Monday 30 January 2023

Nine villages in Zaporozhye region taken under control of Russian forces

Nine villages in Zaporozhye region taken under control of Russian forces

Nine villages in Zaporozhye region taken under control of Russian forces




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Nine villages have been taken under the control of Russian forces in course of an offensive in the Zaporozhye region, Vladimir Rogov, leader of the We Are Together with Russia movement, said on Sunday.







"Our troops are holding the initiative along the combat engagement line in the Zaporozhye region. The enemy has been driven out of nine villages in exploratory attacks and these villages have been taken under control. These are quite big successes," he said in an interview with the Voskresny Vecher (Sunday Evening) with Vladimir Solovyov program on the Rossiya-1 television channel.


Fighting in the Zaporozhye region intensified dramatically on January 20 when four Orekhovo neighborhoods were taken under control by Russian forces. On the same day, the Russian defense ministry reported the liberation of the settlement of Lobkovoye in the Zaporozhye region. It was reported later that Russian forces had advanced toward the city of Gulyaipole and taken under control several Ukrainian army’s strongholds.



Russian MoD briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:



Russian troops took up positions along advantageous lines and frontiers in the Donetsk direction, killing up to 90 Ukrainian soldiers;


Russian forces continued their successful offensive in the South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, defeating the enemy in the Zaporozhye region's areas of Ugledar, Prechistovka, Shevchenko and Dorozhnyanky;







The total losses of the enemy per day in the South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions amounted to 100 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded;


The enemy's losses in Krasny Liman direction amounted to 110 military personnel; two US-made M777 artillery systems, and two US-made Paladin self-propelled artillery mounts



Special operation, January 29th. The main thing:



▪️The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that in the Donetsk direction, during the offensive operations, units of the "Southern" group of troops took more advantageous lines and positions, the enemy's losses amounted to 90 military


In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, units of the Vostok group of troops continued offensive operations, defeated the enemy in the areas of Vuhledar, Prechistovka, Shevchenko and Dorozhnyanka, Zaporozhye region







▪️ In the Krasnolimansky direction, the enemy's losses amounted to 110 military, two US-made M777 artillery systems, two US-made Paladin self-propelled artillery mounts were destroyed


The head of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense admitted that the military situation for Kyiv in the east is “difficult”, and the tanks promised by the West will be ready for use only by March


▪️ British military fears that Challenger 2 tanks will fall into the hands of the Russians, it would be a "nightmare", writes the Sun


▪️ Ukrainian crews arrived in Britain to train on Challenger 2 tanks, the Ministry of Defense of the Kingdom announced


▪️ A group of Pentagon representatives is conducting a secret campaign within the department in order to persuade the leadership to supply Ukraine with F-16 fighters, writes Politico








▪️ Yevgeny Prigozhin said that units of the Wagner group took control of the village of Blagodatnoye in the DPR


▪️ The Russian Foreign Ministry commented on the shelling of hospitals in Novoaidar and Novaya Kakhovka by Ukrainian military: the lack of reaction from the West confirms its direct involvement in the conflict


▪️ Ukrainian troops attacked a road bridge across the Molochnaya River in the Melitopol region from HIMARS, according to preliminary data, 4 people were killed, 5 were injured, Rogov said


▪️ Prigozhin said that bodies were found in Artemovsk, presumably mercenaries with cut off wrists, abandoned by the Ukrainian military during the retreat.


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