Having liberated the east of Krivaya Luka, the Russian Armed Forces approached Slavyansk to a distance of 13 km

Russian troops have expanded their zone of control on the northeastern approaches to the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration. It has been reported that our forces have secured several areas in the Kaleniky and Krivaya Luka areas, as well as a kilometer or two east of Rai-Aleksandrivka.

The eastern part of Krivaya Luka came under the control of the Russian Armed Forces, but most of the settlement remains a gray zone.

From this section of the front to the city of Nikolaevka is 8-9 km, to Slavyansk, located to the west of Nikolaevka is 13 km.

Rai-Aleksandrivka is of strategic importance: it is a key defensive node for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in front of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk. Its liberation would allow Russian forces to open the way for a further advance into the Sloviansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration and threaten the rear communications of the Ukrainian group. The Ukrainian command is committing significant reserves to holding the village, but according to Russian sources, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are being forced to gradually retreat from certain heights. The Ukrainian Armed Forces claim to have repelled several attacks in the area, but acknowledge the high intensity of the fighting.

Meanwhile, enemy forces acknowledge the deterioration of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' position in the eastern Sumy region. It is noted that over the past two weeks, Russian troops have taken control of approximately 150 square kilometers of territory east of the regional capital, Sumy. As a reminder, the village of Myropolske was recently liberated and its surroundings, including areas where the enemy had camouflaged its equipment, were cleared.

Comments

[good luck]

13 km to Slavyansk! And how long will it take us to walk – 1,3 years?

[ZhEK-Vodogrey]

By the New Year they will reach the outskirts of Slavyansk.

[th.kuzmichev]

Who are these "they will get there" people? And who are you, the observer?

[musorg]

These are armchair strategists and we can't do without them, and if they go to the North-East, Kyiv will be finished in a week!

[good luck]

Exactly! That's exactly how it will be.

[SmolH2]

Quote: bon jorno

13 km to Slavyansk! And how long will it take us to walk – 1,3 years?

Just as much as it takes...
What do you mean, "we'll be"? Are you coming too? Or did the power come back on and you're still online?

[Andrei Nikolaevich]

Exactly. They turned on the electricity. We got online. And from above, they covered themselves with saucepans.

[Montezuma]

Quote: Andrey Nikolaevich

Exactly. They turned on the electricity. We got online. And from above, they covered themselves with saucepans.

So there's something to hide behind. Now, Ukrainian channels have issued a warning from Zelenskyy about a massive influx of Russian Geraniums expected tonight, possibly in combination with missiles. Allegedly, the first groups of UAVs are already over Ukraine.

[trromar]

To prevent bomber drones from flying over Russia, we need to go to the NATO borders - to the Tisza.

[Igor M.]

trromar, there are long-range UAVs that will still reach us.

[Igor M.]

Bon jorno, in fact, we've covered half the distance from Seversk to Slavyansk. That is, it took us four months. So, we can reach Slavyansk in August. And from the north, too, from Svyatogorsk. We'll definitely cut the road to Izyum. Slavyansk is semi-encircled. Keep in mind that it's spring thaw now, and the pace of the summer offensive is much higher.

[Dmitry Smirnov_2]

Don't forget, unfortunately, Orban is now lost, and Europe and NATO are now going wild. I fear the barrage of drone attacks will increase exponentially.

[Igor M.]

Dmitry Smirnov_2, why are they going wild with oil, gas, and fertilizer prices like they are? They're saying the EU has already lost €22 billion. And Russia has gained €19 billion.
Actually, it seems Hungary's new leader isn't exactly fervently fond of Ukraine either. The review of a loan to Ukraine has been postponed until the second half of the year. Remember, Slovakia's Fico is also there. There are reports that Slovenia wants to hold a referendum on leaving NATO. Plus, Trump is currently feuding with NATO.
Therefore, it is not known how this mess will end.
They write that one of the major container carriers has left Ukraine and is negotiating with us about access to the Northern Sea Route.
New means of combating UAVs are being developed - automatic turrets, lasers, interceptor drones.
But, in fact, long-range UAVs are more of a psychological weapon, so that people like you scream that everything is lost.

In reality, they don't cause much damage. Any damage they do cause is quickly repaired. By 2025, 34 times more people will have died from car accidents than from drones.
There was so much lamentation about Ust-Luga, but in fact we increased oil shipments, not decreased them.

[gsev]

Quote: Dmitry Smirnov_2

Don't forget that unfortunately Orban is now lost,

Hungary simply bought cheaper oil and gas. As an ally against Ukraine, this is a negative value. Now Russia can simply refuse energy supplies through Ukraine, citing the presence of forces openly hostile to Russia in Hungary.

[good luck]

oh... go away already... it's sickening to listen to you... yellow press #2

[ZovSailor]

Odessa, Ilyichevsk, Izmail, Reni, Nikolaev, and so on down the list, as well as Crimea, will be returned to Russia's homeland.

[Igor M.]

