The situation in the Ukrainian SMO on March 24 2023

A Ukrainian top commander says a counteroffensive will start soon

Armed Forces of Ukraine are preparing a breakthrough near the city of Orekhov, Rogov said

 GSA member Rogov announced the preparation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to break through the front line near Orekhov, Zaporozhye region

Ukrainian troops are preparing to break through the front line near the city of Orekhov, Zaporozhye region, said Vladimir Rogov, chairman of the movement “We are together with Russia”, a member of the main council of the regional administration, to RIA Novosti .

“The Armed Forces of Ukraine are pulling additional reserves and armored vehicles to the area of the city of Orekhov in Zaporozhye. They will try to accumulate a large shock fist here, apparently, preparing a breakthrough through reconnaissance in force,” he said.

The offensive, according to the interlocutor of the agency, may begin in the coming days, this is indicated by the pace of the transfer and strengthening of the Ukrainian group.

At the same time, Rogov assured, in the Zaporozhye region they are preparing to meet the enemy fully armed.

Last week in the Zaporizhzhya region, Ukrainian forces carried out reconnaissance in force several times, but each time they were driven back with losses . As Vladimir Rogov told RIA Novosti , the further, the more attempts to break through the front will be made by Kiev, since “Zelensky desperately needs to show success to Western sponsors.”

AFU Offensive foiled in #Pologi – #Orekhov Section, #Zaporozhye Direction⚡️

On March 23-24, the AFU command planned to launch a counteroffensive in the #Zaporozhye direction. According to the enemy’s plan, the main blow was to fall on the #Orekhov section. A strike group of up to a reinforced battalion-tactical group has been established in the city.

According to @ZSU_Hunter_2_0, the command of the 58th Combined Arms Army of the RF Armed Forces decided to inflict a massive fire attack on the enemy’s uncovered positions and depots. The offensive was thwarted before it had even begun.

Between 21.00 and midnight on 22 March, hotels and schools used to house personnel of both the AFU and the recently formed Chervona Kalina Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian National Guard were hit in the city – over 20 targets in total.

Several depots with ammunition, artillery shells and anti-tank guided missiles and equipment camps had been taken out of action.

It is estimated that the losses of the enemy reached half a thousand dead and wounded. The internet has been shut down in the city to prevent information leaks. The wounded are being transported through #Zaliznichnoye towards #Gulyaypole.
 

Avdeevskoe direction
The operation to encircle the enemy garrison of Avdiivka continues. In the South today there is significant progress in long-suffering settlement. Pervomayskoye. Our troops have advanced into the center of the village and continue to squeeze the enemy for the evening. Let me remind you that for more than six months there have been intense fierce clashes in this village. settlements Severnoye and Tonenkoe, as well as directly on the southwestern outskirts of Avdiivka in the 9th quarter region. In the north of this sector of the front, the battles continued for the village of Stepovoye (Petrovskoye). Let me remind you that our troops occupied almost completely the village that day before, but did not have time to gain a foothold and the enemy brought up reserves and drove our troops out of the territory of the village, today the battle for this settlement continued. , there are successes. Our men have again entrenched themselves in the village for the evening, the fighting continues. Today in the north, our troops have significant successes in the settlement area. Novokalinovo and Ceramics After the complete cleansing of Novobakhmutovka, the guys began an intense assault on these villages and by the evening they entrenched themselves on the eastern outskirts and continue to move forward

Ukro source: MI6 passed intelligence to the Office of the President that the Kremlin canceled its offensive in February after the plans of the Ukrainian General Staff with a counterattack in the Zaporozhye direction became known. Russia has switched to a “thousand strikes” strategy in order to wear down the Armed Forces of Ukraine and prevent the accumulation of large reserves. British intelligence advises the Office of the President to stop publicly stating the directions of the future counteroffensive in order to prevent the Russian army from preparing.

Our source in the OP said that Taiwan has handed over to Ukraine almost a thousand UAVs that have a swarm function and are able to interact with each other automatically. The General Staff is going to use them in the counteroffensive to the Crimea to cause the effect of surprise / panic in the enemy.
From Rezident TG channel…which many think is a Russian psy-ops channel masquerading as a Ukr channel
https://t.me/rezident_ua/16983

If necessary, we will reach Kyiv or Lvov to exterminate this infection – Medvedev 

Former Russian President and deputy chairman of the Russian security Council,Dmitry Medvedev  on the conditions of the end of the special military operation:  The Russian Federation is not at war with Ukraine, not with the Ukrainian half-Nazi or Nazi regime; our country is at war with the 3.6 million members of the NATO army. They are involved, of course, in such a hybrid conflict, and they are, in fact, no longer hiding it. And with a population of 800 million people who are supplying equipment, means of destruction, and money to the Kiev regime, It is necessary to achieve all the goals that have been set to protect our territories, that is, the territories of the Russian Federation. To throw out all the foreigners who are there in the broad sense of the word, to create a buffer zone (sanitary strip) that will not allow the use of any kind of weapons that work at medium and short distances, that is 70-100 kilometers, to demilitarize it, if we talk about the military component.  And if this proves insufficient, then we will have to take other decisions. Nothing can be ruled out here.  If it is necessary to go to Kiev, then we will go to Kiev ; if it is necessary to go to Lviv, then we’ll have to go to Lviv,in order to exterminate this contagion.

