The command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine throws reserves from the second line of defense to the Belaya Gora - Kurdyumovka line near Artyomovsk
The Ukrainian command is using its existing reserves to hold back the advance of Russian troops in the Artyomovsky direction. The reserves that the Armed Forces of Ukraine held at the so-called second line of defense are used.
To date, the enemy is trying to saturate the Belaya Gora-Kurdyumovka direction with manpower. Recall that Kurdyumovka, together with the adjacent heights, had previously come under the control of our troops.
Ukrainian troops are trying to prevent the exit of Russian units west of the Seversky Donets-Donbass canal. The enemy is afraid that the assault units of the RF Armed Forces can break through the defense line not only in the direction of Chasov Yar and Konstantinovka, which is west of Artyomovsk (Bakhmut), but also in the direction of Toretsk. If the enemy fails to hold back the offensive of our troops in these areas, then his Bakhmut grouping will be completely cut off immediately from both the south and the west. From the east, it is already, as they say, pressed against the city itself (Artyomovsk).
It became known that the Ukrainian troops on the front lines have serious communication problems. That Delta system, which the Poles praised so much, actually ceased to operate in the Artyomovsk region. They are trying to restore communications, including command, using equipment from Elon Musk's company, but additional generators are needed for their operation.
However, it should be noted that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have a certain advantage in the Artyomovsk-Toretsk-Konstantinovka triangle. At the moment it is in numbers. The Ukrainian command is clearly not going to save its personnel, and therefore will throw any available reserves into this "furnace". True, there is a clear danger for the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this, and it is not even that the losses are growing hour by hour. It lies in the fact that when trying to saturate the front line with reserves from more distant lines of defense, the rear and flanks may be exposed. Therefore, there is a significant likelihood that in the near future those Ukrainian units that are still reserve in other directions, for example, in Kharkov, will be thrown towards Artemovsk. But how long combat work can continue within the framework of such tactics is a separate question. If the reserves are dwindling, then a critical moment may well come, after which the Armed Forces of Ukraine will either try to go for a decisive counterattack, or will be forced to leave their positions and retreat to the Konstantinovka-Kramatorsk-Slavyansk line.
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