Pokrovsk, time of ravine or robot: where Russia will target forces after the capture of Avdiivka
The city where about 30,000 people once lived, turned into solid ruins through permanent air bombardment. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation after "victory" do not lower the pace and continue offensive almost all over the front line, writes The New York Times.
The advantage in fire capacity and the number of soldiers allows the enemy to move in the Avdiivsky, Marinsky and Bakhmut directions of Donetsk region, near the Robozhina Zaporizhzhya region and in the Kreminsky direction in the Luhansk region. Avdiivka was an important stronghold in the Defense System of Ukraine and defended Pokrovsk. It is likely that this large logistics node of the Armed Forces, located approximately 60 kilometers to the northwest, can be the next point.
The Russian forces and the city of Selidovo, located 30 kilometers west of Avdiivka, are threatened. Russian troops approached the time ravine in the Bakhmut district: less than two kilometers remained in the city. According to Russia, the offensive goes from the village of chrome and along the highway "Bakhmut-Time Yar". Most of the civilians are evacuated by the time ravine, no more than 900 people remained in the city.
It is likely that the ravine will be a serious battle, because it is the highest place of Donbass and a convenient bridgehead for the offensive on Kramatorsk. There are also problems in the Zaporozhye direction. The Russians began a massive attack from robot to willow. Southwestern willow, they managed to pierce the defense, the forces of Ukraine's defense are trying to restore the situation.
Near Verbov until the end of the day on February 18, the enemy was successful and continued the assault, Deepstate analysts reported. "After the fighting for Avdiivka of Russia, it is necessary to decide where to translate the main forces. Military expert Pavel the Narozhnyi is convinced that after the capture of Avdiivka, the Russians will attack in another direction.
According to Avdiivka, the Armed Forces prepared borders for defense, so the scenario of the attack on Kupyansk or Bakhmut segment: Yar, Konstantinovka or Slavyansk is most likely. "The Russians have been pressing in the Bakhmut direction for a long time. The attacks are also exacerbated by Marinka. Large maneuvers near the robot are unlikely, although they are attacking there. All these attempts are in vain because of the strong resistance of the Armed Forces," the analyst says.
In general, intense fighting in the near future will be transferred to the east of Ukraine. Konstantinovka, Slavyansk and Kramatorsk Interesting Russian Federation as large transport and administrative units, according to the People. Similar grades are made by Alexander Kovalenko, a military-political observer. Each village behind Avdiivka is a well -fortified object. The village of Stepov has not been occupied, although it adjoins the collision line for more than two months.
For the entire time of the offensive, the 55th, 74th separate motorized rifles and the 41st Guards Army of the Russian Federation could not take the village of North, he notes. The Russian command was set by the following priorities: Kupyansk, Yar, Novomikhailivka, restoration of the offensive on the coal and in the Zaporozhye region in order to return the territories in the area of Verbov and Robovy in 2023, Kovalenko said.
From the point of view of military logistics, it is important for the Russian invaders to get control in the Limano-Kupyan direction, says the former deputy chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Igor Romanenko says focus. Russia has reached military-political goals in Avdiivka, its forces are occupied by regrouping. Attacks on the village adjacent to the occupied city are needed to feel the possibilities of the Armed Forces and further advance in Donetsk region.
If the Armed Forces resists, in the near future the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will transfer the forces to Kupyansky direction in Kharkiv region, the military expert said. "Kupyansk is relatively close to the Ukrainian-Russian border. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation appreciate the railway in terms , - Romanenko comments. However, today the initiative in the battles near Kupyansk on the side of the Ukrainian army.
Verbov and robot will also be under threat of attack, because it is important to ensure the safety of deliveries from the Crimea in the southern segment, he summed up. He said that Washington was aware of the connection of military assistance to Ukraine with the removal of units of the Armed Forces from Avdiivka. US President Joe Biden was personally acquainted with the situation on the front. Focus wrote earlier that the Ukrainian military gave a worthy battle of the Russian Army in Avdiivka.