Marat Khairullin's Weekly Roundup!
Large frontline summary 1-5 August 2024 by Marat Khairullin
In the Zaporozhye direction, in the Rabotino area, our assault units expanded the control zone along the flanks, advancing northeast of Rabotino and taking several strongholds. They also drove the enemy out of a number of strongholds west of the settlement of Novopokrovka.
The Rabotinsky salient itself continues to shrink. Our fighters advanced from Verbovoye and cleared the strong point located along the Verbovoye-Rabotino road, thus leveling the flank. Both sides are using a large number of drones in the area. Our artillery and aircraft are striking at identified military facilities and deployment points in the area of Pyatikhatki and Malaya Tokmachka.
In the Yuzhnodonetsk direction, in the area of the settlement of Urozhainoe, our armed forces advanced east of this village and also went beyond its administrative borders in the northern direction. The enemy positions in the forest belts are subjected to massive artillery strikes. After a short and relative lull last week, our Aerospace Forces once again began to carry out a large number of strikes on Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities in settlements near Urozhainoe.
In the Pobeda-Ugledar area, fighters from our units reached the 0532 highway in the area of the Solyonkaya gully, having planted a flag on a destroyed enemy vehicle. The Russian Armed Forces also advanced in the forest belts along the 0532 highway from the direction of the settlement of Pobeda, beginning to put pressure on the Ukrainian Armed Forces units north of Konstantinovka. In the village of Konstantinovka itself, our fighters are expanding their control zone, advancing in the southeastern part of the settlement.
Our aviation activity is growing throughout the entire area. Strikes are being carried out in the settlement of Konstantinovka and its area, as well as in the area of the Yuzhnodonetskaya mine and the settlement of Vodyane, from where the Ukrainian Armed Forces are striking our forward positions. In addition, observation equipment has been installed on the towers of the mine, which tracks the movement of our troops and complicates the advance of our units.
In Krasnogorovka, our armed forces drove the enemy out of the main part of the city last week. The Ukrainian Armed Forces units retreated to the suburbs: to Zarechny (streets north of the Lozovaya River) and the former Lenin State Farm (heading west on streets towards the Zhukovsky Reservoir that are south of the Lozovaya River). Separate assault groups of the Russian Armed Forces are already working in the area of Shmidta Street in Zarechny, and in the former state farm, our armed forces advanced, driving the enemy further to the Zhukovsky reservoir on the streets south of the river.
Taking control of these streets running south of the Lozovaya River will give our fighters the opportunity to strike the area of the settlement of Kurakhovo from the reservoir area and not fear a strike on the ground from the north, since the river blocks the way.
To the south, units of our army advanced in the area between Krasnogorovka and Maryinka and reached the headquarters of the Paris Commune. Thus, our fighters approached the farm located north of this headquarters, which the Ukrainian Armed Forces use as a strong point. They also cut off the Ukrainian Armed Forces units sitting between the Sukhaya ravine and the Osinovaya River. Now, most likely, it is this area that our units will focus their special attention on to ensure further advancement to the settlement of Kurakhovo.
In the Pokrovsky sector of the Donetsk direction, our armed forces have made significant progress in the past week. Thus, the settlement of Novoselovka Pervaya was liberated, for which the enemy had great hopes that they would hold out here for a long time with firm resistance. After this, our fighters reached the Volchya River and began moving along it towards the settlement of Mezhevoye, south of which lies the only communication route to the other bank for units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, squeezed between the river from the south and west and our armed forces from the north and east.
On the northern edge of the area, our units took control of the main part of the settlement of Timofeevka, located on the left bank of the Kazenny River, and the end is near for the road leading to the Pokrovsk-Konstantinovka highway. After this, they began moving on this section to the settlement of Lisichnoye. To the east of it is a company stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
In order not to storm it "head-on", our troops, having moved towards it from the east, began to bypass the settlement of Lisichnoye together with this strong point (they form a single defensive point) to the southeast, and then from the south they approached Lisichnoye closely. The loss of this rather small settlement will mean for the Ukrainian Armed Forces that we will enter the rear of that very strong point, north of which the Kazenny Torets River flows. Therefore, a retreat in that direction will become problematic for them.
In the settlement of Ivanovka, our fighters have already taken control of about half of the settlement. The fighting is taking place in the area of the farm, which our units are simultaneously trying to bypass along the eastern side of the settlement.
In the area of the settlement of Veseloye, which is actually under our control, the Russian Armed Forces continue to expand the control zone to the north of it to the settlement Ivanovka and from the southwest from the settlement Sergeevka, which our fighters entered from the south of the railway. It separates Sergeevka from the settlement Zhelannoye, in which, having consolidated their positions, our forces are now pushing the enemy to the center of this settlement. The center consists of a single street stretching for about three kilometers.
The advance in the area of the settlement Lisichnoye, in Ivanovka, Vesoloe, and Sergeevka is progress in an advance to the settlement Grodovka - a fairly large settlement before Mirnograd and Pokrovsk, moreover, this advance is covered on the right flank by the Kazenny Torets River.
At the same time, the Russian Armed Forces are advancing along the railway towards Novogrodovka and Selidovo. The fighting is going on for the settlement of Zhelannoe, where our fighters have already reached almost the center of the settlement from the railway station to the west. Some units went further along the railway and took control of the substation territory.
We also advanced towards the center of Zhelannoe from the north and from the east, where our fighters cut the road between the village and the company stronghold covering the crossing over the Volchya River from Novoselovka Pervaya. Our fighters not only took control of this road, but also advanced further south towards the settlement of Kamyshevka.