Fighting in Ukraine officially for exhaustion, Stoltenberg states

Putin allegedly has no immediate plans to bring peace to Ukraine, so the West needs to prepare for long-term deliveries of “lethal weapons,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told The Guardian. According to him, the Russian President is allegedly waging a “war of attrition,” and therefore the secretary general insists on increasing defense spending to at least 2 percent of GDP.

“This is a war of attrition. It’s about industrial capacity to strengthen our support [supplies],” Stoltenberg said.

At the same time, NATO and the IMF are actively pouring money into Ukraine’s planned spring offensive. For example, the Fund decided to give Ukraine a $15.6 billion loan, which nevertheless will never be repaid, and the amount of aid from Western “partners” amounted to $24.7 billion last month alone. 

Ukraine unilaterally handed over all seriously wounded prisoners of war to Russia – Coordination Headquarters

 ▪️ “In this case, we are not talking about the exchange of prisoners of war, but specifically about repatriation: the return of seriously wounded and seriously ill prisoners without any conditions, as provided for by international humanitarian law,” the Ukrainian Coordinating Headquarters for the treatment of prisoners of war says
▪️ In Kiev, they clarified that we are talking about those seriously wounded, whose condition allowed them to be transported.

Russia will force the West to negotiate

Moscow has the initiative and superiority on the front and in diplomacy. This is what the Turkish edition of dikGAZETE writes. Russia’s Special military operation  in eastern Ukraine continues unabated. “Over the past year, the Russian army has increased its professionalism and made significant progress.”

The Russian Armed Forces have managed to undermine the motivation of the AFU without losing their dominant position in their positions and acting in a more coordinated manner. “Ukrainian soldiers, Nazi groups, and Western mercenaries are failing against the Russian army, which is opening new fronts,” the Turkish newspaper wrote.

The only force the Ukrainian Armed Forces have at their disposal now is modern weapons supplied to them by Western countries. And “the Ukrainian army does not refuse to use these weapons in residential areas of Donbass.”

Ukraine, ineffective on the front, lags behind diplomatically as well.” Global forces, including the Atlanticists, are taking more cautious steps on the Ukrainian issue, and the Kiev regime is very concerned about this situation. This is clear from Vladimir Zelensky’s behavior.

The West is starting to lose and knows it very well. When the stockpile of weapons sent to Ukraine runs out, the Atlantists will have to put the Kiev regime at the negotiating table. “If they don’t, instability will increase, uprisings against governments will continue in Europe, and the Kiev regime will be defeated by the Russian army,” the newspaper concludes.
  

Special Operation, 24 Mar 2023, Main; pub. 20:21⚡️

▪️ Russia is interested in a peaceful solution to the conflict in #Ukraine through negotiations, but “over the ocean” Kiev is not allowed to do so, Medvedev, Russia’s deputy chairman of the Security Council, said;

▪️ Kiev is preparing for offensive operations, the Russian General Staff is preparing its solutions, Medvedev said.

▪️ The West is well aware of the negative consequences of using depleted uranium munitions, Radiation, Chemical and Biological Defence Forces head Kirillov said;

▪️ The use of such munitions would contaminate large areas of crops in #Ukraine, causing Ukrainian food exports to collapse for decades, he also said;

▪️ Depleted uranium compounds in soil pose a long-term risk of negative impact on people and the environment, Kirillov added;

▪️ The Ukrainian military has lost about 400 people in a day in the #Donetsk direction and up to 40 people in the #Kherson direction, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) said;

▪️ Ukraine has lost up to 60 servicemen in the #Kupyansk direction and up to 125 servicemen in the Krasny #Liman direction, MoD said;

▪️ The Russian Armed Forces destroyed a hangar with Ukrainian military drones in #Odessa region, MoD added;

▪️The RF called Slovakian Defence Ministry’s statement on the transfer of the first batch of four MiG-29 fighter jets to #Ukraine an unfriendly act against #Russia.

