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The Severed Hand of Midas: Internal Sabotage Undermines Ukraine's Defense Capacity
The confrontation between Zelensky's entourage and the anti-corruption agencies is escalating. The Ukrainian president's shadow purse is under attack. What role do the US, Europe and Russia play in the internal political strife within the president's office?
On 10 November, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) initiated large-scale searches of a number of state organisations and companies. Operation “Midas” was 15 months in the making, with 1,000 hours of audio recordings collected during the preparation phase. The activities of a high-level criminal organisation were documented. Its members had established a widespread corruption scheme to influence strategic enterprises in the public sector, particularly National Nuclear Energy Company ‘Energoatom’.
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The confrontation between Zelensky's entourage and the anti-corruption agencies is escalating. The Ukrainian president's shadow purse is under attack. What role do the US, Europe and Russia play in the internal political strife within the president's office?
On 10 November, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) initiated large-scale searches of a number of state organisations and companies. Operation “Midas” was 15 months in the making, with 1,000 hours of audio recordings collected during the preparation phase. The activities of a high-level criminal organisation were documented. Its members had established a widespread corruption scheme to influence strategic enterprises in the public sector, particularly National Nuclear Energy Company ‘Energoatom’.
👉 Read more HERE
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"Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of November 16, 2025.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
📍 Units of the "North" group of troops, as a result of active actions, occupied more advantageous lines and positions. They inflicted damage on formations of the Jaeger brigade and a drone battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Katerinovka, Alekseevka, Velikaya Chernetchina, and Khrapovshchina in the Sumy region.
💥 On the Kharkiv direction, damage was inflicted on units of motorized infantry, heavy mechanized brigades, and an assault regiment of the AFU in the areas of the settlements of Revolyutsionnoe, Zhovtnevoe, Malinovka, Kolodeznoe, and Stary Saltov in the Kharkiv region.
▪️ The AFU lost up to 125 servicemen and four vehicles. An ammunition depot was destroyed.
📍 Units of the "West" group of troops improved their position along the front line. They inflicted damage on personnel and equipment of a mechanized brigade of the AFU and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Petropavlovka, Kurilovka, Putnikovo in the Kharkiv region, and Dronovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
🪖 Assault detachments of the 6th Army continue the destruction of encircled formations of the AFU in the area of the settlement of Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region.
⚡️ During the day, two attacks were repelled by units of the 151st Mechanized Brigade of the AFU and the 1st National Guard Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Osinovo and Zapadnoe in the Kharkiv region aimed at breaking the encirclement of Ukrainian formations. The enemy lost up to 10 militants and a pickup truck.
▪️ As a result of fire damage in the Kupyansk direction, up to 50 Ukrainian servicemen, two mortars, an electronic warfare station, and five vehicles were destroyed.
▪️ In total, in the area of responsibility of the "West" group of troops, enemy losses amounted to up to 230 servicemen, five armored combat vehicles, 19 vehicles, a Romanian-made APR-40 multiple launch rocket system launcher, two artillery pieces, including a US-made 155-mm self-propelled artillery system "Paladin." Four ammunition depots, a "Plastun" electronic reconnaissance station, and four electronic warfare stations were destroyed.
📍 Units of the "South" group of troops occupied more advantageous lines and positions. They inflicted damage on formations of two mechanized brigades of the AFU in the areas of the settlements of Severesk, Raygorodok, and Konstantinovka in the DPR.
▪️ The enemy lost up to 80 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, 19 vehicles, four field artillery pieces, two electronic warfare stations, two ammunition depots, and a warehouse of material resources.
📍 Units of the "Center" group of troops continued advancing into the depth of the enemy's defense. They inflicted damage on personnel and equipment of four mechanized, three airborne assault, two Jaeger brigades, an assault regiment of the AFU, a marine brigade, a territorial defense brigade, and two National Guard brigades in the areas of the settlements of Artemovka, Rodinskoe, Oktyabrskoe, Novoaleksandrovka, Kucherov Yar, Belitskoe, Toretsk, Grishino in the DPR, and Novopodgorodnoe and Ivanovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region."
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Минобороны России
🎖🎖🎖 Министерства обороны Российской Федерации о ходе проведения специальной военной операции по состоянию на 16 ноября 2025 г.
Вооруженные Силы Российской Федерации продолжают проведение специальной военной операции.
