Russian General Andrei Ivanev defeated Ukrainian 20 Army Corps forcing him to retreat. The front towards the dam-south direction of the Niepropietrowski is breaking. Ukrainian soldiers have been retreating for 3 weeks.
In the shadow of the groundbreaking conflict of the war on Ukraine, which is the ongoing fight for Pokrowsk, Russian troops lead an offensive on the border of the circuits: dciepropetrovsk, Donetsk and Zaporossky. Russian attack leads the “East” group commanded by General Andrei Ivanaev (in the picture), whose work separates from the “Centre” group forces of the Vowcza River.
Looking from the north, the wide front-facing Russians have achieved success across the full scope of attacks rejecting Ukrainians in fresh weeks, respective kilometers west. In particular:
The forces of the 36th National Military Army attacking with the forces of the 5th Independent Guarding Armoured Brigade and the 37th Independent Guarding Armed firearm Brigade, in the course of the changing luck of the fighting, in the last week they again rejected counterattacking Ukrainian troops behind the river Vovcza.
The Russians defeated the Ukrainian battalions 33 and 67 Mechanized Brigades, recapturing the villages of the Iskra, Tolstoy and the Green Gaj, from which they were expelled 2 weeks ago counterattacking here successfully, the Ukrainian 5th dense Brigade and the 214th Assault Battalion. The Ukrainian Leopards 1A5, constituting the "shock fist" of the 5th dense Brigade, were decimated by Russian drones, anti-tank rocket sections, and T-72B3M tanks from the 5th Guarding Armoured Brigade and withdrew under the force of Russian soldiers behind the River Wowcza.
Below the Russian 29 Guards National Military Army with the forces of its only shooting brigade, i.e. 36 Independent Armed firearm Brigade, after 4 weeks of dense fighting on September 20 captured a strong bastion of Ukrainian defence village Bierieziovoje. According to war bloggers, additionally displacing Ukrainians besides from half of the village of Kalinowskoje. Beatten Ukrainian 3rd Battalion, including the 15th Battalion from the 128th Storm Mountain Brigade, the 3rd Battalion from the Presidential National defender Brigade, and the 135th Battalion from the 114th Territorial Defence Brigade withdrew in disarray westward.
In the formation of the breach, General Ivanaev introduced the 57th firearm Brigade Mechanized from the neighboring, strong 5 Guards of the National Military Army. In the second pitch towards the front, the 60th Self-Sagittarized firearm Brigade is headed to boost the impact force.
Below Bieriezov with success, the regiments of the 127th Division of Mechanized Rifles, which won in the passing week of Nowoiwanevka and entered into a fight for a strong node of Ukrainian defence village Poltawka. Ukrainian 20 Army Corps on this episode has definitely besides weak forces to halt the westbound Russians. These are battalions from: 122,110 and 105 Territorial Defence Brigades.
In the past week, in the face of a series of disasters, the commander of the Ukrainian army general Syrian Alexander dismissed the commander of the 20th Army Corps, liable for the defence of the earlier section of the front, General Maksima Kituhina. The thing is, changing commanders won't change much. The Russians came to the Ukrainians from the east, and all the Ukrainian fortification lines built a meridian, assuming the Russian army would invade from the south. No rig positions built. This mistreatment of Ukrainians was detected by the Russians and currently, according to the rules of war art, is being played by the Ukrainian front in Zaporozh, going to the rear of the town of Hulaipole and intending to cut through the main communication artery connecting the garrison of this fortress with the town of Pokrowski. General Kituhin found specified and not another fortifications, and had besides small strength and means to halt the prevailing Russian forces of General Ivanev.
If, in the next 2 weeks, the Ukrainian command does not direct to the border of Zaporozhia, the region of djeepropetrowskeigo and Donetsk, an crucial support, consisting of fresh rested units, the front in Zaporozhia will fall down and General Ivanaev will come to the rear of the key fortress of the Ukrainian city of Hulaipole.
Krzysztof Podgórski
