The situation in the Ukrainian SMO on March 06 2023

@epoddubnyHe takes us to the center of Bakhmut with the units of PMC “Wagner

The situation in Artemovsk by Evgeny Poddubny:

“Stormtroopers of Wagner PMC gnaw out Victory for us. We were in the east of the city. With a detachment of the legendary commander of musicians, Hero of Russia, Ratibor. 40 percent of the city is controlled by the Russian “orchestra”, in the operational environment there are already from 10 to 12 thousand enemy fighters, and there, in addition to units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, there is also a selected Russophobic rabble from among mercenaries from different countries. Their fate is unenviable. The Kiev regime again makes a bloody sacrifice for the sake of political schemes. The myth of the Bakhmut fort is expensive.”
 

Military Expert Boris Rozhin on the Situation in the #Artyomovsk (#Bakhmut) Sector on the Evening of 6 Mar 2023; pub. 19:53⚡️

🔹 1. The AFU Grouping in #Artyomovsk is on the verge of an operational encirclement. The roads are poorly accessible during the day. The enemy is partially withdrawing troops along the route through #Khromovo by dirt roads or just fields.

🔹 2. The Mud is already affecting the movement of equipment quite badly. There are facts of vehicles and convoys getting stuck, abandoned and struck to the west of #Artyomovsk.

🔹 3. #Khromovo, #Krasnoye and Dubovo-Vasilyevka are still under enemy control. It is still too early to say that a cauldron has been formed. This also applies to of #Bogdanovka, which has not yet been entered.

🔹 4. There is No monument to the “plane” (place in #Bakhmut)  yet, we have not reached it. Zabakhmutka is not all taken yet, pieces in the south and north are still controlled by the enemy. The progress there is gradual, the sites are being cleaned — the city gradually passes under our control in the eastern part.

Today there is a video with the monument to tankers, which was installed in 1971 in honor of the heroes of the Great Patriotic War. The Wagner flag has already been hung there.

🔹 5. Prigozhin again reports supply problems, this story with the Ministry of Defence continues. It is not clear when and how it will end, but progress is being made one way or another.

🔹 6. Enemy Losses are significant. Officially, they are not going to withdraw, judging by the statements. But this may be a cover, because we see that it is the withdrawal of equipment from the city that is being carried out. After some time, the withdrawal of equipment from there will be impossible. It is obvious that the AFU is taking measures to minimize losses in the material part.

Boris Rozhin

HQ of Ukraine’s Supreme Commander-in-Chief has decided to continue the Defence Operation in #Bakhmut (#Artyomovsk)⚡️

For which Battles have been going on since the summer of 2022. This is reported on the website of the Addict’s office:

The Report says that at the next meeting of the HQ, the commanders of the operational-strategic groupings of troops reported on the situation in the main directions of the front, and Zelensky asked the AFU chief commander Valery Zaluzhny and the commander of the operational-strategic grouping of troops “Khortitsa”, Aleksandr Syrsky, about the plans for further actions in the #Bakhmut direction.

Both spoke in favour of reinforcing positions in #Bakhmut and continuing the defensive operation.

That means down to the last Ukrainian. OK

Military correspondent Lisitsyn on 6 Mar 2023 at 19:17

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Battle for #Bakhmut – Situation until 15:00 on 6 Mar 2023⚡️

🔹 The Ukrainian Command is conducting a partial evacuation of the garrison from the city. The only roads to #Konstantinovka and Chasov Yar are under the fire control of Russian units, so the withdrawal is carried out on country roads under constant shelling.

▪️ The AFU is currently conducting counterattacks at the #Bogdanovka – #Krasnoye line and the #Konstantinovka – #Bakhmut road in order to maintain a physical corridor out of the city in case of a full-fledged withdrawal.

▪️ AFU artillery is firing at the advance areas with all its might. There are at least six Mi-8 and Mi-24 helicopters in the air from the direction of #Druzhkovka, as well as Ukrainian attack aircraft and fighter jets from #Dnepropetrovsk.

