"Large -scale attack": The Armed Forces advanced under Bakhmut and a robot - isw (maps)
This is stated in the report of the American Institute for War Study (ISW), published on October 18. According to analysts, on October 18, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation took offensive actions in the Kupyansk area, but there was no official confirmation of the offensive. Despite the statements of Russian "military correspondents" on the promotion of Russian troops northeast of Kupyansk on the night of October 17, ISW did not find evidence confirming these statements.
The UK Ministry of Defense also reported that Russian offensive activity has increased significantly in the Kupyansk-Liman direction in the last two weeks. It is noted that the units of the 6th All-Military Army, the 1st Guards Tank Army and the 25th all-military army of the Russian Federation attacked this front with limited success.
The statements of the Ministry of Defense of Russia show that the Russian forces reflected Ukrainian attacks in the areas of Sinkivka, Ivanivka, Pervomaisky and Orlyanka. At the same time, the Russian "military" argued that Russian troops were moving in the direction of Makeevka on the night of October 17, although analysts did not find evidence of this statement. It is also reported to continue the fighting in the Thorsky area.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces reported that the Ukrainian forces were able to repel Russian attacks near Makeevka. On October 18 in the Donetsk region, on October 18, Ukrainian troops continued to conduct ground attacks in the direction of Bakhmut and, according to reports, advanced south of the city. Several Russian "troops" argued that the Ukrainian forces continue the attack on the railway line in the area of Klicchivka.
One of them argued that the Ukrainian forces had advanced northeast of Kingyshiivka, while the other reported the crossing by Ukrainian defenders of the railway near the Terkono in the area. The General Staff of the Armed Forces also informed that the Ukrainian forces were able to repel Russian attacks near the Kite.
According to geolocal data from October 17, presented in the report, the Ukrainian forces may have held a limited counterattack north of the highway E50, south of Avdiivka, and allegedly advanced the local Soborna Street in the direction of the Tsarske Hunting restaurant on the southern outskirts of Avdi. Mayor of Avdiivka Vitaliy Barabash noted that the Russian armed forces are apparently regrown under the city and warned of the possibility of a new wave of hostilities in the coming days.
Russian sources are increasingly expressing dissatisfaction with the conditions in which their troops operate in the Avdiivka area, American analysts say. Geolocation, published on October 17, indicate that the Ukrainian forces may have conducted a limited counterattack north of the E50 highway, south of Avdiivka. The Russian "military correspondent" argued that the Ukrainian forces have improved their positions in the water area and took new positions in the adjacent forest area.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces reported that the Ukrainian forces were able to repel more than 20 attacks by the Russian Armed Forces near Marinka and Novomikhailivka. The representative of the 79th Separate Airborne Brigade of Ukraine Yaroslav Chepurny said that in recent weeks the Russian armed forces have strengthened artillery, unmanned and controlled aviation strikes in Marinka and reported that the invaders usually attack several Ukrainian positions in the area.
The Russian battalion "Vostok" reported that the Ukrainian forces attacked an indefinite section of the front line near the border of Donetsk-Zaporizhia regions on the night of October 17 to 18. The General Staff of the Armed Forces states that the Ukrainian forces were able to repel Russian attacks near Novomayorsky and south of the Golden Niva and the Prechist.
On October 18, Ukrainian troops continued offensive operations in the west of Zaporizhzhya region and, according to reports, made partial success south of the robot. Russian "military" stated that the Ukrainian forces continue the offensive on the line of Kopani-Work-Robotine-Novovrokopka-Verbovo. It is claimed that Ukrainian infantry groups have made a "large -scale" attack on Verbovo and Novoprokopivka using several combat vehicles and groups of 20 people in each of them.
The Russian media also wrote about the offensive of Ukrainian forces in the Kopani area on October 17. The General Staff of the Armed Forces reported that Russian troops had tried to restore the lost positions to the east of the Little Tokmachka and southwest of the robot without success.
According to the representative of the Tavriya group of the troops of Ukraine, Colonel Alexander Plan, Russian troops constantly check the defense of the Ukrainian forces and try to regain lost positions southwest from the robot. We will remind, on October 18 reports of the Russian media that the forces of Ukraine allegedly forced the Dnieper in the Kherson region. Allegedly, the Armed Forces managed to land on the left bank of the Dnieper - they were entrenched and kept defense.