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2023-12-30 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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The liberation of Mar'inka was called a tactical victory for Russia
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] By liberating Mar'inka, Russia won a significant tactical victory, indicating the Russians' determination to ensure security in the Donbass, journalists from the British television channel Sky News said. At the same time, they expressed confidence that at present the decline in support for the Ukrainian authorities by the population is clearly visible, while the positions of Russian leader Vladimir Putin are only strengthening.
The authors of the publication do not rule out that increasing pressure will be put on Kyiv in order to push it to negotiate to end the hostilities.
“This is a significant tactical victory for Russia. “It clearly demonstrates Russia’s determination to ensure security in the Donbass, despite the winter weather, and will further strengthen Putin’s position,” the material says.
Fierce battles for the Donetsk city of Mar'inka have been going on since 2014: first between the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) and the forces of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), and with the start of a special operation - between Russian and Ukrainian troops.
On December 25, the commander of the motorized rifle battalion of the 5th Brigade of the Donetsk 1st Army Corps, Alexander Troshin, reported to the brigade commander that Mar'inka had come under the full control of Russian forces. The Ukrainian army left Mar'inka, retreating to the outskirts of the city, and in some places even further, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny admitted at a press conference on December 26.
“For nine years, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have built a powerful fortified area there with a network of underground communications and firing points well protected from air strikes ,” noted Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, reporting to President Vladimir Putin on the liberation of Mar'inka.
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He also pointed out that the fighters of the famous 150th motorized rifle division of the Russian Armed Forces became especially distinguished. In addition, the merits of the soldiers of the fifth brigade of the 1st Army Corps of the Donetsk People's Republic were noted.
One of the officers, Alexander Troshin, received a call from the head of state directly to the front line. According to Vladimir Putin, the hacking of the Ukrainian fortified area in Mar'inka opens up wider operational space for the Russian military.
According to the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin , with the liberation of the city, the intensity of shelling of Donetsk will decrease, and the shelling of the Kirov and Petrovsky districts of the capital of the DPR will decrease.
Russian successes during the SVO horrified Ukraine and its sponsors. American officials are fearful after Russia’s crushing success in liberating Mar'inka, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said on December 28 . He believes that, in contrast to the successes of the Russian troops, Kiev is turning everything inside out: Ukrainian imaginary “victories” are being advertised.
The loss of Mar'inka in the Donbass by Ukrainian troops will affect the trust of Kiev’s Western allies, journalist Alessandra Scotto Di Santolo wrote in an article for the British edition of the Daily Express on December 28 .
“Taking control of Mar'inka means weakening Ukrainian defensive positions,” Polish RMF FM said on December 26.
As IA Regnum previously noted , the liberation of Mar'inka can be considered the first important stage of the winter campaign to defeat the forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction. It opens up broad prospects for Russian troops. There is the possibility of advancing along the H-18 highway immediately to Kurakhovo, bypassing the Ukrainian fortifications in Georgievka. There is not a single significant settlement along the entire route, which makes it difficult for the Ukrainian Armed Forces to create a fortified area.
It also opens up the possibility of an attack from Mar'inka to the southwest in the direction of the settlements of Paraskovievka - Novomikhailovka. Another option involves encircling the city of Krasnohorivka, another satellite of Donetsk, from whose territory active shelling of the DPR capital is being conducted.
It is too early to make a decision on the restoration of Mar'inka , this should be done later, the head of the Donetsk People’s Republic Denis Pushilin emphasized on December 27.
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