❗️ Meanwhile, the situation is deteriorating with each passing day. The command of the AFU grouping activates the general army reserve to assist units in #Bakhmut. According to the Military Informant (https://t.me/milinfolive/97720), formations from the newly created brigades have been transferred to the combat zone.

🔹 In #Bakhmut itself, the meat processing plant area has been completely cleared and the #Bakhmut motorway has been reached. Along with this there is an offensive from Shchedraya Street to the south in Zabakhmutovka.

▪️ In the southern outskirts of the city, the Wagnerians increased their control zone on Shchedraya and Karla Marksa Streets from the south, advancing from the waste sorting plant. In addition, the Wagner PMC assault squads have advanced slightly northwards along Independence Street.

Our source reports that the Armed Forces of Ukraine faced huge difficulties due to warming weather in Donbas.
Due to the fact that the exit was delayed, a lot of personal vehicles of the units were partially lost (these are jeeps and trucks), only the caterpillars are still passing through.

Rains are expected this week in the Bakhmut area, and if the Russian Armed Forces advance a couple of kilometers to the last lines, this may lead to the fact that it will not be possible to withdraw the rest of the equipment.
According to our data, the most expensive equipment and equipment was withdrawn.
A conference call on Bakhmut takes place daily, Zelensky is trying to keep the city to the last, even now, when everyone says that this threatens to encircle the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Colleagues, after his personal public statements that Bakhmut was a fort, Zelensky did not want to give it up, but Zaluzhny insisted that the troops could be withdrawn to pre-prepared positions, and the elite units could be prepared for the offensive.

After the second trip to the front, Syrsky guaranteed that it was possible, by hitting the flanks of the Wagners, to cut off the “pincers” and hold the city, thereby causing public and military damage to the Russian Federation. To do this, he requested several elite units that were in reserve and were preparing for a counteroffensive.

Zelensky supported such a plan because it was saving his rating. Zaluzhny had no choice but to publicly support them so as not to bring the scandal to the public plane.

Today we also insided that the OP specifically signs Zaluzhny under the Bakhmutov meat grinder and clearly removes Zelensky from it.

Our source in the OP said that Syrsky suggested using the contradictions between the PMC Wagner and the Russian General Staff to win before the counterattack on the Crimea. The commander of the ground forces called this operation symbolic, capable of ensuring the outcome of the war in the future, which pleased Zelensky and ordered the use of reserves from Zaporozhye / Dnipro.

Is Syrsky an under cover russian agent?

The head of Wagner PMC E. Prigozhin said that several groups were created by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to unblock Bakhmut

▪️One group gathers in Slavyansk (67 brigades), the second in Seversk (81 and 66 brigades), the third in Chasov Yar and the fourth in Konstantinovka.
▪️Prigozhin noted that in order to resist the advancing units, units must have regular supplies of ammunition and support from units of the RF Armed Forces.

Our source in the OP said that there is growing dissatisfaction within the Armed Forces of Ukraine with politicians who make the necessary decisions through a manual rate. On Bankovaya, they are trying to stop the negative and are trying to include Bakhmut Zaluzhny in the track, who remained silent for a month, even after Zelensky’s statement. Now the Commander-in-Chief is required to publicly record an appeal to the Ukrainians and repeat all the narratives of the Office of the President that it was necessary to keep Bakhmut in order to prepare the spring counteroffensive.

