Putin's Personal Purpose: Why the Russian Federation was intensified in Sribnyansky forestry and whether the seizure of Slavs is prepared
In Serebryansky forestry, nothing has changed for months - the Russians attacked, but to no avail. This forest area of more than 107 hectares extends from the Kremlin -occupied to the border with the Donetsk region. From the fall of 2022, after the capture of the Kremlin Russian troops, the front line passes through the forest. Until recently, the Russians have used a thick forest to hide their equipment and close to Ukrainian positions.
It is especially dangerous that the fighting is approaching Siversk - an important city that controls approaches to the whole region. In recent days, the situation has not changed in favor of Ukrainian defenders. The invaders had minor tactical success in several areas of forestry.
The units of the 164th and 169th individual motor raimers continue to step in the Serebryansky forestry to the merger of the Black Stallion and the Siversky Donets (in the direction of the village of Dronovka), which significantly complicates the position of our units that continue to defend the east of the East. Apparently, in the near future the enemy will be able to fully occupy the forestry up to the river C. Zherebets.
Currently, the most difficult situation is in the forest on the northern bank of the Seversky Donets from the settlement of Grigorivka to Dronovka. In addition, the invaders press in the direction of Yampol. In parallel, Russian troops intensified offensive actions near Serebryanka in the Bakhmut district of Donetsk region. The Russians control the dominant heights in the area of Bigorivka, which creates difficult conditions for Ukrainian defenders in the Serebryansky forestry.
The main task of the Russians is to eliminate the presence of defense forces in Serebryansky forestry and promotion in the direction of Slavic-Kramatorsk agglomeration. Western intelligence speak of a shift in hostilities to the West - that is, towards Siversk. Actually, Siversk will become the arena of the most severe fights of the next weeks. The city is located on the Bakhmutka River and its tributaries: Yama and Kamianets. The terrain is rich in natural resources.
The Yama Dolimite deposit, the Yamsky Quartz Sand deposit, the sand of the construction, the Yamsk Cretaceous deposit, the Yamsk deposit of clay, and mudstones are explored and operated here. This is what attracts the invaders. The Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces, General Alexander Sirsky, reported the enemy pressure in the north of the Donbass and the Liman direction.
According to the Armed Forces General Staff, in the Lyman direction, since the beginning of the day, Russian invaders have attacked the positions of Ukrainians near the settlements of Novomykhailivka, Grekivka, well, Novoselivka, Green Valley and towards Yampol and Srebryanka 17 times.
The units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine conduct heavy defensive battles against the dominant forces of the Russians, hold back their assaults and on the occasion of active counter -offensive actions in response. According to the coordinator of the group "Information Resistance" K. Mashovts, the forces of Ukraine's defense forces of Ukraine have eliminated several successful counterattacks in the direction of Katerynivka - Glushchenko, continue to successfully defend Karpivka and Ridkoodub.
There is information that in the lane of the 3rd MSD of the same 20th IAP of the Armed Forces, either reflected the village of Grekivka, or displaced its units from it, transferring the village to the "gray zone" (however, this information still needs clarification). In the Siversky direction, the Russians began to attack more often with artillery, in particular the average daily number reached 170-180 shelling.
The invaders try to bypass Siversk out of the direction of Serebryansky Forestry to reach a distance that would allow them to keep Slavyansk under fire control with the use of barrel artillery. I emphasize the importance of Liman direction in the general system of Russian offensive. The activation of the Russians in the direction of Siversk poses a threat to the eastern flank of the Slavic-Kramatorsk agglomeration.
Siversk is in a critically important position and its loss can complicate the defense of the whole region. I also note that Slavyansk, to which the invaders try to break through, is of great symbolic meaning for Putin. Since Russia once "lost" this settlement when the Ukrainian army knocked out the occupiers during the fighting in 2014. And this blow was painful for the Kremlin.
In addition to the ideological component, Slavyansk is also of important military importance - one of the key areas of fortified Ukrainian defense. According to a military expert, the Colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleg Zhdanov, the enemy moves along the administrative border of Donetsk region, while trying to bypass Slavyansk and Kramatorsk. The enemy realizes that these cities do not take him, even when compared to the ground.
"That is why they try to make a great detour, but fortunately, we have an estuary operational direction - one of the most stable in defense capability," Zhdanov explained. At present, the occupiers have actually "rested on the" Defense line. Even if the Russians make tactical success, they will not be able to strategically capture agglomeration because of the powerful defense and complexity of storming industrial centers.
In addition, the situation on the front is influenced not only by military but also political factors. International pressure on the Russian Federation played a role in slowing the pace of Russian offensive. Successful actions of defense forces in key areas did not allow the realization of the political component of the Russian offensive - the creation of buffer zones up to 20 kilometers. The author expresses a personal opinion that may not coincide with the editorial position.