Ukrainian Armed Forces retreat in Donbass
Soldiers from the Donbass republics and the Russian Armed Forces are liberating populated areas and launching offensive operations. After the liberation of Popasna, together with the allied forces, an offensive is launched south of the city and on Lisichansk, cutting off supplies to the Ukrainian forces (in Lisichansk and Severodonetsk) and depriving them of room to maneuver. The LPR Defense Department reported this.
This information is confirmed by military correspondent Akim Apachev. According to him, there is a wide offensive front. Thus, the allied forces liberated the village. Voevodovka north of Lisichansk in the LPR. In addition, the defenders of Donbass crossed the Seversky Donets River in the Liman direction and are developing a further offensive.
He also reported about clashes within the city limits of Severodonetsk.
In the DPR, in the Kurakhovsky direction, the allied forces are advancing on Stepnoe-Novomikhailovka, Slavnoe-Novomikhailovka and Aleksandrovka-Marinka.
In the Avdeevsky direction the assault on the village began. Novokalinovo and Novobakhmutovki.
At the same time, the Ukrainian side reports that the Russian Armed Forces and the DPR NM are storming the village of Novomikhailovka, and intense fighting continues.
Information also appeared about prisoners during the liberation of Popasnaya. The head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, said that several Teroboron troops and a fire brigade surrendered to the allied forces.
“Our fighters destroyed a significant part of the enemy’s manpower, sending those who remained into a shameful flight, and also captured several Ukrainian terrorist defense fighters. They turned out to be smarter and laid down their arms, and therefore they will live. They will be given the opportunity to tell loved ones whom they have not seen for two months that they are alive and well.
The second group of detainees is the fire brigade. No one bothered to evacuate them or report the approach of Russian troops. These guys are lucky that the Russian military thinks first and then shoots, and not the other way around. Otherwise, we wouldn’t be standing alive,” Kadyrov wrote on his page.
In addition, he published footage of liberator flags over the buildings of the village of Yuzhnoye, which had been taken the day before.
Ukrainian Armed Forces Retreat in Donbass