Prigozhin answered the question why the Khokhols decided to fight for Bakhmut:
 ”Guys, in order for the Armed Forces of Ukraine to unblock Bakhmut, they need to block PMC Wagner. Therefore, they created a grouping in Seversk, Chasovoy Yar, Sloviansk and Konstantinovka. It turns out a pie – the filling is crests, we are the dough, and they are going to surround us. Therefore, we need help and assistance in covering the flanks. If everything is coordinated, without ambitions and antics everyone will do this work, then we will block the APU, but they will not block us. If not, then everyone will be fucked. I’ll be the icing on the cake with my guys. They fight to the end and we will fight to the end. When the whole world fights against you it’s necessary that someone interacts with you, while nothing of this is visible, my representative is not allowed into the headquarters and he walks in circles there in street, if anyone sees him, whistle.”

If the Kyiv Independent is admitting this, it’s bad. Pro Ukraine Twitter has also turned distinctly dark in the last 36 hours, and is now conceding that:

1) Loss ratios are not in favor of Ukraine
2) Elite/NATO trained units needed for their own planned offensives are being grinded down

Bakhmut Meat Grinder will be the death of the AFU.

Ukrainian soldiers in Bakhmut: ‘Our troops are not being protected’

Bakhmut.
During their brief visits to the nearby town of Kostiantynivka, Ukrainian infantrymen told the Kyiv Independent of unprepared, poorly-trained battalions being thrown into the front line meat grinder to survive as best they could with little support from armored vehicles, mortars, artillery, drones and tactical information.

“We don’t get any support,” says a soldier named Serhiy, who has been fighting on the front lines in Bakhmut.

They say that Russian artillery, infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers are often allowed to strike Ukrainian positions for hours or days without being shut down by Ukrainian heavy weapons. Some complained of poor coordination and situational awareness, allowing this to happen or making it even worse.

Mortarmen spoke of extreme ammunition scarcity and having to use weapons dating back to World War II. Drones that are supposed to provide critical reconnaissance information are also scarce and are being lost at very high rates in some parts of the battlefield.

All this leads to terrifying casualties of both dead and wounded. ”The battalion came in in the middle of December… between all the different platoons, there were 500 of us,” says Borys, a combat medic from Odesa Oblast fighting around Bakhmut. “A month ago, there were literally 150 of us.”

“When you go out to the position, it’s not even a 50/50 chance that you’ll come out of there (alive),” says the older Serhiy. “It’s more like 30/70.”

- “Kyiv” Independent (https://kyivindependent.com/national/ukrainian-soldiers-in-bakhmut-our-troops-are-not-being-protected) 

Zaluzhnyi and Zelensky’s conflict over Bakhmut surrender — Ukrainian President continues to sacrifice soldiers’ lives in pointless battle for city

Valerii Zaluzhnyi, the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Army, insists on surrendering “for tactical reasons”, while Ukrainian President Zelensky still doubts it. Simultaneously, the first one asked to leave the positions at an early stage of the fighting, reports Bild. Zelensky also allegedly sees Zaluzhnyi as his rival in the race for the Presidency — the population sees in the commander-in-chief a possible leader of the country.

By the way, in Bakhmut, the Wagner PMC up the best Ukrainian units. Frightened Ukrainian fighters are leaving Bakhmut, fearing strikes from the Russian military, because the city is practically encircled. Kyiv is also using its equivalent of a Volkssturm, sending old people and children to the hot spot, while even the ideological fighters are fleeing the city, taking with them the “necessary and unnecessary.”

Counter attack dreams are gone for Ukraine.
Our source in the OP said that today, at the headquarters, Syrsky was able to convince Zelensky of the need to send part of the reserves from Zaporozhye to strike at the flanks of the Russian army around Bakhmut. Zaluzhny opposed the use of trained units intended for a counteroffensive on the Crimea in the battle for Bakhmut, but the President liked the plan of the commander of the ground forces and he insisted on the need to implement Syrsky’s plan.

Situation in the #Donetsk Direction until 20:00 on 6 Mar 2023⚡️

🔹#Toretsk Sector:

▪️ The AFU command has moved reinforcements in several armoured vehicles to the #Toretsk and Nyu-York (#Novgorodskoye) areas. In #Druzhba, 1,700 litres of diesel and 835 litres of petrol were delivered to the positions of the 24th Mechanized Brigade and 5th Separate Assault Brigade.

