It is dangerous to the southwest of Pokrovsk: at which areas of the front the breakthrough of the Russian troops is of particular concern

The parts and connections of the 8th and 51st General, the 68th Army Corps (AK) of the enemy, introduced into the North and Northwest of the Vozdvizhenka, seem to have encountered an increasing level of resistance from the advanced units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine-the pace of their promotion, compared to the previous weeks. After all, the advanced units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine counterattacked in separate areas, managing it to slow down.

At the same time, southwest of Pokrovsk (strip of offensive 41st and part of the forces of the 2nd name) the enemy managed to expand his inquiry significantly, taking, above all, a number of areas of the area on its flanks: it is obvious that the advanced units of the 20th and 150th SPAC Forces of Ukraine in the area of ​​the village of Popi Yar and in the direction of Stepanivka.

The persistent attacks of the enemy in the direction of Malynivka-New Economic and Miroubivka-Mykolaivka, on the western flank of inquiry, forces of the 5th separate motorized rifle brigade (OMSBR) of the 51st General, 39th OMSBR of the 68th AK, have not yet brought him. Moreover, the enemy had to fight stubborn fighting to fully occupy and keep Elizabeth, south of his previously occupied Malynivka.

As for the sector southwest of Pokrovsk, the enemy's successes are more significant, in particular: the general situation in the Pokrovsky direction is characterized by a significant intensity of hostilities and fluctuations in the rate of promotion of the enemy. In this regard, the most serious fears I have an area southwest of Pokrovsk, although persistent attempts by the enemy to attack in the direction of Konstantinovka northeast of the city also do not cause much optimism.

It is obvious that the enemy's command will in no way be satisfied with a kind of "extinguishing" of the advanced/assault units of the 20th and 150th MSDs to the north and northeast of Vozdvizhenka. As for me, the moment of deciding on the choice of the direction of the further offensive I wrote before (either Pokrovsk or Kanthnivka) from the bridgehead under the Vozdvizhenka, most likely, for the Russian command came close as possible.

If in the first stage of the breakthrough in the tactical zone in this direction the enemy managed to wedge in the defense of the Armed Forces to a depth of 8-9 km in 2-3 days, then he needed more than 1. 5 weeks for full capture of Elizabeth and adjacent areas of the extent of the extent, control over which the vulnera. He needed the enemy to move in the same area to a depth of only 1. 2-1. 5 km).

The same thing happens on the opposite flank of the breakthrough, in the area of ​​the village of Zorya. The enemy, apparently, expected to move quickly to the large village of Yablunivka, located north of the dawn, along the river gobling, acting simultaneously from the south (from the dawn itself) and the road to Bakhmut (from Novoleenivka).