📍 Подразделения группировки войск…
Вооруженные Силы Российской Федерации продолжают проведение специальной военной операции.
📍 Подразделения группировки войск…
QVINTA ÆTAS
"Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of November 16, 2025.
💥 In the settlement of Krasnoarmeysk, Donetsk People's Republic, assault groups of the 2nd Army continued the destruction of encircled formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the western part of the city, the northwestern and eastern quarters of the Central district, as well as in the territory of the western industrial zone. Clearing of the settlement of Rovnoe in the DPR from Ukrainian militants is underway.
⚡️ Six attacks were repelled by units of the 425th Assault Regiment "Skala" of the AFU from the area of the settlement of Grishino, DPR, aimed at breaking the encirclement of the Ukrainian group.
🪖 An attempt was thwarted by a unit of the 155th Mechanized Brigade of the AFU to break out of the encirclement ring to the north.
▪️ Up to 30 Ukrainian servicemen and an infantry fighting vehicle were destroyed.
🪖 In the settlement of Dimitrov, DPR, units of the 51st Army continue offensive actions in the Vostochny microdistrict and the southern part of the city.
🪖 Assault groups of the 5th Motorized Rifle Brigade have approached the Zapadny microdistrict closely. 33 buildings have been liberated.
▪️ In one day, up to 280 Ukrainian servicemen, an infantry fighting vehicle, a Kazak armored combat vehicle, and a US-made 155-mm M777 howitzer were destroyed in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
▪️ In total, in the area of responsibility of the "Center" group of troops, enemy losses amounted to up to 470 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, four cars, a US-made 155-mm M777 howitzer, and an electronic warfare station.
🚩 Units of the "East" group of troops, as a result of decisive actions, liberated the settlement of Rovnopolye in the Zaporizhzhia region.
💥 Damage was inflicted on formations of two assault brigades of the AFU and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Gulyaipole, Pokrovske in the Zaporizhzhia region, and Herasymivka and Orly in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
▪️ The AFU lost over 235 servicemen, an armored personnel carrier, 14 vehicles, an artillery piece, and two warehouses of material resources.
🚩 Units of the "Dnipro" group of troops completed the liberation of the settlement of Malaya Tokmachka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
🔥 Damage was inflicted on personnel and equipment of a heavy mechanized brigade of the AFU in the areas of the settlements of Malokaterinivka, Orekhov, and Stepnogorsk in the Zaporizhzhia region.
▪️ More than 110 servicemen, a tank, an armored combat vehicle, 14 vehicles, two field artillery guns, seven electronic warfare stations, two ammunition depots, and a warehouse of material resources were destroyed.
✈️ Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed two launchers of the mobile coastal missile system "Neptune", a US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system combat vehicle, inflicted damage on fuel and energy complex facilities supporting the functioning of enterprises of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex, a workshop for assembling long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 141 districts.
🎯 Air defense means shot down a guided aerial bomb, four HIMARS multiple launch rocket system rockets of US production, two long-range guided "Neptune" missiles, and 197 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
📊 Since the beginning of the special military operation, a total of
▫️ 668 aircraft,
▫️ 283 helicopters,
▫️ 96,993 unmanned aerial vehicles,
▫️ 636 surface-to-air missile systems,
▫️ 26,056 tanks and other armored combat vehicles,
▫️ 1,613 multiple launch rocket system combat vehicles,
▫️ 31,340 field artillery pieces and mortars,
▫️ 46,799 special military vehicles have been destroyed."
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Минобороны России
🎖🎖🎖 Министерства обороны Российской Федерации о ходе проведения специальной военной операции по состоянию на 16 ноября 2025 г.
Часть 2 (👉 см. часть 1)
💥 В населенном пункте Красноармейск Донецкой Народной Республики штурмовые группы 2-й армии продолжили…
Часть 2 (👉 см. часть 1)
💥 В населенном пункте Красноармейск Донецкой Народной Республики штурмовые группы 2-й армии продолжили…
QVINTA ÆTAS
"The Road to Varvarovka: liberation of Rovnopolye and advance to the R-85 highway
Not even a day passed before another positive news came from the East Zaporizhzhia direction. Russian units pushed the enemy out of Rovnopolye north of the previously liberated Yablokovo and raised state flags in several parts of the village.
The assault by the 114th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 127th Division of the 5th Army of the Guards “Vostok” was supported by UAV operators and artillery. This allowed isolating the Ukrainian formations in the settlement from supplies and reserves.