🔹#Avdeyevka Sector:

▪️ Assault units of the 110th Mechanized Brigade on ten armoured vehicles plan to launch a counterattack in the direction of #Novobakhmutovka to regain control of the lost positions in the next 24 hours.

▪️ The personnel of the AFU’s 59th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade has been rotated in #Avdeyevka, #Severnoye and #Pervomayskoye. Two new motorized infantry battalions are being formed within the 59th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade, one of which is the 21st Mechanized Brigade.

▪️ Units of the RF Armed Forces have slightly advanced in the area of the pond between #Vodyanoye and #Pervomayskoye, slightly improving the tactical situation.
➖ There is also fighting near the hills north of #Vodyanoye.

🔹#Maryinka Sector:

▪️ In #Maryinka, fighters of the RF Armed Forces have entrenched themselves on Kashtanova Street behind Druzhba Avenue. Positional battles continue in other quarters of the city.

▪️ In the southwest, Russian units attempted to storm the village of #Pobeda, but the AFU managed to repulse the attack.
➖ Meanwhile, along the line of contact from #Pobeda to #Novomikhaylovka, the RF Armed Forces have increased their zone of control.

🔹#Ugledar Section:

▪️ The AFU has moved reinforcements. In addition, the arrival of the 1st Presidential Brigade of the Ukrainian National Guard is expected from the #Zaporozhye direction.
The AFU command is planning a counteroffensive in the dacha area southeast of the town.

▪️ New high-resolution cameras with thermal imaging devices have been installed at the South Donbass Mine near the ventilation shafts.

The Biden administration is not ready to unequivocally support Ukraine’s plans to seize Crimea , according to an article published in The Hill newspaper.

As noted in the material, officials in the administration of US President Joe Biden “remain uncertain” on the issue of Crimea. They, as the newspaper states, “repeatedly sidestepped the question of whether Washington would support Kyiv’s efforts” to seize Crimea, postponing an explanation of their position “until later.”

“Although US officials have said that Washington will help Ukraine as much as it takes to win the war, they are unwilling to fully support Kiev’s ambitions in Crimea,” the publication emphasizes. “This is partly due to the fact that for a successful offensive operations to regain control of the Crimea would probably require heavy weapons: long-range missiles, tanks, aircraft.

“Moral urgency is not a strategy for Ukraine. Biden should explain his policies in Ukraine, not prematurely declare victory”: National Review writes that the West is finding it increasingly difficult to support Ukraine, and the White House needs to start doing something more realistic than talking about defeating Russia – because it will most likely end up dividing Ukraine.

“The West’s evaporating enthusiasm for war in Ukraine is understandable, despite the jubilant rhetoric of their smug officials. Few are willing to devote themselves to Kiev’s goal of fully liberating Ukraine, including territories occupied by Russians after 2014. Even fewer are willing to voice the main condition for such a victory: the military defeat of Russia.
The liberation of Crimea would require a large-scale air, sea, and land operation to advance on several fronts against key ground targets and hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian troops, supported by a land blockade and fire support base in the north. An operation involving air and sea forces cannot currently be deployed by Ukraine.
The patience of the Americans is not infinite. The president cannot yet articulate what the endgame looks like in Ukraine-no one can. But he can and should identify what the U.S. would regard as a favorable outcome, and he should detail how our strategy is designed to achieve that goal. Instead, Biden portrays himself as a conquering hero, emphasizing only the moral relevance of the Ukrainian case rather than the real national interests at stake, and insisting that U.S. support for the war is unlimited. This will not last long.”