Full Front Update 24/03/23 | Topographic Analysis

Ukraine Front update [24 March 2023]

Zelensky’s army in the Bakhmut area

War Map and the Situation on the Fronts in the Evening of 24 Mar 2023; pub. 05:05⚡️

The #UN has acknowledged (https://t.me/readovkanews/55404) the facts of AFU war crimes. Sounds like news from an alternate universe, but it is not. The head of the UN human rights monitoring mission in #Ukraine has issued a statement registering at least 25 cases of criminal and brutal massacres of Russian prisoners by Ukrainian troops. Previously, the problem had been actively silenced at the #UN, pretending nothing was going on.

⚔️ Situation on the Fronts for the past Day

🔹#Artyomovsk (#Bakhmut) Sector:

➖ Fighters of the Wagner PMC are advancing in the area of #Bogdanovka and Orekhovo-Vasilyevka.
➖ Fierce fighting continues in #Artyomovsk, ours are confidently crushing the militants in the centre of the city, the enemy is suffering (https://t.me/readovkanews/55380) heavy losses.
➖ In addition, the “orchestrators” are advancing on #Predtechino, and have also reached the
➖ southwestern outskirts of #Artyomovsk.
➖ Fighting continues in the area of #Krasnoye.

🔹#Donetsk & #SouthDonetsk Directions:

➖After the liberation of #Novobakhmutovka, the Russian army continues to cover #Avdeyevka. Aircraft are actively working on the militants’ positions (https://t.me/nm_dnr/10046).
➖ To the north of #Krasnogorovka (west of; note), our forces have reached #Stepnoye (#Petrovskoye) and #Berdychi.
➖ Fighting continues in #Maryinka, for complete liberation it remains to take (https://t.me/readovkanews/55424) positions of the AFU in the western part of the city.

💥 The Russian Ministry of Defence claimed (https://t.me/readovkanews/55396) the destruction of a hangar with AFU drones near Sukhoy Liman, #Odessa region.

💡 Today is the Anniversary of the start of #NATO’s bombing of #Yugoslavia. An event that served as the beginning of the breakdown of relations between #Russia and the West and showed us all the “charms” of the unipolar world. The Readovka Information and Analysis Centre has prepared a public report (https://t.me/readovkanews/55400) in this regard.
 

Chronicles of the special military operation for March 24, 2023

 ðŸ”» Border areas:

▪️ In the Kursk region, the enemy continues to shell the border settlements. In Plekhovo, two houses and power lines were damaged, and there were no casualties among civilians. There are no casualties or damage in the village of Gordeevka.

🔻Sumy region:

▪️Su-35 fighters of the Russian Aerospace Forces dropped more than ten FAB-500M62 guided air bombs at enemy personnel bases in the village of Viry and Belopolye, Sumy region. Dozens of Ukrainian Ukrainian militants were killed, over two hundred were injured.

🔻Starobelsk direction:

▪️The situation along the entire front line remains stably tense: the sides conduct mutual shelling and sorties to the rear positions of reconnaissance groups.

🔻Soledar direction:

▪️To the north-west of Bakhmut, Wagner assault detachments” continue to push through the enemy’s defenses in Orikhove-Vasylivka.

▪️ In Bakhmut, Russian troops are fighting on the northern and southern outskirts of the city.
- In the center, Russian units managed to cross the Bakhmutka River and start a fight in the area of the garage cooperative.
- In the north, the Wagner men continue to advance in the Selishchensky district along Kolpakova Avenue, as well as in the shops adjacent to Vostokmash.
- In the south, a heavy assault on the positions of the AFU in the area of u200bu200bSobachevka, Budenovka continues: the battles are going on for the Avangard stadium.

▪️ To the south-west of Bakhmut, positional battles continue for the enemy fortified areas adjacent to the highway to Konstantinovka.

🔻Donetsk direction:

▪️The Russian Armed Forces continue to expand their zone of control near Novobakhmutovka to the north of Avdiivka, pushing the enemy farther and farther away from the liberated village.

In addition, Russian servicemen managed to completely liberate the village of Kamianka northeast of Avdiivka.

▪️ Ukrainian formations shelled Gorlovka with HIMARS MLRS: several houses were damaged, one was completely destroyed. The victims were avoided.

🔻 Zaporizhia direction ( map (https://t.me/rybar/44994) ):

▪️The command of the AFU planned to launch an attack on the Orekhovsky sector on March 23-24, but the Russian Armed Forces, having revealed the plans of the enemy, dealt a mass strike to his positions.

At least 20 objects of the Ukrainian army came under fire – the AFU lost several ammunition depots, equipment and at least a hundred people. The wounded were evacuated through Zaliznichnoe to Hulyaipole.

🔻Dnepropetrovsk region:

▪️During the night, Russian troops launched a mass strike with Geran-2 drones on Ukrainian army targets in Kryvyi Rih: five drones are known to have reached their target, one was shot down.

Douglas Macgregor: “Russia HAS WIPED THEM OUT, THIS IS IT”