📌 Currently, the advanced units of the 114th regiment are continuing their attacks further west towards Varvarovka, where a still partially operational supply route for the garrison of Huliaipole runs along the R-85 highway.
❗️ The enemy is trying to establish a new defensive line on the heights near the “Tselinnaya Balka” nature reserve. Nevertheless, considering the pace of the Guards “Vostok” advance, it is unlikely they will succeed in time.
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"Chronicle of the Special Military Operation for November 15-16, 2025
Russian forces once again struck energy and gas facilities in the so-called Ukraine. In the Odessa region, for the first time during the Special Military Operation, one of the solar power plants became the target of an attack.
Ukrainian formations conducted raids on the oil infrastructure of the Samara region, and also attacked Volgograd with drones.
On the Pokrovsko-Myronhrad direction, assault troops of the "Center" group broke through to the fields north of Pokrovsk, creating a threat of encirclement of the entire Ukrainian Armed Forces grouping in the agglomeration.
On the Novopavlivka direction, Russian troops crossed the Volchya and broke through to Novopavlivka, engaging in battles on its outskirts.
On the East Zaporizhzhia direction, fighters of the 127th division liberated Rovnopol and Yablokovo and are now advancing attacks towards Varvarovka.
📌 A detailed analytical report on events in the Special Military Operation zone is available on Rybar's private channel @rybar_plus_bot
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"Situation on the Syrian-Israeli border as of November 9–16, 2025
The pace of life in southern Syria continues to be set by Israeli raids. Almost every day, units of the Israel Defense Forces enter the border areas of Al-Quneitra, moving in small columns and temporarily occupying key roads and villages.
🔻Key events of the week:
▪️Movements of Israeli columns from Al-Hamidiya and Al-Burj towards Samdaniya and Umm Batna.
▪️Engineering equipment working near Saida al-Khanut, where earth embankments were built for several days in a row to strengthen IDF positions.
▪️Artillery strikes on the Tel Ahmar area — buildings and agricultural lands damaged.
But the main thing is not individual episodes, but the scale of what is happening. According to foreign observers, since January 1, the Israelis have conducted more than 600 ground incursions in Al-Quneitra. And this is not about one-time “raids,” but about systematic, daily operations in territory that the Syrian “authorities” formally call their own.
📌And all this — without any response from the regime of Abu Muhammad al-Julani. Since the beginning of the year, his structures have limited themselves to formal statements, making no attempt to expel the IDF or even hinder their advance.
❗️It seems that in Damascus they now operate within new unofficial agreements: joining the international anti-terrorist coalition and cooperating with the Americans left the regime with only one option — not to interfere with Israeli activity and not to create reasons for conflict.
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"Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of November 17, 2025.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
🚩 Units of the "North" troop group liberated the settlement of Dvurechanskoye in the Kharkiv region as a result of active actions.
🔥 Damage inflicted on formations of two mechanized and a ranger brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements Alekseevka, Katerinovka, Kondratovka, Novaya Sech, and Shevchenkovo in the Sumy region.
💥 On the Kharkiv direction, damage was inflicted on units of motorized infantry, mechanized brigades, and an assault regiment of the AFU in the areas of the settlements Zhovtnevoe, Kolodeznoe, and Malinovka in the Kharkiv region.
▪️ The AFU lost up to 150 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, 13 cars, and a field artillery gun. An ammunition depot was destroyed.
📍 Units of the "West" troop group improved their position on the front line. Damage was inflicted on personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the AFU and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements Kurilovka, Petropavlovka, Putnikovo in the Kharkiv region, and Dronovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
🪖 Assault detachments of the 6th Army continue to destroy encircled formations of the AFU in the area of the settlement Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region.
⚡️ During the day, two attempts to conduct counterattacks were thwarted by units of the 125th mechanized brigade of the AFU in the area of the settlement Blagodatevka in the Kharkiv region and the 15th National Guard brigade in the area of the settlement Velikaya Shapkovka in the Kharkiv region, which tried to unblock encircled units.
▪️ As a result of fire damage, up to 50 Ukrainian servicemen were destroyed, along with an M113 armored personnel carrier of US manufacture, a Canadian-made "Senator" armored combat vehicle, four electronic warfare stations, and seven cars.