HOW RUSSIA FAILED TO CAPTURE VUHLEDAR (Analysis)

Assault on the outskirts of Ugledar: street battles at dachas
Marines of the 155th Brigade of the Pacific Fleet continue to repel enemy counterattacks.  Our fighters are pushing the Ukrainian Armed Forces out of strategically important positions, reports Kirill Olkov, correspondent of iz.ru.
In desperation, the Ukrainian Nazis are pulling reserves to Ugledar and sparing neither their soldiers nor shells.

Russian rocket barrage wipes out Ukraine’s Azov regiment command unit in Zaporizhzhia

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that the Russian-Ukrainian war has reached a stalemate that is causing enormous damage to Ukraine.

He said this in an interview with CNN journalist Farid Zakharia.

He also refused to predict the future of the conflict.

“It’s very difficult to judge what will happen next in Ukraine, but one thing is absolutely clear: We will continue to support Ukraine financially, with humanitarian aid, as well as with weapons,” he said.

As a condition of negotiations with Russia, Scholz called the withdrawal of its troops from Ukraine. Earlier, he said that Kiev would not receive military guarantees from the West as long as the war lasts.

#Chronicle of the Special Military Operation for 6 Mar 2023⚡️

🔹#Russia’s Border Areas:

▪️ In the #Bryansk region, Ukrainian terrorist formations shelled the Belevitsa village. Two residential buildings were damaged.
➖ Russian air defence forces also intercepted two enemy drones in Pogarsky district.

▪️ In the #Kursk region, the AFU terrorists struck power supply facilities in the Khomutovsky district. The village of Iskra has been de-energised.

▪️ In the #Belgorod region, Russian air defence forces shot down three enemy missiles in Novy Oskol. Shell splinters damaged residential buildings and power lines. One civilian was wounded.
➖ Ukrainian terror formations shelled the border village of #Murom. Residential buildings, a grocery shop and a gas supply line have been hit.

🔹 #Starobelsk Direction:

▪️ The situation has not changed significantly with artillery duels and positional fighting continuing along the line of contact.

🔹#Soledar (#Bakhmut) Direction (MAP (https://t.me/sitrepmaps/1458)):

▪️ The Ukrainian command is carrying out a partial evacuation of the #Bakhmut garrison. Russian artillery is targeting units withdrawing from the city.
➖ The enemy conducts counterattacks at the #Bogdanovka – #Krasnoye line (north-nortwest of #Bakhmut) and the #Konstantinovka – #Bakhmut route (southwest of #Bakhmut) to preserve a corridor in case of a full-fledged withdrawal of the troops.

▪️ In #Bakhmut, fierce fighting continues. The Wagner PMC assault squads have completely cleared the meat processing plant area and reached the local autodrome.
➖ Concurrently, Russian troops are advancing from Shchedraya Street to the south in Zabakhmutovka.
➖ On the southern outskirts of the city, the “Wagnerians” increased their zone of control on Shchedraya and Karla Marksa streets, advancing north along Independence Street.

▪️ Southwest of #Bakhmut, Russian forces are fighting on the outskirts of #Krasnoye.
➖ AFU counterattacks at the #Konstantinovka – #Bakhmut highway.

🔹#Donetsk Direction (MAP (https://t.me/sitrepmaps/1460)):

▪️ In the #Toretsk sector, the Ukrainian command has redeployed additional forces to the area of #Toretsk and Nyu-York (#Novgorodskoye).

▪️ In the #Avdeyevka sector, the enemy is preparing for a counterattack in the direction of #Novobakhmutovka.

▪️ In #Maryinka the fighting continues. Russian servicemen were able to advance along Chestnut Street and clear residential buildings behind School No. 2.
➖ To the south, units of the RF Armed Forces resumed their assault on AFU positions near the village of #Pobeda. After the advance of the Russian troops, the enemy moved additional equipment and managed to regain control over the lost territories.
➖ The RF Armed Forces advanced east of #Pobeda and northeast of #Novomikhaylovka, expanding the bridgehead for a further offensive.

