Text taken from the V Kontakte age of RUSSIAN SPRING (rusvesna.su)
The 127th Division launched a counterattack on the Vremievsky ledge, destroying and driving back the enemy.
â–ªOur friends from one of the hottest sectors of the front now got in touch and told the details of the latest battles at the junction of the Zaporizhzhya and South Donetsk fronts, which began yesterday and continued today.
â–ªThe guys assure - Neskuchnoe is not taken, ours are there and they get in touch every two hours.
â–ªDuring the offensive in the Neskuchny area, the enemy, after losing equipment in the minefields, was able to enter our forward positions, but ran into a fierce rebuff from tanks and infantry, covered by artillery and aviation fire.
â–ªHaving got stuck, the Ukrainian Nazis brought up the reserves of the 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade and 31st Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
â–ªArmy aviation came to the rescue: MI-24G "Alligators" and MI-28 "Night hunters" attacked armored groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with guided missiles.
â–ªRussian artillery began to work from the entire range of weapons against the advancing forces: 122mm D-30, 152mm D-20, self-propelled guns and MLRS.
â–ªAfter artillery preparation, units of the 127th Division of the RF Armed Forces launched a counterattack. Russian fighters put Ukrainian fighters to flight.
â–ªPreliminary losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: 20 tanks, 41 armored personnel carriers, 16 armored vehicles, 4 artillery installations and more than 300 people wounded and killed personnel.
â–ªRight now, the enemy has pulled up new armored groups and is trying to bring them into battle, fire damage is inflicted on the places of accumulation, the fighting continues.
From the V Kontakte page of Igor Strelkov
The Ministry of Defense announced that yesterday it repulsed an attempt at a broad enemy offensive in the Volnovakha direction. Allegedly, the enemy tried to break through the front with the forces of four brigades, but was repelled. And Gerasimov personally directed the reflection at his command post.
The Volnovakha direction has long been indicated by me as one of the most dangerous in terms of targets for the enemy's strategic offensive (those who regularly watch and read should remember my words). Moreover, I singled out this direction as the most likely for delivering the main (or one of the main) strikes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Therefore, I do not rule out that - this time - the statement of the Russian Defense Ministry contains a significant amount of truth and the enemy's offensive has STARTED. I emphasize - only the BEGINNING. The scheme is quite classic for the battles of the Second World War and is in line with my general predictions:
First, distracting attacks by the DRG and individual units on the "old border" of the Russian Federation, then a series of distracting strikes (including in the Donetsk direction), then - the main (main) and auxiliary strikes on the Southern Front with the introduction of reserves to where the greatest success is expected .
What is known today? - Auxiliary attacks (or reconnaissance in force) in several sectors of the Zaporozhye Front and in the Donetsk region - the enemy failed. A serious offensive undertaken in the Volnovakha direction on the first day also did not lead to a breakthrough of our front.
It is also already known (from our own sources) that at the beginning of the offensive, the enemy, by means of electronic warfare, completely "put a connection" with us for abouthalf an hour at the attack site. That, however, did not give him decisive success.
Now the discrepancies. - Our command bravely declared that it managed to hold all positions. From other sources (not ukry) there is information that this is not entirely true - the enemy managed to wedge into our location in the Volnovakha direction. The situation was partially restored by counterattacks of the reserves, but in some places the enemy has progress following the results of yesterday. However, the front has not been broken through and these advances are not great (for 1-2 settlements allegedly taken by the enemy - I will not write anything yet, since nothing is clear on them).
It is clear, however, that the enemy has not yet made full use of his main forces. It is possible that the attack on Volnovakha - with all the relatively large scale - is only "one of". And as for the main or auxiliary - we will understand this today or tomorrow, since auxiliary strikes are delivered ("according to science") a day or two earlier than the main one.
It can also be assumed that the enemy's offensive in the Volnovakha direction did not come as a surprise to our command. A couple of months ago, according to my information, a rather benevolent mood reigned in this sector of the front, and our forces in this area were very stretched and poorly fortified. Apparently, our reconnaissance was able to uncover the enemy's preparations for an offensive precisely in this sector in time and the command took the necessary measures.
At the same time, if the enemy offensive has really begun, and is not a "test of strength" - in the next few days, the intensity of the battles will only increase. The outcome of the battle is not yet completely predetermined - it is just beginning.
More from Igor Strelkov
Fierce fighting continues in the area of ​​​​the village of Novodonetskoye and to the south (and southwest) of Velikaya Novoselovka in the Volnovakha direction.
Apparently, despite the heavy losses suffered, the enemy is trying to achieve operational success by bringing in reserves (in particular, it is reported that a Leopard tank unit has been sent into battle). What is happening there now is not known (except that there are heavy battles). Therefore, I will just try to explain what the enemy is trying to do from the point of view of military art.
In principle, strategically, this is obvious:
the direction of the strike has been chosen, which (if successful) allows us to develop an offensive at once on all the most important points in our rear - on Volnovakha (with a split in the communication between Donetsk and Mariupol), on Mariupol itself and on Berdyansk. You can choose any or advance at all at once - it depends on the strength and resistance of the defenders. At the same time, the offensive is carried out not from the Ugledarsky "ledge" (which can be threatened from the flanks), but relying on a relatively straight section of the front with the Velikaya Novoselovka-Ugledar road passing in the immediate vicinity.
In tactical terms, the capture of Novodonetsk allows you not to get involved in stubborn battles in a relatively densely built-up area, but to "cut down" the grouping defending south of Velikaya Novoselovka and its supply route along the Zachatovka - Krasnaya Polyana - Novopetrikovka - Velikaya Novoselovka route, along which there are many settlements. The immediate task of the enemy, of course, is to take Novodonetskoye and strive to cut the indicated route in the area of ​​\u200b\u200bStaromlinovka and the Staromlinovsky reservoir, so that from there (developing success) - throw their mobile units into a deep breakthrough in the direction to the south and southeast - by analogy with how this was done near Balakleya.
At the same time, this time the "partners" were expected and (unlike the same Balakleya, where they were created ideal conditions from our side) there was no breakthrough of the front in the first hours. The effect of surprise is not achieved "from the word at all." And here - in the absence of dense buildings - our ground attack aviation gets the opportunity to shoot the enemy's advancing armored vehicles from its rear, without entering the zone of destruction of a significant part of its air defense systems.
But a lot depends on the training and stability of our troops in a given area, as well as on the adequacy of their command. If the enemy manages to break through deep enough and on a wide sector of the front (which he is trying to do), then his advantage in the number of units and formations will be difficult to stop. Field battles are not won by aviation and artillery alone.