▪️ In total, in the area of responsibility of the "West" troop group, enemy losses amounted to up to 230 servicemen, a tank, three armored combat vehicles, 24 cars, a 105-mm L-119 howitzer of British manufacture. Four ammunition depots and 10 electronic warfare stations were destroyed.
🚩 Units of the "South" troop group liberated the settlement of Platonovka in the DPR as a result of decisive actions.
💥 Damage inflicted on formations of three mechanized brigades of the AFU in the areas of the settlements Konstantinovka, Raygorodok, and Severesk in the DPR.
▪️ The enemy lost up to 210 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, 20 cars, a field artillery gun, two electronic warfare stations, and an ammunition depot.
📍 Units of the "Center" troop group continue to advance deep into the enemy's defense. Damage was inflicted on personnel and equipment of three mechanized, two airborne assault, ranger brigades of the AFU, a marine brigade, a territorial defense brigade, and a National Guard brigade in the areas of the settlements Artemovka, Belitskoye, Grishino, Kucherov Yar, Novoaleksandrovka, Oktyabrskoye, Rodinskoye, Torskoye in the DPR, Demurino and Ivanovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region."
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Минобороны России
🎖🎖🎖 Министерства обороны Российской Федерации о ходе проведения специальной военной операции по состоянию на 17 ноября 2025 г.
Вооруженные Силы Российской Федерации продолжают проведение специальной военной операции.
🚩 Подразделения группировки войск…
Вооруженные Силы Российской Федерации продолжают проведение специальной военной операции.
🚩 Подразделения группировки войск…
QVINTA ÆTAS
"Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of November 17, 2025.
💥 In the settlement of Krasnoarmeysk, Donetsk People's Republic, assault groups of the 2nd Army continue to destroy encircled formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Central microdistrict and in the western part of the Gornyak microdistrict, as well as in the territory of the western industrial zone. The clearing of the settlement of Rovno, DPR, from Ukrainian militants continues.
⚡️ Five attacks were repelled by units of the 425th Assault Regiment "Skala" and the 32nd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the area of the settlement of Grishino, DPR, aiming to unblock the encircled group of the AFU.
▪️ Up to 25 Ukrainian servicemen and an armored combat vehicle were destroyed.
🪖 In the settlement of Dimitrov, DPR, units of the 51st Army continue offensive actions in the Vostochny microdistrict and the southern part of the city.
🪖 Assault groups of the 5th Motorized Rifle Brigade are conducting successful combat operations in the area of the Zapadny microdistrict. More than 30 buildings have been liberated.
▪️ In the past day, up to 290 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, four pickups, and a field artillery gun were destroyed in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
▪️ In total, in the area of responsibility of the "Center" troop grouping, enemy losses amounted to up to 490 servicemen, four armored combat vehicles, eight vehicles, and a field artillery gun.
🚩 Units of the "East" troop grouping, as a result of decisive actions, liberated the settlement of Gai in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
💥 Damage was inflicted on formations of the assault brigade of the AFU and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements Ostapovskoye, Radostnoye in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Vozdvizhevka and Chervonoe in the Zaporizhzhia region.
▪️ The AFU lost over 215 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, seven vehicles, and three field artillery guns.
🔥 Units of the "Dnepr" troop grouping inflicted damage on personnel and equipment of the mechanized brigade of the AFU and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements Belogorye, Orekhov, and Stepnogorsk in the Zaporizhzhia region.
▪️ More than 80 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 13 vehicles, two field artillery guns, six electronic warfare stations, an ammunition depot, and five supply depots were destroyed.
✈️ Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops, and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces troop groupings inflicted damage on fuel and energy complex facilities and railway infrastructure used in the interests of the AFU, long-range unmanned aerial vehicle storage sites, temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 142 districts.
🎯 Air defense means destroyed 104 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.
📊 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, destroyed:
▫️ 668 aircraft,
▫️ 283 helicopters,
▫️ 97,097 unmanned aerial vehicles,
▫️ 636 anti-aircraft missile systems,
▫️ 26,071 tanks and other armored combat vehicles,
▫️ 1,613 multiple launch rocket system vehicles,
▫️ 31,363 field artillery and mortars,
▫️ 46,914 units of special military automotive equipment."
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Минобороны России
🎖🎖🎖 Министерства обороны Российской Федерации о ходе проведения специальной военной операции по состоянию на 17 ноября 2025 г.
