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Ukrainian motorized units are counterattacking in the Dobropillia area, destroying crossings over the Siverskyi Donets to block Lyman. Approximately 30% of Kupyansk territory is reportedly under Russian control, and fortified defense lines are being bypassed in Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk.
Pokrovsk direction:
Heavy, ongoing clashes characterize the situation in the Dobropillia area. Russian units have reported advancing 4 km north of Kucheriv Yar towards Zolotyi Kolodets, where assault infantry have been spotted in the tree lines. Concurrently, footage has emerged showing a Ukrainian counterattack near the Dorozhne settlement involving armored vehicles, including Bradley IFVs. This follows the Ukrainian command’s redeployment of units previously stationed near Kupyansk to this sector, indicating an attempt to stabilize the front. Nevertheless, the Russian armed forces are expanding their control zone west of Kotlyne and in the Mirnohrad area.
Krasnolyman Direction:
Russian troops are continuing their offensive operations. Fighting persists in the areas surrounding the settlements of Stavky, Myrne, and the northern outskirts of Drobysheve and Novoselivka. According to statements by the Russian command, advances in the Drobysheve, Yampil and Dronivka areas have almost completely cut off the Ukrainian forces in Lyman from their main overland supply routes.
However, it should be noted that there is still the possibility of transporting goods across the Siverskyi Donets River via fords, without the need to construct complex crossings. This is facilitated by the river’s extensive shoreline, which has sections of less than one meter depth in places. Conversely, Russian units are attempting to identify and destroy these crucial logistical paths using aerial reconnaissance conducted by UAVs.
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Kharkiv Direction:
Units of the Russian ‘Zapad’ grouping are continuing to conduct active combat operations on the Borova axis, to the south of Kupyansk. Vitaly Ganchev, the head of the Russian administration in Kharkiv Oblast, stated that Russian troops are blocking Kupyansk from the north and west, and have taken control of around 30% of the city. He also noted that the advance is being complicated by the significant presence of civilians and the fact that the city has been transformed into a heavily fortified area.
Reports indicate that Ukrainian defenses have been broken through east of Borovska Andriivka, with Ukrainian forces advancing to the eastern outskirts of the settlement. During the fighting in this area, strikes were carried out against personnel from two mechanized brigades, one assault brigade and a Ukrainian National Guard unit.
Huliaipole Direction:
Units of the ‘Vostok’ grouping are continuing to develop their offensive in the Uspenivka-Pavlivka area. According to Russian sources, there has been an advance westward towards Huliaipole along the highway from Velyka Novosilka, as well as to the south.
Reports indicate that Russian units have established control over several Ukrainian strongpoints to the south of Novoivanivka. Furthermore, they are advancing towards the intersection with the road to Novohryhorivka in the direction of Uspenivka. The Russian military claims that they have fire control over this road, which is the sole logistical route into Novohryhorivka.
Combat is ongoing in the area around Novohryhorivka, with Russian units attacking from two directions: from the north, via Skotovata Balka, and from the east, via Novoivanivka. According to reports, the line of contact has been aligned with the tree lines to the north and south of the eastern outskirts of the settlement.
To the north of Novohryhorivka, Russian units are advancing along the ravine towards Pervomaiske and the Yanchul River. To the south of the settlement, there have been reports of an advance to the Yanchul River and of the establishment of control over the eastern part of Pavlivka. Meanwhile, attacks on the southern outskirts of Pavlivka are being conducted from the Malynivka side.
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Conclusion:
The frontline situation as of 2 October is characterized by a deepening crisis in the defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on several strategically important fronts, compelling the Ukrainian command to engage in emergency and risky reserve maneuvering. The key development today has been Russian forces successfully implementing tactics involving the deep bypassing of powerful fortification areas in the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts. This has enabled Russian units to advance steadily into the operational depth of the Ukrainian defence while minimizing losses.
This strategic maneuver is not new to this conflict. It echoes the actions of Ukrainian forces during their 2022 offensive in Kharkiv Oblast, when they also effectively utilized tactics to bypass fortified areas. This enabled them to reach operational space and threaten the defending forces with encirclement.
However, Ukrainian forces lack the reserves needed to reinforce defenses in sectors where Russian units are applying pressure, making it even more difficult for them to prevent breakthroughs in areas where the Russian armed forces are avoiding protracted battles. Consequently, the Russian command is attempting to cut off Ukrainian forces in the Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions from their supplies and reserves.
Meanwhile, fierce, close-quarters battles are ongoing on the Dobropillia axis. The redeployment of Ukrainian units from other sectors of the front to counterattack in the Dorozhne and Zolotyi Kolodets area highlights the importance that the Ukrainian command places on this line. Successful Russian advances here pose a direct threat of a potential push towards the Kramatorsk-Sloviansk agglomeration, a key defensive hub and industrial center.
On the Krasnolyman axis, the Ukrainian grouping has been encircled and its main land lines of communication cut, but this tactical success is not yet conclusive. The Ukrainian side’s continued ability to conduct supply operations via fords across the Siverskyi Donets River means the situation here is entering a protracted phase, requiring ongoing efforts to fully isolate the Ukrainian forces.
