Brief Report from the Front

August 24, 2024 by Marat Khairullin with illustrations by Mikhail Popov

Kupyansk direction:

In the Kupyansk direction, the Russian Armed Forces expanded the control zone northwest of the settlement of Peschanoye. In the area of ​​the settlement of Stelmakhovka, active fighting continues, but without significant advances. Our troops have advanced south of the settlement Rozovka (Andreyevka) in the direction of Vishnevoye and Pervomayskoye.

In the Svatovsky sector, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted a counterattack in the Novovodanoye area. Here, they managed to advance slightly. Most likely, this was an attempt to pull our forces away from the settlement of Makeyevka, where the clearing of the enemy from its eastern part is being completed.

Donetsk direction:

In the Toretsk section of the Donetsk direction, our soldiers took control of another "citadel." In the western part of the city, the enemy was driven out of the area of ​​high-rise buildings near the central hospital. The enemy's defenses were also broken in the southern part of the city.

There, having taken the strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, equipped in the buildings of medical institutions (a tuberculosis hospital and a psychiatric hospital) located in a forest area, the Russian Armed Forces entered and consolidated their positions in the area of ​​school No. 2 in the Zabalka microdistrict.

Fighting continues in Nelepovka: Our forces are attacking both from Novgorodskoye (formerly New York), to the south, and are applying pressure from the east, where they have advanced from Artemov to the road leading to Toretsk.

In the Pokrovsky sector, our armed forces advanced into the settlement of Grodovka itself, and along the forest belt, they reached its southern outskirts.

Southwest of Grodovka, the settlements of Krasny Yar and Krutoy Yar are being cleared. Most likely, the attention of our units will now be focused on mine #1/3 in Novogrodovskaya, in the area of which positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces provide logistics cover for enemy units in the settlement of Novogrodovka. In the latter, the fighting shifted to the center of the settlement. Several of its districts in the eastern part came under the control of our armed forces. As we advance, the Ukrainian side has closed two areas in Mirnograd, which is less than five kilometers away, to entry, and attacks are being carried out on enemy positions there. Thus, the Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities on the territory of mine 5/6 were destroyed.

Active fighting is taking place in the area of ​​waste heaps near the village of Mikhailovka.

In the area of ​​the Karlovskoye Reservoir, our units again entered the dachas located behind the Domakha ravine in front of the settlement of Karlovka.

South Donetsk direction:

In the South Donetsk direction, units of the Russian Armed Forces entered the territory of dachas north of the settlement of Konstantinovka and are advancing through them. In the settlement itself, fighting continues in its eastern part. In the area of ​​Konstantinovka itself, our soldiers took the positions of the 79th airborne assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, whose banner is now their trophy.

In the area of ​​the Solyonkaya gully, the Russian Armed Forces have expanded control of the Konstantinovka-Ugledar highway (highway 0532). South of the settlement of Vodyanoye, fighting is taking place in the area of ​​the pond, Mylny. Fighters from our units are making their way to the dachas between it and Vodyanoye.

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