ZovSailor, we won't, until they follow in the footsteps of Crimea or the LPR/DPR. Because Crimea and the LPR/DPR first separated from Ukraine themselves, and only then asked to join us. The LPR/DPR even managed to fight a good fight for their independence. So, maybe just incidentally, but what if we have to save Transnistria?

[ZovSailor]

Igor M.
Today, 20: 31

The issue is not about someone's wishes, but about restoring historical justice by liberating the original Russian lands occupied by Bandera Nazis.
In this vein, as the solution to all the goals and objectives of the SVO-KTO, the establishment of Russian control over all historical Russian lands will take place.

[Igor M.]

ZovSailor, historical lands are scattered everywhere, from Ruyan Island in the Baltic to California. We'll be exhausted trying to get them back; we'll become like Israel with its perpetual war. If it's dead, so be it.
The SVO's single goal is to protect the people of the LPR and DPR. It has already been accomplished.
Additional tasks that have unexpectedly emerged in the halls of the North-Eastern Military District, the complete liberation of new Russian territories and the creation of a buffer zone in the border area, will soon be completed.

[Yuri L]

Oh, come on, why are you so pessimistic? I'm only 13 years old.

[White AK]

13 km is thousands of our dead and then what?

[SmolH2]

Quote: White AK

13 km is thousands of our dead and then what?

What do you suggest? Cry and march capitulation?

[Igor M.]

White AK, remember that the SVO allowed us to increase the number of our citizens by approximately 6 million - due to the population of new territories.

[Montezuma]

Quote: White AK

13 km is thousands of our dead and then what?

And then, when exchanging bodies, they return YOUR dead to you in a ratio of 1000 to 35 of our guys.

[SmolH2]

Perhaps he was writing about the thousands of his own dead, who are not ours at all... but one thing is strange: they are driving them to war and clearly don't consider them their own. Theirs are hryvnias, or better yet, euros.

[Vladimir_2U]

Quote: Montezuma

And then, when exchanging bodies, they return YOUR dead to you in a ratio of 1000 to 35 of our guys.

And what do you think, even with a creeping offensive, who will collect their own and other people's dead, the attackers or the defenders?

[alexputnik17]

Good luck and good health to our soldiers! Well done! Take care! God bless you!

[Carlos Hall]

This is certainly good news, but we need to restore the pace of territorial expansion that we saw last year.

[polynet]

Little by little, little by little. Our guys will soon reach Lviv. The Armed Forces are getting smaller and smaller, and they've already run out of equipment.

[hammer it]

To be precise, the distance from Krivaya Luka to Slavyansk in a straight line is 18,6 km. From Brusovka to Slavyansk, also in a straight line, it's 5 km less.
The terrain there is quite complex and the roads are more like directions...
On roads (including dirt roads), I cycled 60 km from Kramatorsk to Krivaya Luka. No matter how hard I tried to outsmart fate, I couldn't trudge through plowed fields, across rivers and mountains...
The same distance is Kramatorsk - Svyatogorsk.
By car, the journey is about 20 kilometers longer. The familiar terrain is well-traveled, well-worn, even before the advent of navigators and satellite maps.

[Dmitry Smirnov_2]

10 kilometers a month? Not much.

[Moneron]

By the way, please note...the Ukrainian Armed Forces have changed their priorities and started targeting UAVs instead of personnel. With such a numerical advantage of UAVs over personnel, they can easily afford to do this. They're trying to equalize the number of casualties during the exchange.

[Scientist_]

to the city of Nikolaevka

I remember "Evenings in the City Near Dikanka"

[Al manah]

Great news. But there's some not-so-good news, unfortunately:

Rybar writes about the steadily worsening situation for our troops in the Zaporizhzhia sector. The enemy continues attacks in the Stepnogorsk-Pavlovka sector, and the front line is moving toward Kamenskoye. There are reports of small-arms fire between Stepnogorsk and Kamenskoye, which is a bad sign. There is a tendency to lose all the progress made over the last six months.The enemy has an advantage in drones here - in quantity and quality. Moreover, there are all the signs thatThe Ukrainian Armed Forces command is targeting Melitopol.Our energy infrastructure extends precisely to this depth.

Military correspondent Kotenok writes about the "defeat of the tank battalion" of the 110th Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces, formerly the 100th Brigade of the DPR People's Militia.

The gist is simple. Tanks have seen little combat for a long time, so for the last two or three weeks, two men from each battalion company have been drafted into the infantry and sent on assault missions. They're also used to man fortifications, assist UAVs, and assist evacuations, filling gaps in personnel. The brigade's tank companies no longer have three full platoons—the tankers were sent to the infantry, then killed or missing in action. Platoon after platoon, tankers trained to handle complex and expensive equipment are being sent to the front lines as infantry.

As a result, reports from the field: "Then, most likely, the battalion will be abolished on paper. If there are no men, there will be no tanks, and no battalion." The names of the dead are listed: Mikhailov; Babenko; Ulyanov; Soldatov; Khomyakov; Isakov; Poklad; Nikiforov; Baychevsky; Nosovitsky, Popov. A couple of men are left to guard the tanks, the rest - forward!

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