There are 2-3 km left: the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation can "cut" a group

From August to September, the Russians were able to extend the "wedge" to 8 km, which crashes into Ukrainian positions near the village of Peschane in Kupyansk direction, explained Konstantin Mashovets's military observer. According to him, there is a new threat to the Armed Forces fighters who defend the shake between Kupyansk and Oscol. Two tank divisions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation try to move in the Kupyansk direction towards the road, which runs parallel to the Oskil River.

If they are not stopped, the Russians will be able to divide the Ukrainian group that holds the defense into the shade between Kupyansk and Lyman. Konstantin Mashovets wrote about the current situation on one of the front of the front in the east in the east. Mashovets posted details of events near Kupyansk in the morning of September 16. He explained that the Russians were rushing forward on the shade near the sandy, south of Kupyansk.

The enemy threw forward two divisions of the 1st Guards Army, which presses in the direction of two settlements-Kolesnik and Kruglyakivka. At the same time, the Russians remain 2-3 km to the P79 road, which heads along the Oskil River from Oskil village to Kupyansk. According to the observer, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation can thus divide into two parts of the Armed Forces group, which holds the defense here.

Mashovets's post states that Russians can soon go ashore of Oscol between the villages of Glushivka-Krudakivka. Then it will form two separate Ukrainian bridges: the smaller - near Kupyansk, larger - south in the area of ​​the village of Borova, Kharkiv region. At the same time, he warned that the enemy has some success near the village of Sinkivka, located 6 km northeast of Kupyansk. The Armed Forces Command has not yet commented on the threat to the Ukrainian army in Kupyansk.

The Armed Forces General Staff report as of September 16 indicated that 20 attacks of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation were held in the Kupyansk direction, and 24 attacks in the neighboring Lyman. The number of storms - in the fourth and third places after Pokrovsky and Kurakhivsky (36 and 42, respectively).

The Ukrainian command mentioned the offensive of Russian units on the settlements that Mashovets wrote - on Sinkivka (and nearby - on Petropavlovka), Kolesnik, Glushkivka, Kruglyakivka (as well as Lozov). On the online map of the DeepState fighting, we see the "wedge" of the Russian Federation in the area of ​​the village of Peschane (south. ) An indicative length of 8 km from the P07 highway and the villages of Tabaivka-Crochmal.

The changes on the map show that the enemy increased the attack and had advancement on this shade, starting, approximately, from August 12-14, 2024. It should be noted that the focus wrote about the tangible promotion of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the front of the front of Pokrovsk-Kurakhove. For example, on September 11, Konstantin Mashovets announced the occupation of the village of Marynivka north of Selidovo.

He also warned of a particular threat near Ukrainian and Nevelsky and the possibility of the Armed Forces to retreat to the Vovcha River. We would like to remind that on September 12, the head of the press service of the 26th Artillery Brigade named after Roman Dashkevich, Oleg Kalashnikov, spoke about increasing the attacks of the Russians in the time ravine. On the same day, the City Pokrovsk military administration stated that the enemy destroyed a bridge that connected Mirnograd and Pokrovsk.