"The hottest direction": the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation try to surround Kleban-bik in the Konstantinovsky direction

To spread: the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation intends to discard Ukrainian units from the turn in Katerynivka, which covers the access on the track further towards Konstantinovka and press on the nodes north of Poltava in the Konstantinovsky direction in the Donetsk region of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. They try to surround it on several sides to connect their forces. On August 18, a fighter of defense forces with a call sign "Mushnay" informed about it in his telegram.

"The hottest direction, as I see-is Kleban-bike, the enemy covers the settlement with massive shelling, tries to force forest strips and beams around to go from several sides. Our fighters hold, but the pressure is significant, the enemy throws a lot Ukrainian defender. Also, according to him, to the north of the village of Poltava, the invaders try to develop the offensive using assault units. They are actively supported by artillery and aviation.

The Russians try to enter the settlement in the direction of roads, which continue to the rear of Ukrainian defense to press on the nodes of the connection. "In the adjacent section of Rusyna Yara, battles continue continuous, p*Saki try to wedged in a settlement using infantry groups under the cover "Mushroom". He added that Ukrainian defenders are still in the northern outskirts of Shcherbinovka, but the threat of complete capture is high because the enemy tries to gain a foothold.

"According to Katerynivka, p ** ri try to move deep, there are already fighting on the beam. On August 15, it was reported that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation try to cut two logistics routes of the Armed Forces. The invaders have already cut the route Konstantinovka -Pokrovsk, the next direction is Kramatorsk -Pokrovsk, and Dobropillya is on his way.