On the battlefield, after two weeks of fierce fighting, Russia finally took Tsukuryne, a small village near Pokrovsk.
Compared to the rapid advance in early September, the situation near Pokrovsk is gradually becoming stable, and the Russian army is now about 9 kilometers away from Pokrovsk, making slow progress, but with heavy losses. If you pay attention to our war reports, you will find that there has been relatively little information about Pokrovsk lately, and the Russian army seems to be using more forces elsewhere, and the looming emergency situation in Pokrovsk has been eased.
In other areas, the Russian and Ukrainian armies are fiercely clashing, unlike the previous Russian army pressing the Ukrainian army, we have told readers in previous articles that now the two sides have each other's attack and defense, which is a good thing for the Ukrainian army that is currently strategically on the defensive, even if it cannot quickly change the current unfavorable war situation, at least it has positive tactical and propaganda significance, especially to boost the morale and morale of Ukraine.
The message from the Ukraine "Telegram" channel "Nikolaevskyi Vanek" indicates that the Russian army launched a new offensive in the Berdyansk direction with partial success, "as in the Kharkiv direction in May, intelligence provided absolutely all data on when, by whom and how the enemy went, but in the end, somehow, the stronghold was still lost." ”
However, we have not seen more relevant information to confirm the authenticity of this information, judging that even if the Russian army successfully made some progress in the Berdyansk direction, the impact would be limited, unlike the Russian army's "Victory Day offensive" in May, which caused a great shock to Ukraine and its supporters.
In Bakhmut, the 30th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Army launched a surprise attack on Zaliznyansk, 12 km northwest of Bakhmut, but again lacking more information, it seems that this is only an attack to improve the situation on the frontline battlefield, with tactical or operational significance, but it is still far from a real counteroffensive:
Although many speeches by Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky and others have been interpreted as the Ukrainian army preparing for a new major counteroffensive, so far, we have not seen any indication that the Ukrainian army will launch a counteroffensive this year; The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and others believe that at least this year, the Russian army will maintain its offensive on the front line, and may increase its offensive due to some other factors, which we will talk about later.
We mentioned in yesterday's article that the Russia information that the Russian army launched a counterattack in Kursk, and the Russian army even broke through the Ukrainian defense line by 7 kilometers, however, we also mentioned that the Russian army's counterattack has not been confirmed, and now it seems that the results of the Russian army's counterattack are not as obvious as mentioned in the Russia war report, at least it did not produce any results that can be searched, in other words, the attack of the elite Russian army was blocked by the Ukraine army again.
At the same time, the Ukrainian army is also launching a new offensive in Kursk, and some war reports mention that the 85th Air Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Army has completely annihilated a commando of the 155th Marine Brigade of the Russian Army in a settlement west of Kursk, and dozens of Russian troops have all been killed without any capture.
We are also unable to confirm the authenticity of the news, however, some analysts pointed out that if the news is true, then it is very likely that the Ukrainian army deliberately did not capture prisoners during the battle:
Although it suffered serious losses in the war, which can even be called devastating losses, and was rebuilt many times, the 155th Marine Brigade is considered a relatively capable unit in the Russian army, and is often sent to the areas where the fighting is most intense;
And the Ukrainian army did not catch the prisoners of the 155th Marine Brigade of the Russian army, it is related to what this unit has done, as for what it has done, we will not say it, because it was briefly mentioned, and it was not even released relevant pictures and videos, it was reported and deleted by "enthusiastic readers", interested netizens can look for it, it is easy to know what the 155th Marine Brigade of the Russian army has done, and you can understand why the Ukrainian army did not capture prisoners in the battle.