Thus, now the settlement of Zhelannoye is in a semi-encirclement, and the fighting in it is already going on on opposite sides, which, most likely, will force the Ukrainian Armed Forces to retreat to the settlement of Novozhelannoe. The AFU will also have to retreat from another strong point (west of Novoselovka Pervaya), which is also in a semi-encirclement with logistics possible only through open fields, to the settlement of Kamyshevka, to the east of which there are also company strong points along the bank of the Volchya River. Throughout the entire sector, the Russian Armed Forces are striking in the rear areas with artillery and aircraft at warehouses and locations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Our drone operators are actively destroying enemy equipment.
In the Toretsk section of the Donetsk direction, last week our armed forces liberated the settlement of Leninskoye (Pivdenne) and reached the settlement of Kirovo (Pivnichnoye) and the settlement of Artemovo (Zaliznoye) as far as the road connecting them (respectively, Lenin Street and Pioneer Avenue).
In the settlement of Kirovo, our units have already taken control of almost the entire settlement to the east of Lenin Street, with the exception of a small area in front of the Severnaya Mine waste heap. Moreover, our fighters are already bypassing this waste heap to the north, having entered the private sector beyond Tsentralnaya Street. This advance is also due to the progress of our armed forces into the village of Druzhba, where our fighters have already secured a foothold on Kosmonavtov Street and have reached School No. 7, which the enemy is using as a fortified stronghold (as they are using all similar, more or less large buildings, especially those with basements).
In Artemovo, our units are completing the liberation of this settlement. Almost its entire territory is under the control of our armed forces. The enemy's line of defense, consisting of the waste heaps of the Artem and Severnaya mines, and the Toretsk Mining Professional Lyceum, which was the main stronghold connecting them, was broken through and cut over the past week.
The lyceum came under the control of our units, and northwest of it, they went beyond the railway to the administrative borders of the settlement of Toretsk (Dzerzhinsk). Our armed forces are bypassing the waste heap of the Artem mine from two sides, approaching it closely from the side of Pioneer Avenue. To the southwest of the waste heap, the RF Armed Forces, having advanced through private buildings, are storming the territory of the "Central" substation.
We can say that the battles are already underway for the city of Toretsk. Moreover, according to the Ukrainians themselves, the city is not prepared for defense by the Ukrainian Armed Forces since there are no fortifications built in it. Outside of it there are only separate, non-systemic fortifications.
But the Ukrops previously stated that this is one of the most fortified areas. However, it seems that almost all the fortifications were erected directly on the contact line at a shallow depth, which our units have already passed almost everywhere, with the exception of from the eastern part of the settlement Novgorodskoye (New York) to Artemovo. Even near there, our soldiers drove out the enemy and took control of the territory between Novgorodskoye and the settlement Shiroka Balka.
(Note: This report predates the news of the recent advancements in New York, mainly the 9th Motorized Rifle Brigade raising the flag over the school, which is to the west of the phenol plant.)
In Novgorodskoye (New York) itself, they have advanced in the center over the last week, coming out of the Petrovskaya Gora quarter onto Zarechnaya Street. They have broken through the defenses in the east of the settlement, coming out onto Gorlovka and Armeyskaya Streets, located beyond Zheleznaya Gully. In the northern part of the village, there is a phenol plant, the territory of which is used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces as a fortified area. Our aviation is constantly working on it, leveling buildings with FABs along with the enemy stationed there and their equipment. The combat zone has almost reached the territory of the plant. Although, perhaps, ours will try to bypass it, working on it mainly with aviation and forcing the enemy to retreat.
Last week, the Russian Armed Forces expanded their control to the east of Novgorodskoye, advancing towards the villages of Rozovka (Alexandropol) and Panteleimonovka. Air strikes were directed not only at Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities in Novgorodskoye itself, but also at settlements located along the railway to the north. There, among other things, bridges over the Krivoy Torets River were destroyed, thereby disrupting logistics.
In Chasov Yar, our units' fighters are advancing along Mariupolskaya Street, located along the canal in the Oktyabrsky microdistrict, expanding the bridgehead. Fierce fighting is underwa. Our aviation is actively working.
On our side, a large number of FPV drones are also being used, under the cover of which our people work in small groups, and most likely, our units, now stationed along the canal on its eastern side (from Kalinovka to Krasnoye), are also preparing to enter the Novy microdistrict from the south in order to dislodge the enemy there from two directions.
In the Seversk direction, fighters of our units have driven out the enemy, occupying his strongholds in the area of the settlement of Pereyezdnoye, and in the village itself, massive strikes are being carried out on enemy military facilities.
Also, this week, our armed forces carried out multiple strikes on strongholds located along the railway and in other settlements in the direction of Seversk. The number of attacks in the direction of the village of Verkhnekamenskoye is also increasing, as well as in the area of Belaya Gora, which is a commanding height and one of the main strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in this direction. From the direction of Ivano-Daryevka, our units are conducting assault operations in the direction of Vyemka. So far, the enemy is stubbornly defending itself there, repelling our attacks.
In the Kupyansk direction, over the past week, our units have advanced east of the village of Sinkovka.
In the area of the settlement Peschanoye, our assault detachments advanced to the southwest in the direction of the settlement Kruglyakovka. They also expanded the zone of control northwest of the settlement Peschanoye, dislodging the enemy from the commanding heights located there and improving their tactical position. There is high activity of our artillery in this area.
High-intensity fighting continues in the Volchansk sector, with minor advances in the citadel area. The enemy is attempting to concentrate its forces in the area of Staritsa. Our fighters are striking at the identified concentrations and assault groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, preventing breakthroughs.
In the Liptsy area, last week, our units regained control over positions southeast of the settlement of Glubokoe, and along the entire Kharkov direction, our armed forces are knocking out the enemy’s manpower and equipment in the rear, as well as ammunition depots and production lines producing military products.