This is a complex effect.
6. The enemy is trying to cling to the areas of weapons depots, underground communications of Artemsoli and urban development.
7. Withdrawing in Artemovsk, the enemy will try to hold the defense in the western part of the city, if necessary, reaching equipped positions in the area of ​​the settlement. Chasov Yar, using the dominant heights, before retreating to Druzhkovka-Kramatorsk and Konstantinovka. With the pushing through of the enemy in Artemovsk, the front is unlikely to crumble.
8. Breakthrough defense in Soledar may have more serious consequences for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. But it all depends on the pace of our advance and how quickly the enemy will be able to stabilize the line after the loss of Soledar.
The position of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this direction is close to critical, which is confirmed by the transfer of formations from the Zaporozhye direction to Bakhmut and Soledar. If the front is sprinkled with them, then it will be sprinkled not only there.
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