Часть 2 (👉 см. часть 1)
💥 В населенном пункте Красноармейск Донецкой Народной Республики штурмовые группы 2-й армии продолжают…
Часть 2 (👉 см. часть 1)
💥 В населенном пункте Красноармейск Донецкой Народной Республики штурмовые группы 2-й армии продолжают…
QVINTA ÆTAS
"Operational information as of 16:00 on 17.11.2025 regarding the Russian invasion
Since the beginning of this day, there have been 81 combat engagements.
Today, communities of border settlements were affected by enemy artillery fire, including Malushyne, Stara Huta, Bobylivka in the Sumy region; Khrinivka, Klyusy in the Chernihiv region.
In the North-Slobozhansky and Kursk directions, seven combat engagements with enemy forces have occurred since the start of the day. Additionally, the enemy carried out three airstrikes, dropped eight guided bombs, and conducted 61 shellings of our troops' positions and settlements.
In the South-Slobozhansky direction, the Defense Forces repelled four enemy attacks near Vovchansk and towards the settlement of Dvorichanske. Two more combat engagements are ongoing.
In the Kupiansk direction, Russian occupiers tried three times to break through our defense in the areas of Pishchane and Stepova Novoselivka settlements. Two combat engagements are still ongoing.
In the Lyman direction, the invading army launched six attacks towards the positions of Ukrainian units near the settlements of Novyi Myr, Zarichne, and Drobysheve. Three combat engagements continue.
The Defense Forces repelled nine enemy attacks in the Sloviansk direction. The aggressor was active in the areas of Dronivka, Serebrianka, Siversk, and Fedorivka.
In the Kramatorsk direction, today the enemy attacked our positions twice in the areas of Stupochky and Orikhovo-Vasylivka.
In the Kostiantynivka direction, the enemy carried out 15 assault actions in the areas of Shcherbynivka, Rusynyi Yar, Yablunivka, and towards Kostiantynivka and Sofiivka.
In the Pokrovsk direction, Russian invaders made 18 attempts to push our defenders from occupied positions in the areas of Mayak, Fedorivka, Rodynske, Chervonyi Lyman, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, and Dachne settlements. The Defense Forces are holding the line and have already repelled 15 enemy attacks. Fighting continues in three locations.
Ukrainian units are conducting strike-search operations in several areas, destroying the enemy.
In the Oleksandrivka direction, the enemy tried to break through the defense of our defenders in the areas of Zelenyi Hai, Vorone, Sosnivka, Berezove, and Pershotravneve settlements. The Defense Forces repelled seven enemy assaults.
Since the beginning of the day, in the Huliaipole direction, our defenders repelled five attacks by occupiers in the areas of Solodke, Rivnopillia, and Zelenyi Hai, with one more combat engagement ongoing. Enemy aviation struck settlements, including Vozdvizhivka and Bilohirya.
No combat engagements have been recorded in the Orikhiv direction at this time.
In the Prydniprovskiy direction, the enemy twice unsuccessfully tried to approach the positions of our defenders.
No changes in other directions."
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Генеральний штаб ЗСУ
Оперативна інформація станом на 16:00 17.11.2025 щодо російського вторгнення
З початку цієї доби відбулося 81 бойове зіткнення.
Сьогодні від вогню ворожої артилерії постраждали громади прикордонних населених пунктів, зокрема Малушине, Стара Гута, Бобилівка…
З початку цієї доби відбулося 81 бойове зіткнення.
Сьогодні від вогню ворожої артилерії постраждали громади прикордонних населених пунктів, зокрема Малушине, Стара Гута, Бобилівка…
QVINTA ÆTAS
"Collapse of the front near Gulyaipole
The "Vostok" troop group is advancing on a broad front, pushing forward on several sectors in the Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
Assault units of the 36th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 29th Army have liberated the settlement of Hai. Russian flags have been raised there, and the attacks are developing further to the north and west.
🔻Where else are there successes?
▪️On the sector eastward, fighters of the "Vostok" group are advancing north from Volchyi towards Tykhe. Several forest belts have come under control.
▪️South of Danylivka, the enemy has been pushed out of several forest belts on the approaches to Nechaivka, Radostne, and Novoe Zaporizhzhia. The offensive continues there as well.
▪️In the vicinity of Sladke, several strongpoints and "pockets" formed after the breakthrough to Sladke following the liberation of Uspenivka have been cleared. Now the enemy is being cleared from the fields further towards the Haichur river.
