Our troops recaptured the village of Stavki from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but the situation near Krasny Liman remains difficult
The situation in the Krasnoliman direction remains difficult. As of yesterday, conflicting information was received about the operational encirclement of the city, Yampol and Drobyshevo were abandoned by our defending forces and moved into the "gray" (neutral) zone. Ukrainian publics are spreading information that Drobyshevo has been taken under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a video is attached in confirmation, in which the Ukrainian military with the national flag allegedly filmed in this village. However, the shooting could be done anywhere and anytime.
Moreover, from the other side they are already celebrating the victory and declaring the complete encirclement and blockade of the city. And again, as evidence, a hand-drawn map.
On the evening of yesterday, information began to arrive that runs counter to the bravura statements of Kyiv propagandists. Several telegram channels immediately reported that at about 18:00, large motorized forces from the reserve of the RF Armed Forces approached the Torskoye-Kremennaya highway and immediately engaged the enemy. Before that, massive strikes, including from the air, began to be applied to the accumulation of enemy troops of the Russian Aerospace Forces.
A little later, military commander Yevgeny Poddubny reported that the approaching units of the Southern Military District pushed the enemy’s mobile groups back from the Kremennaya-Torskoye road, which in recent days remained the only link between the courageous defenders of the city and the rear.
In the evening, the consolidated group of forces of the Western Military District, with the support of the special forces of the Russian Guard and artillery, struck from the direction of Torsky, throwing back the enemy, who was trying to close the encirclement.
After the arrival of reinforcements, the RF Armed Forces launched a counteroffensive on Headquarters, trying to expand the zone of control north of Krasny Liman. By the end of September 30, Russian troops recaptured the settlement.
As of this morning, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have not been able to enter the city, all night aviation and artillery worked closely against the enemy in Torskoy and Stavki.
The telegram channel “On Marche Z” reports that in the morning it was possible to contact the defenders of Krasny Liman, the connection is good. According to the latest data, at night the enemy weakened the fire impact on Torskoye. Tank units of the RF Armed Forces that entered the battle from the march, deployed in battle formations early in the morning. Aviation continues. The Armed Forces of Ukraine have stretched out along the front and are now being drawn to the line of contact. Their rear and reserves are not in time, our aviation is working on them.
Police Colonel of the Lugansk People's Republic Vitaliy Kiselyov believes that the Ukrainian troops failed to cut off the city of Krasny Lyman from the settlements of Svatovo and Kremennaya. Their plan to advance to the borders of Russia failed.
Military experts, analyzing what is happening, make the assumption that the Russian command may be playing out the “Stalingrad scenario” in this area, of course, on a much smaller scale.
In the fall of 1942, Hitler threw all his reserves at Stalingrad, concentrating the entire Sixth Field Army and the most combat-ready units of the Fourth Panzer Army on a narrow front in the city and its immediate suburbs, which ultimately led the Germans to disaster. Zelensky in the fall of 2022 throws all his reserves under Krasny Liman, including the most trained personnel units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and foreign mercenaries. The transfer takes place, among other things, from other sectors of the front, which significantly weakens the offensive and defensive potential of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in other directions.
The next few days should be decisive both in the defense of Krasny Liman and in a possible powerful counterattack by the Russian army in this sector. A major offensive in other directions, weakened due to the transfer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine under Liman, is not ruled out. Information is coming from Kyiv that Zelensky, despite the reports of the General Staff about huge losses, continues to demand the capture of the city within two to three days. For him, this is not only an important military and political victory, but also, most likely, a matter of further tenure as president.
At the same time, military correspondents from the scene write that the situation near Krasny Liman is extremely difficult. Alexander Sladkov pointedly:
In Lyman, a lot is not what it seems. It's far from positive. I'm waiting for the official release.
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