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[ColonelCassad] Kursk Region
I spent the last two days at several command posts of one special forces unit.
The situation on their section of the front has relatively stabilized. The global advance of the enemy has been stopped.
But.
This does not mean that everything has suddenly become good. The situation remains very tense. The enemy is constantly counterattacking, literally 24/7. Ours are fighting back.
The line of combat contact is now very fluid, jagged in places. Enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups are active.
At the same time, some attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces border on recklessness. As we found out from prisoners, they have problems with communication, interaction and the classic "go there, there is no one there."
The situation with drones is the same as everywhere else - they fly like mosquitoes. Both "disposable" and hexacopters. It is very dangerous to travel on roads without electronic warfare. Moreover, from my feeling in terms of birds, it is more dangerous to drive here at night than during the day.
In general, everything is fine with artillery. There are nuances, but they have already been reported above. The shell consumption reaches up to a hundred per day. The enemy equipment burns well, brightly and in large quantities.
I don't know about the enemy's artillery, I haven't heard of its high activity. Of the large calibers, they mainly use tanks plus khimari.
I won't speculate on how long it will take to push out the enemy. Very intensive combat work is underway. People don't sleep for several days.
Keep your fingers crossed for them, believe in our army. We will win.
(c) war correspondent Simonov
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War correspondents reported the liberation of the village of New York in the DPR
Russian troops have driven all units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces out of the village of New York in the DPR, military correspondent Yuriy Kotenok reported on August 18.
In the near future, the liberation of the settlement will be officially announced, Kotenok wrote in his Telegram channel.
"In the Toretsky direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been completely driven out of New York. There has been no official announcement from the Ministry of Defense yet. It is expected in the near future," the military correspondent noted.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on August 12, the adviser to the head of the DPR, Igor Kimakovsky, stated that simultaneously with the Russian army's offensive on Pokrovsk, military actions are developing in the area of ​​the Toretsk agglomeration, which includes the settlement of New York and the settlements of Zaliznoye, Yuzhnoye and Severnoye. The enemy formations operating in this area have been operationally surrounded, he noted.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces expect the Russian military to occupy New York in the DPR soon, American journalist Christopher Miller said on the same day. According to this information, the liberation of the village could happen "even tomorrow."
Military observer of the German publication Bild Julian Röpke noted that the Ukrainian Armed Forces could end up in a cauldron southwest of Toretsk. According to him, a bulge has formed to the east of the settlement of New York in the DPR, and Russian troops continue to advance from the south through this settlement, as well as from the north.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces' attempt to break through in the Kursk region has diverted attention from the main theater of military operations in Donbass, where the situation for Ukrainian troops is becoming critical, noted Regnum News Agency observer Sergei Adamov. The Russian Armed Forces, in particular, are successfully developing an offensive in the Toretsk direction, where, as in the Pokrovsk area, the Ukrainian Armed Forces remain without reinforcements and support, the expert noted.