In a statement today, Putin declared that Ukrainian forces control approximately 0.13% of the Luhansk People’s Republic territory. The situation on the Donetsk axis is somewhat different, with Ukrainian forces holding around 19% of the oblast. As previously mentioned, the objective on the southern front is to establish full control over the remaining 25% of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts. These figures outline the approximate scale of the tasks that the Russian command assesses as remaining to be accomplished for the full realization of its objectives in these areas.
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“america’s jews are driving america’s wars.” e. michael jones
russia has “learned” how to lose 500,000 soldiers!
stupid orc bastads!!!
without russian intervention, within a year the syrians would have learned the truth that jolani is a psychopath, just as the egyptians learned the truth about morsi within a year and mubarak was buried with state honors.
but the russians spread chaos for fourteen years and in the end they sold it all to erdoğan. the destruction of russia is in sight. no one has any idea how close it is.
violence and sectarian crimes continue in several regions of syria. the syrian observatory for human rights documented a series of liquidations, revenge operations, and assassinations within 48 hours, targeting citizens from various sects, some of whom were linked to the former regime or belonged to certain sects.
these crimes resulted in the deaths of 9 people, including on a sectarian basis, amid a clear absence of security efforts aimed at containing, limiting, or prosecuting these actions.
these are crimes that further complicate the security situation and affect the political process in the country.
below are details of sectarian crimes and liquidation as documented by the syrian observatory within 48 hours.
_1 operation in tartous, which resulted in the death of an academic in agricultural engineering.
_1 operation in aleppo, resulting in the death of two people.
_ two operations in hama, which resulted in the killing of 4 people, including 3 brothers, and a young alawite man.
_1 operation in homs, which resulted in the killing of 2 followers of the christian religion.
here are the details:
_october 1, agricultural engineering academic haider younis shaheen was assassinated on tuesday evening, after an unknown gunman shot him inside his home in the village of mayar shaker in the tartous countryside, an area with an alawite majority.
_october 1, two people were killed by unknown gunmen on tuesday evening, one in the jabriya neighborhood and the other in the sukari neighborhood in aleppo. according to the sources, one of them was a member of the air intelligence of the former regime. the other was previously working with the auxiliary forces, and was accused of several crimes and handing over the people of the region to the security branches. in addition to practicing defamation and intimidation against the people of aleppo.
_october 1, unknown gunmen executed 3 brothers from the town of hayalin in the western hama countryside in a surprise and surprise raid. in detail, unknown gunmen stormed the victims’ home at night and forcibly took them to an unknown location, where they tortured them in a cruel and horrific manner. then they killed them and threw their bodies on the side of the public road
the bodies of the three victims were transferred to al-suqaylabiyah hospital in the western hama countryside, in an incident that angered residents due to repeated raids and liquidations in the absence of deterrent laws and the absence of legal and judicial accountability for the perpetrators of crimes.
_october 1, two young christians were killed by four masked gunmen riding two motorcycles in front of al-mukhtar’s office in the village of anaz in the western homs countryside.ect.
according to syrian observatory sources, the gunmen fired about 30 bullets directly and randomly at a group of people sitting near the office, killing the two young men instantly, while the attackers fled towards the village of al-hosn via the tanning road.
the sources reported that one of the two dead men had appeared before a judge two da
ys ago on the basis of lawsuits filed against him by people from the village of al-hosn, but the judiciary decided to release him because no charges against him had been proven. in protest against the incident, local activists called for a general strike in the wadi al-nasara area, where the two young men come from, in solidarity with the families of the two dead and in rejection of the ongoing violence
_october 2, the body of a young man was found killed by unknown gunmen on the nabaa al-tayeb road, on wednesday. according to information, the young man comes from the village of ain al-krum in the al-ghab plain area in the western hama countryside, and is a member of the alawite…
thank you putler
no hollywood productions going on here – slow and steady wins the race.
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within a year, egypt was saved from a gang that wanted to drag it back to the dark ages. just because the dirty traitorous russians didn’t interfere in egypt .isn’t this enough for russia to deserve defeat in ukraine and a nato base in crimea for betraying syria?
the 3 days war becomes 4 years and 1 million russian dead
vladolf sink russia economy he loves urss
how is the ukrainian economy coming along with the loss of a quarter of the population and landmass, along with the unrelenting loss of infrastructure? letting the us and the nazis overthrow the government in kiev in 2014 looking more and more like a good move for ukrainians?
no matter how you look at it, it is pretty lousy that the 2nd most powerful military in the world can’t occupy the donbass after three years of fighting
the us is trying to occupy the donbas?
desidero tanto la vittoria russia, dopo 3 anni donbass ancora occupato la triade sfasciato,mar nero perso non ha benzina, kerch rotto ferrovie fabbriche rotte, baltico odessa persi e pure siria, caucaso, starlink mostra posizioni, l’ucraina ha soldati ferrovie porti energia gas tutto funziona il volto russo può essere solo brutale per vincere adesso ha perso.