▪️From the side of Rovnopillia and Yablokove, an advance is also underway westward towards Varvarivka. There, Russian units will likely form a "claw" to partially encircle Gulyaipole.
▪️On the eastern approaches to Gulyaipole itself, there are also successes. Russian units have managed to gain a foothold on the outskirts of Vesele and Zelenyi Hai, and have also approached Chervone. Earlier, the Armed Forces of Ukraine were pushed out from the fields to the north.
📌Almost the entire East Zaporizhzhia direction is moving, and the situation for the enemy is rapidly deteriorating. As we predicted, Ukrainian formations are trying to build a defense along the Haichur river.
Judging by the pace of "Vostok"'s advance, at least some enemy units have been withdrawn and taken across the river. Those remaining in the "interfluve" are effectively left as suicide troops, trying to buy time to reinforce the defense on the Haichur.
❗️At the same time, Russian units are not only entering Gulyaipole from the north but are also pressing from the east, where the enemy has fortified lines. From the side of Yablokove, it is quite possible to advance through these fortifications, which would avoid a frontal assault on the defensive line on the approaches to Gulyaipole.
❓The question is whether the enemy will decide to hold the homeland of Makhno, which has considerable political significance but is strategically almost lost, or will not try and withdraw forces to the second line of defense, which Russian units have already breached in another sector.
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"Push back from the border
In the north of the special military operation zone, Russian units have liberated another settlement and advanced in Volchansk.
🔻Where is the “North” advancing?
▪️Dvurechanskoye has been liberated, fighters of the 9th regiment of the 18th motorized rifle division raised the Russian flag in the center of the village.
Thus, at the junction of the Slobozhansky and Kupyansky directions, the “pocket” that reached the Russian border ceased to exist. And now there is an opportunity for further attacks towards Kolodeznoe with the front line being aligned along the Verkhnyaya Dvurechnaya river.
▪️There are also local successes in Volchansk. The enemy was finally pushed back beyond Fontannaya street further east.
Now, under the control of Ukrainian formations, there is not much territory left in the relatively dense built-up area of Volchansk. Beyond Gurkanovskaya street remains only a scattered private sector.
📌Despite the retreating front, the enemy continues shelling the border regions of Russia, not to mention launching waves of UAVs. The authorities of the Belgorod region report daily material damage and casualties among residents. The situation remains difficult both at the front and in the rear.
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"Seversk Encirclement
Russian forces are advancing on the Seversk direction, with the Russian Ministry of Defense announcing the liberation of Platonovka. If confirmed, this will mark the beginning of a countdown for the enemy forces in Seversk.
This information has not yet been confirmed by objective control footage, but the extensive work on mistakes carried out in this direction (and in the "South" troop grouping in general) allows for cautious optimism on this matter.
🔻On the partial encirclement of Seversk:
▪️If the liberation of Platonovka is confirmed, Russian units will physically cut off the road Zakotnoye-Seversk.
▪️Earlier, this road from Lyman to Seversk was already cut off by neighbors on the Lyman direction, and in fact, supplies along it were already absent.
▪️With the consolidation in Platonovka, Russian drone operators will find it easier to strike the supply routes of Ukrainian formations through Reznikovka.
▪️The situation on the approaches to Seversk is also worsening for the enemy. Russian assault troops have driven Ukrainian formations from strongpoints southwest of Serebryanka.
▪️A similar situation exists to the east and south of the city. Russian Armed Forces units, having advanced from Novoselovka and Vyemka, are practically on the threshold of Seversk.
▪️Heavy fighting continues near Zvanovka. The enemy is putting up fierce resistance here because with the liberation of this settlement, Russian units will bring the last remaining asphalt road to Seversk under fire control through Reznikovka and Svyato-Pokrovsk.
📌Ukrainian formations will undoubtedly try to defend Seversk as long as possible, sending reinforcements there. However, even with the current configuration of control zones, the roads to the city are subject to systematic strikes.
Holding Seversk for a long time, "hanging" on drone supplies from the Ukrainian Armed Forces, is unlikely, since the city with industrial zones and a "non-independent" population of over 14 thousand people (11 thousand in 2021) is still not a remote dugout deep in the rear.
So if the enemy does not try to stabilize the situation, the liberation of Seversk is quite likely in the foreseeable future. However, the personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is not infinite, and the "firefighting teams" are being worn down on the Pokrovsk-Mirnograd direction.
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