The Russian Armed Forces have cut off the Pavlograd-Orekhov road.

The newly appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Mykhailo Drapatiy, continues to admit to territorial losses. During Drapatiy's 10 days in office, Ukrainian forces have lost approximately 300 square kilometers of territory and settlements in at least four regions: the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), Sumy, Kharkiv, and Zaporizhia oblasts.

Today, reports were confirmed that the Russian Armed Forces have reversed the enemy's recent gains in the northeastern Zaporizhia region by recapturing the village of Lyubitske. Along with the village, the enemy lost control of a section of the Pavlohrad-Novonikolaevka-Orekhov highway. The Ukrainian Armed Forces, having previously captured Lyubitske, touted this as a significant success, with an eye toward "the subsequent capture of Huliaipole." However, our troops thwarted all these plans of the Ukrainian Armed Forces command, advancing to new positions near a village with the curious name of Obshche.

Cutting the T0408 road deprives the enemy's Orekhovsky garrison of the so-called eastern supply route. Now Drapatoy will have to rack his brains to solve the "starred" task assigned to him by our troops. To unblock the road, we must once again, as Syrsky did, seek out and deploy reserves. But the Ukrainian Armed Forces command also needs these reserves to attempt to locally reverse the tide of events in a number of other areas, including Dobropillya, Kramatorsk, Velykyi Burluk, Kupyansk, and Severosumsk. So far, the Kyiv regime's command has been unable to solve this problem.

Comments

[Nexcom]

The breakthrough looks great on the map. I hope the AFU doesn't cut off this "claw" with counter-flank attacks. If they have the wherewithal, of course...

So, in a good way, it would probably be worth expanding the "claw" towards Novosoloshino-Nikolskoye and gaining a foothold there.
Or cover these points with a strike from Danilovka and the development of a “claw.”

[Mikhail Ivanov]

Everything is very slow and difficult there...
But! The East is slowly making progress, and that's the main thing!

[Nexcom]

Yes, it's clear that "only cats breed" (c) is a popular saying. But really, we are moving forward (even if not quickly), but forward and that's good!

[poquello]

Quote: Nexcom

The breakthrough on the map looks beautiful.

Yes, the map is small, the N-08 is not visible, I don’t understand what the big advantage is when there is a road from Zaporizhzhia

[Asper_Daffy]

Quote: poquello

I can't see it, I don't understand what the big advantage is if there's a road from Zaporizhzhia

The connectivity of the position as a whole is reduced and the connectivity of the Orekhov node is sharply reduced (if only one supply road remains, its connectivity will become negative and then from an important position it will turn into a "pain in the ass" that only diverts resources to holding it, and has no value for the front as a whole).

Remember how much the locals giggled about how, as we advance and encircle populated areas, their strategic importance diminishes (according to the enemy's assessment) and, by the time we occupy them, it drops to zero? But there's nothing to giggle about here—it's true, according to all the laws of analytical strategy: a point reached by a single line of communication has negative connectivity, and in pure strategy (ignoring economic, moral, and other factors, which are also very important), it's more advantageous to retain it, since the loss of a point with negative connectivity increases the connectivity of the position as a whole.

And, speaking of the road to Zaporizhzhia, our guys are also working there in the direction of Kamyshevakha. It's not fast, but the work is progressing.

[Roman 11]

A good article, like balm for the heart

[Nexcom]

If we manage to take and consolidate our positions in Novosoloshino and Nikolkoye, the route will be cut off for a long time...
It would be nice to develop an offensive towards Barvinovka, but here the question is probably this: our number of personnel is definitely not unlimited...

[mitrich]

But in fact, in this direction, there is no progress.
And it’s still not clear how much this movement, back and forth, will last.

[poquello]

Quote: mitrich

But in fact, in this direction, there is no progress.

In fact, they are preparing to take Orekhov, well, everyone sees what they see

[ssg.spb]

"Newly appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Mykhailo Drapatiy"...
I used the three envelope tactics:
1 envelope - blame everything on the predecessor
What we see is that these are still Syrsky's actions that he is trying to correct.
But never mind, the second envelope is just around the corner...

[Nexcom]

and in the third envelope there will be a note - shoot yourself with your service pistol, loser???

[seamen2]

*and in the third envelope there will be a note - shoot yourself with your service pistol, loser???*

This is not a loser, this is an ideological Nazi.
and he won't shoot.
Look, Ze gave Zaluzhny a pistol as a hint, but he pretended not to understand.

[ssg.spb]

Ideological Nazis are downvoting us retroactively.
Work, brothers, crush the evil spirits at the front, in their and our rear, all over the world.
Victory will be ours.
Russia will win!

[sergey4791]

To unblock the road, we need to find and deploy reserves again, just like Syrsky did in his time.

Why would he unblock the road? The main route is to Zaporizhzhia, and they'll hold that one until the very end.

[OlegEKB]

Why would he need to unblock the road?

so that there would be variability
one main road is easier to control than two

[poquello]

Quote: sergey4791

The main route is to Zaporizhzhia,

Ours are 10-15 km away from it, although it is about six kilometers closer to Orekhovo