Offensive on Pokrovsk: As the Russian Federation managed to move and where it all started
Now the military told how the rotation and the absence of minefields contributed to the development of the situation in the Pokrovsky direction. About it writes "Ukrainian Truth". The military, who agreed to communicate with journalists on the conditions of anonymity, noted that almost weekly from February 15, since the Ukrainian army left Avdiivka, the forces of defense with different intensity retreated in the direction of Pokrovsk.
One of the first difficult moments was the replacement of the third assault, which stood in the area of Orlovka and Semenivka (near Avdiivka), with a 68 separate Eger Brigade. Then the Russians used the rotation of the units. One of the members of the crew of a large drone-bomber named Vitaliy, who worked in that plot in March, said that the 68th brigade did not have time to go completely.
"We met the boys from the 68th who just went to the positions and had to go immediately because they were fired by FPV-IH. The invaders are catching this moment during rotation, "he said, noting that the Russians began the so -called" meat assaults "and stopped them until they reached the goal. All March and part of April, the Russians were gradually moving to the West - in the direction of Umansky, Snovno -Brody and Nedaylov.
And then, in mid -April, they went to the north of Avdiivka, along the railway, where they were hidden in "Green", green landings, where it was difficult to detect them. For Russian infantry, it was the best tactics. "To stop the Russians along the railway, it was necessary to make rubbish, to put a mine-explosive barrier. To be a good inspection-to crush thick landings. It started to do it only somewhere in Zhelan! , time was, just someone scored the bolt.
Also, the breakthrough in the reed in mid -April contributed to the failure in the Pokrovsky direction. The military says the problem was in communication. "Before the onset, I received the intelligence that the Russians would come to the reed in which no one was in the positions. I immediately submitted this information to the above management, to which the crew of the brigade, which stood there (115 mechanized - ed. ) a place, everyone stands. We see now, "the officer notes.
One of the members of the crew of the large drone-bomber Vitaliy adds that after the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation seized the reed, no one knew where the front line was. "In the villages of Sokil, Yevgenivka, the Sunfish, everyone went with machine guns in their hands and asked passwords - to know whether they or someone else's," Vitaliy recalls. The village of Progress, which also stands on the railway, also played a role.
Then, up to 50 fighters of the 31st mechanized brigade, there were progress and losuvatsky, clamped. The Russians sell the first line of defense on which the 31st stood, and the second, where, due to lack of people, the defense kept the newly created and inexperienced 1511 mechanized brigade. Thus, the enemy leaked into the rear. Ukrainian Osinters from DeepState reported that the commander of the 31st brigade Colonel Andriy Usanov did not order to exit, so the fighters broke through themselves.
But one of the commanders of the 31st categorically denied it. According to him, Uzanov personally agreed the plan of commanders of the 1st and 3rd battalions on the exit from the environment and provided them with artillery support. During the night, all 46 fighters were alive through the field from the surroundings, among whom were injured. "The creation of the plan took about 6-7 hours.
At that time, our fighters have been in a half -point and day for 5-6 days - in the full environment of the enemy. All" Starlins "were destroy They dropped the "Mavica" - the fighters were published, and after the capture of progress, the Russian and Novogrodivka was taken by the occupants 5 kilometers from the Pokrovsk - Konstantinovka road. And on the map of the front, it immediately catches the eye.
According to him, it is important to "cut them away" immediately that the enemy did not lock the circle, surrounded by those who are between these two speeches. It is worth noting that Khortytsa and OTU Donetsk, which are responsible for the Pokrovsky direction, were refused to answer the questions of Ukrainian Truth journalists about the reasons for the rapid promotion of Russian troops. We will remind, five days ago the Russian troops destroyed the Dmitry Bridge in the Pokrovsk Donetsk region.