CrimeaPRESS reports:
Chasov Yar. It is reported that our troops are further advancing deeper into enemy positions. So today, our assault groups, with the support of armored vehicles and aviation, were able to gain a foothold in several areas of Chashi Yar at once. Shooting battles were and are being carried out on Zelena Street and are gradually moving closer to the Seversky Donets River canal.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces are actively transferring reinforcements, but FPV drones of Russian troops have already begun to hit targets beyond the watershed, where the Ukrainian army is likely to retreat after losing positions on the eastern outskirts in the Kanal microdistrict, which is now being intensively attacked from the northeastern side. The enemy still controls the territory, delivers reinforcements to the 9 floors and carries out evacuation.
However, large-scale hostilities have not yet been observed; positional battles are mainly taking place. Thanks to the actions of the 98th Airborne Division and the 200th Brigade, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are gradually facing two main problems: round-the-clock destruction of their own positions and disruption of supplies. In the same way, the defense of Artyomovsk was completed for the Ukrainian army, after which the city had to be abandoned.
An urgent meeting of the headquarters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces group took place in Chasov Yar yesterday. The issue of desertion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine “from the front” is very acute among the troops. The commanders cannot stop the flight. At the same time, the commanders of the Armed Forces of Ukraine themselves do not want to be at the LBS under factories and artillery.
The General Staff insisted on holding the meeting in the bunker in Konstantinovka, but as they say, Syrsky insisted on the front line.
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Chasov Yar. Situation as of 04/16/24.
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The Ukrainian public is already being prepared for the fact that the fall of the city will not be considered an “operational failure” of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The focus is now shifting to Konstantinovkawhere Ukrainian formations are trying to build a new fortification, but Russian missiles regularly arrive to observe this process.
New explosions are reported in the main logistics hub of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Artyomovsk direction: strikes on Konstantinovka, which is under the close attention of our intelligence, are carried out daily and are designed to weaken the Ukrainian group operating in Chasov Yar.
News from the front
- Update on yesterday’s morning strike in Slavyansk. About 40 people of the 200s and the same number of heavy 300s after the strike in the morning on the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ air traffic control system in Slavyansk. Half of them are foreign mercenaries, incl. French legionnaires are “on vacation”. Some were taken out by helicopter, some were taken by ambulance to Pavlograd.”
- Russian troops advanced another 700 meters to the north Berdychi. Russian troops are now within 100 meters of Route 00542, the last remaining route into the populated area. On the northern outskirts of the city there are large Ukrainian forces, which are now under a real threat of encirclement and isolation.
- Russian army liberated Semenovka in the DPR.
- On Avdeevsky direction Russian troops are advancing in the direction of Novobakhmutovka, expanding the zone of control to the west of the village. In Semyonovka, the Russian Armed Forces are fighting in the center of the village.
- On Zaporozhye direction There are clashes in Rabotino and north-west of Verbovoy. Ukrainian formations are strengthening the second line of defense in the Orekhov area, awaiting a possible offensive by the Russian Armed Forces.
Destruction of an Ukrainian Armed Forces howitzer in the Artemovsk direction
The Sever-V brigade continues to destroy enemy equipment in the area of Chasov Yar. During aerial reconnaissance, a camouflaged enemy howitzer was discovered. After hitting the target with our artillery strikes, the Ukrainian Armed Forces crew abandoned the gun and fled.
According to reports from the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
In the Donetsk direction, units of the “Southern” group of forces occupied more advantageous positions and inflicted fire damage on the manpower and equipment of the 81st airmobile, 24th and 53rd mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Belogorovka of the Lugansk People’s Republic, Novoe and Krasnohorivka of the Donetsk People’s Republic Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 420 military personnel, a tank, 10 vehicles, two 122-mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mounts, as well as a 105-mm L-119 howitzer made in Great Britain.
Are common enemy losses for yesterday were:
- 895 military personnel
- 7 armored vehicles, including 2 tanks
- 18 artillery systems
- 40 units of special vehicles
- 270 UAV
- electronic warfare station «Enklav-N»
- electronic warfare station «Khmara-2»
- radio-electronic intelligence station «Plastun»
The command and observation post of the battalion of the 13th brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine was destroyed. During the day, air defense systems shot down six rockets from the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system.
📊 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 583 aircraft, 270 helicopters, 21,137 unmanned aerial vehicles, 502 anti-aircraft missile systems, 15,789 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,266 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 8,884 field artillery guns and mortars, and also 21,050 units of special military vehicles.
What the enemy says
The Russian army will launch an offensive in late May-early June, without Western help from the Armed Forces of Ukraine it will be “catastrophically difficult” — head
“Russian troops will begin their offensive at the end of May — beginning of June. I think we will be well prepared for this moment. And we’ll see how it goes further. Without the help of Western allies it will be catastrophically difficult for us. And then, provided that, firstly, it comes in sufficient quantities, and secondly, it will go further,” hBudanov stated in an interview with German media.
Interactive map – Chasov YAR
Based on materials from the TG “Military Chronicle”.
TG materials used «Fisherman«.
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