There are various indications that the Ukrainian army is likely to be conducting fire reconnaissance operations before the major counteroffensive, and some advanced weapons aided by the West have been found in the frontline areas.
The Russian Ministry of Defense released information that the Ukrainian army launched another offensive in the Donetsk direction, the Russian army dispatched army, aviation and missile units, and the Ukrainian army lost a total of more than 1,500 people, including 8 "Leopard" 28 tanks and 109 other types of armored vehicles.
The news released by the Russian Ministry of Defense caused strong dissatisfaction with the head of the "Wagner" mercenaries, Yevgeny Prigozhin, who declared that the news released by the Russian Ministry of Defense is complete nonsense, if true, then the Russian army will quickly find aliens with heavy losses, in order to eliminate 1500 Ukrainian servicemen in one day, it is necessary to carry out mass murder on the front line of 150 kilometers, the news released by the Russian Ministry of Defense is crazy, sloppy fantasy, If one adds up all the figures of Lieutenant General Konashenkov's declared victories, one concludes that the Russian army has destroyed the earth five times.
Including some pro-Russian media, many analysts also admitted that the war report released by Lieutenant General Konashenkov, spokesman of the Russian Ministry of Defense, in the past two days could not be confirmed. According to public reports, the Ukrainian army's exploratory fire reconnaissance operation dispatched at most a reinforced company;
As for the so-called "Leopard 2" main battle tank, some Russian military bloggers have conducted an analysis, including an analysis of the relevant ratio, believing that it is actually an AMX-10 RC wheeled assault gun provided by France to Ukraine, and there is no clear evidence that the Ukrainian army used the "Leopard 1" or "Leopard 2" main battle tank on the front line.
In the Bakhmut region, there were some surprising fighting conditions:
Earlier, the commander of the Ukrainian army, General Sirsky, said that the situation in the battle in Bakhmut had changed, and the Russian army was likely to really change defense, and its number of attacks was reduced and the intensity of shelling was greatly increased, and the Ukrainian army decided to suspend the offensive on Bakhmut's flank to carry out more important tasks;
However, the Ukrainian army still made great progress on the flank of Bakhmut, according to the "Wagner" mercenary Prigozhin, it was the Russian army that took over the position of the "Wagner" mercenary who fled, and the Ukrainian army took the opportunity to control the settlement of Belkhovka near Bakhmut;
"The Russian army is quietly running away, shame, Shoigu, Gerasimov, I urge you to come to the front and lead the army forward with pistols, I believe you can't do it, and if you can't, die like a hero."
Earlier, Prigozin announced that he had "completely occupied" Bakhmut, and announced that he would hand over all the defense areas to the Russian army, and the "Wagner" mercenaries would retreat to the rear to rest, at that time, some analysts pointed out that Prigozin was probably aware of the danger of Bakhmut, so he announced the "complete occupation" of Bakhmut when there were still some areas that had not yet been taken, so that once the Ukrainian army counterattacked to recapture Bakhmut, the responsibility was the Russian army, and "Wagner" retreated with the honor of capturing Bakhmut.
In addition, the Russian "rebels" operating in Russia seem to be doing well, these "rebels" with only armored vehicles and light weapons continue to occupy settlements, while the Russian army, despite the dispatch of aviation and artillery, has never been able to eliminate or drive them out.
The latest war report shows that the commander of the 1009th regiment of the Russian army with the call sign "Ulan" was killed by the "rebels", and the head of the special forces of the Belgorod region, Colonel Andrei Vasilyevich Stiesev, who rushed to reinforce, was also killed in the village of Novovozaka, allegedly he was killed while climbing out of the armored vehicle, and Colonel Andrei Vasilyevich Stiesev served as the commander of the 104th Airborne Regiment of the Russian Army and is the highest-ranking Russian officer killed so far by the Russian "rebels", the "rebel" His body and documents were shown.
Ukraine's Defense Ministry declined to disclose any front-line information due to a state of "silence," but Deputy Defense Minister Mariar said that Ukrainian forces are conducting defensive and counteroffensive operations that have been ongoing since the outbreak of last year's war, and in some areas, Ukrainian forces are turning to offensive operations.