▪️ In the #Ugledar section, the AFU command is pulling up its reserves to the frontline and prepares for a counterattack in the area of dachas to the southeast of the town.

▪️ In the #Donetsk agglomeration, Ukrainian terrorist formations continue to shell populated areas. Residential buildings and civilian facilities in #Yasinovataya, #Gorlovka and #Donetsk have also been hit. At least three people were injured.

🔹#Kherson Direction on #SouthFront:

▪️ Artillery duels continue along the entire line of contact. Russian forces hit AFU concentrations in #Kherson, #Chernobayevka and #Antonovka.
➖ In turn, the enemy terrorists shelled the left bank of the #Kherson region. Civilian facilities in Novaya Kakhovka, #Gornostayevka and #Kairy have been damaged.

War Map and the Situation on the Fronts in the Evening of 6 Mar 2023; pub. 00:04⚡️

⚔️ Situation on the Fronts for the past Day

🔹#Artyomovsk (#Bakhmut) Sector:

▪️ The AFU continues to partially abandon #Artyomovsk. Major roads are under our fire control. Wagner PMC fighters have cleared the territory of the meat processing plant and have reached the autodrome. Also ours are advancing from the side of Zabakhmutovka, meanwhile advancing northwards along Independence Street.

🔹#Donetsk Direction:

➖ The Russian army is advancing in #Maryinka. Ours advanced along Chestnut Street. Also, the fighters of the RF Armed Forces have cleared residential buildings in the vicinity of school No 2.
➖ To the south of the city, our forces storm the positions of militants in the village of #Pobeda (⚠️note: it failed).
➖ The AFU is redeploying reserves to the site.
➖ Also, the RF Armed Forces have advanced in the areas of #Vodyanoye and #Pervomayskoye.
➖ In addition, two insurgent positions have been were hit (https://t.me/readovkanews/54153) in the vicinity of #Tonenkoye. A tank, two pieces of armoured equipment and a vehicle were destroyed.

🔹#SouthDonetsk Direction:

➖ The AFU are moving reserves to #Ugledar, while our marines are fighting in the dachas.
➖ Also, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced strikes against militant units in #Ugledar, #Prechistovka and #Novosyolka.

💥 According to MoD, Russian Aerospace Forces fighter aircraft shot down a Ukrainian Su-27 near #Trudoolenovka, #Zaporozhye region. Also, an enemy Mi-8 was shot down near #Novopavlovka in the DPR. Another MiG-29 of the Ukrainian air force was shot down by air defence forces near #Krasnoarmeysk in the DPR.

Special Operation, 6 Mar 2023, Main; pub. 20:59⚡️

▪️ The FSB has foiled an attempted assassination attempt on Tsargrad TV channel founder Malofeev. According to the agency, the attack was planned to be carried out by detonating an improvised explosive device attached under the businessman’s car – in a similar scheme to the assassination of Dugina;

▪️ Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Zakharova said that the failed assassination attempt on Malofeev is another example of the deeply criminal nature of the Kiev regime, which does not disdain terrorist methods;

▪️ Kiev’s losses in #Donetsk, #SouthDonetsk, #Zaporozhye, #Kupyansk, Krasny #Liman and #Kherson directions during the day amounted to 490 soldiers killed and wounded, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) said;

▪️ Shoigu checked work on rebuilding infrastructure in #Donbass, including in #Mariupol, praising the work of the military construction complex, MoD said;

▪️ Peskov said that no decisions have yet been made on the possible unification of new regions of the Russian Federation into one federal district, various options are being discussed;

▪️ He said that all necessary qualifications about the emergency in the #Bryansk region had already been given, and measures would be taken to prevent similar incidents in the future;

▪️ Prigozhin said that the Ukrainian military had set up groups around #Artyomovsk to block the Wagner group. He said Kiev had set up one grouping in #Slavyansk, a second in #Seversk (of two brigades) and one grouping each in Chasov Yar and #Konstantinovka.

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