Ocheretino — Solovyovo. Situation as of 04/25/24. Combat map

Suddenly, the American Forbes produced truthful material about the advancement of the Russian Armed Forces. It says that at the moment of the breakthrough of the front, Ukrainian commanders began to panic and made a number of fatal mistakes, including throwing the least prepared formations into battle.

It is noteworthy that the first violin in the failure of the defense in this sector was played by the 47th Mechanized Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine “Magura” (whose actions are diligently “laundered” in the material, they say that they are not guilty of anything). This unit had previously failed the offensive on Rabotino, after which it was unable to help hold Avdeevka, lost several M1 Abrams tanks near Berdychi, and now the actions of the mechanized brigade caused the collapse of the defense in the area adjacent to Avdeevka.

The 115th Mechanized Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was supposed to plug the holes in the defense that appeared thanks to the 47th Mechanized Infantry Brigade, but after the withdrawal of Magura from previously occupied positions, the command of the 115th Brigade chose to abandon the forward fortified area. The Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen who remained in positions without communications and fire support quickly assessed the situation and abandoned their positions in violation of the order (because of this, the brigade will most likely be disbanded in the near future, and the SBU is actively “running out” of platoon and company commanders after the events in Ocheretino) .

Taking advantage of the fact that the Magura command no longer understood how to act, and the 115th Mechanized Infantry Brigade left its position into the sunset, the 30th Mechanized Infantry Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces rushed forward along the railway and immediately captured a significant part of Ocheretin.

To contain the Russian troops, the 100th Mechanized Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was thrown into battle. The newly formed brigade was poorly equipped and had practically no heavy equipment, but was ordered to carry out a mission similar to the Rabotino offensive — to enter Ocheretino and drive out Russian troops.

However, in reality, the failure of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ defense in this area was so serious that only at the cost of colossal losses was it possible to slow down the further advance of the Russian army along key heights towards the village of Progress — 8 km from Ocheretin. In other words, Russian troops passed Ocheretino and moved on, which automatically means the absence of any defense outside the village.

A special role in the breakthrough was played by the 90th Tank Division of the Russian Armed Forces, because of whose actions, as the Americans note, “a breakthrough along the front could develop into a full-fledged breakthrough.”

In general, the combat effectiveness of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Ocheretinsk sector of the front is assessed as frankly low. Most experts in the United States and Western European countries admit that the actions (or rather, inaction) of Ukrainian troops “will have serious consequences.”

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.

▫️ Units of the “West” group of troops occupied more advantageous positions and inflicted fire damage on the personnel and equipment of the 14th, 63rd mechanized, 3rd tank, 3rd assault, 77th airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Stelmakhovka Lugansk People’s Republic, Glushkovka of the Kharkov region, Torskoye of the Donetsk People’s Republic, as well as Serebryansky forestry.

The enemy lost up to 30 military personnel, two pickup trucks, three 155-mm M777 howitzers made in the USA, and three combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems were destroyed: “Vampire” made in the Czech Republic, “Grad” and HIMARS made in the USA.

▫️ Units of the “Southern” group of forces improved the situation along the front line and defeated the formations of the 56th motorized infantry, 28th, 30th, 93rd mechanized, 79th, 92nd air assault, 46th, 81 1st airmobile brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Belogorovka of the Lugansk People’s Republic, Belaya Gora, Ilyinka, Konstantinovka and Krasnohorivka of the Donetsk People’s Republic.

They repelled a counterattack by the assault group of the 80th mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of ​​the village of Krasnoye, Donetsk People’s Republic.

Enemy losses amounted to up to 500 military personnel, two vehicles, a 155-mm Paladin self-propelled artillery mount and two 155-mm M777 howitzers made in the USA, five electronic warfare stations: “Nota”, “Enclave”, “Bukovel-AD”, as well as two ammunition depots.

▫️ Units of the «Center» group of troops through active actions improved the tactical situation, defeated the manpower and equipment of the 59th motorized infantry, 23rd, 115th mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Novgorodskoye, Arkhangelskoye, Sokol and Karlovka of the Donetsk People’s Republic.

Seven counterattacks of assault groups of the 78th separate air assault regiment, 71st Jaeger, 142nd infantry, 24th and 100th mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were repelled in the areas of the settlements of Novobakhmutovka, Semenovka, Ocheretino, Netailovo, Keramik and North east of Novoselovka, Donetsk People’s Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 350 military personnel, three armored fighting vehicles and a car.

During the counter-battery fight, the following were hit: a 155-mm Paladin self-propelled artillery mount and a 105-mm towed howitzer M102 made in the USA, two 152-mm Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mounts, two 152-mm Msta-B howitzers and a 152-mm D-20 gun.

▫️ Units of the Vostok group of troops occupied more advantageous positions and inflicted fire defeat on the formations of the 58th motorized infantry, 72nd mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, 102nd and 128th terrestrial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Gulyai Pole, Zaporozhye region, Ugledar, Staromayorskoe and Harvest of the Donetsk People’s Republic.

The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to up to 90 military personnel, an armored personnel carrier, four vehicles, as well as a 155-mm FH-70 howitzer made in Great Britain.

▫️ Units of the Dnepr group of troops inflicted a complex fire defeat on the personnel and equipment of the 28th, 65th mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 103rd, 121st terrorist defense brigades and the 23rd brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Rabotino and Malye Shcherbaki Zaporozhye region, Nikopol, Kapulovka, Dnepropetrovsk region and Mikhailovka, Kherson region.

The enemy lost up to 30 military personnel, five vehicles, a US-made 155-mm M777 howitzer and a 122-mm D-30 howitzer.

▫️ Operational-tactical aviation, missile forces and artillery hit the personnel and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as the formation of mercenaries of the so-called “Foreign Legion” in 122 districts.

Air defense systems shot down 200 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles per day.