"Tighten the loop": what are the directions of the Russian offensive after Pokrovskaya's occupation - Reuters (Cards)
The Armed Forces fighters hold Russians who continue to step in small groups or throw saboteurs in the rear. Reuters wrote about the directions in which directions. The publication was first told about the situation near Pokrovsk as of January 31. The situation was described on the basis of data of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, the statements of the spokesman "Khortytsia" and on the basis of explanations of the Ukrainian military with the call sign "Phoenix" from the 59 brigade.
The article wrote that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation "slowly tightening the loop" around the city in the west of the Donbass. The main promotion of the enemy is the Western flank, evidenced by the map that analysts made. It is stated that the Russians were approaching a direct path to the Dnieper: to the automobile highway E50 and the railway, which goes directly to the neighboring regional center. Both Pokrovsk and roads are within the reach of the Russian artillery and drones.
As a result, the cars that head to Pokrovsk and further east are forced to go bypass roads, they explained analysts. Meanwhile, the Russians are gradually being selected to the city and, taking it, have two possible directions of further offensive, Reuters wrote.
According to the explanations of the analysts of the edition, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation can choose the following directions of impact: Reuters described two tactics of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, which made it possible to promote the enemy lately. The first tactics are attacks by small infantry groups. The second is the penetration of single soldiers into the rear of the Armed Forces and the mine.
It is also noted that the number of storms has recently decreased, and the intensity of artillery blows has decreased. According to the report of the Armed Forces General Staff as of 8:00 on January 31, 71 storms of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation took place near Pokrovsk. The direction is the hottest on the whole thousandth of the Eastern Front. The closest number of attack is the Toretsky direction (13).
On the map of analysts of Deepstate you can see that from the front line to the road E50 - about five km. It should be noted that on January 27, a spokesman of Khortytsia confirmed heavy battles near Pokrovsk, and especially "hot" - on the western flank. Meanwhile, Stanislav Bunyatov with the call sign "Osman" spoke about possible plans for the offensive of the Armed Forces by the end of February 2025.