Ukrainians routed in Donbass
Russians write epilogue in Donbass: 3 Ukrainian Brigades routed – Russian Army enters Bakhmut & enters central Avdiika!
By Vassilis Kapoulas
The Russians write the epilogue of the Ukrainians in Donbas: after a night of hell for the Ukrainian Army, the Russian forces entered Bakhmut (Artemovsk). What has happened in the last 72 hours in Donbas is unprecedented. Ukrainian defenses have been literally swept away. Three Brigades have been knocked out.
The defense arrangement on the line Bakhmut-Soledar-Avdiivka-Krasnogorovka-Maryinka, where one of the largest groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine had gathered in Donbas, completely collapsed.
Now the Russian forces are fighting inside the city of Bakhmut, specifically on Patrice Lumumba Street. Fierce street battles are taking place in the area.
The “Musicians” of PMC Wagner are credited with the great success for the Russians. Their forces advanced from the village of Pokrovskoye to the eastern suburbs of the city.
The special forces of Russia together with the mercenaries of PMC Wagner have won all the critical battles for the Russian Army. The same forces captured Popasnaya, Uglegorsk and other areas.
Russian Army enters Avdiika
But the surprise from the Russians comes not only from the direction of Bakhmut (Artemovsk) but also from Avdiivka.
WarNews247 was the first to report yesterday that the Russians had stepped into the city’s suburbs for the first time since 2014-2015. A few hours later, the Ukrainian forces began to withdraw from the city!
The Russians launched a strong ground attack with air and artillery cover. The Ukrainians could not stand it.
And they couldn’t stand where? In the best fortified line, a literally impregnable fortress that they had been building for 8 whole years.
Early yesterday Ukrainian forces acknowledged the loss of the Butovka mine as well as defensive positions in Avdiika in the direction of Artemovsk.
The Ukrainians admitted that they completely lost the Semigorye region while also losing the Kodema region. Initially even the Russians themselves could not believe that they captured Kodema so easily but it seems that the Ukrainians are in a tragic situation.
Later they also lost the Travnevoe region. See these three areas on the map at the end of the text. Kodema, Semigorye and Travnevoe.
This loss was critical as this area was part of the Kodema-Zaitsevo defensive line covering Bakhmut (Artemovsk) from the southeast.
The Ukrainians were forced to abandon their defense lines and retreat to Bakhmut (Artyomovsk).
According to reports, Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of Ukraine Oleksiy Gromov and Ukrainian General of the Army Zaluzhny informed Zelensky that Ukrainian troops should be withdrawn from Avdiivka as well.
The battle for Bakhmut (Artyomovsk) has begun
The Russians have officially announced that the battle for Bakhmut (Artyomovsk) has begun.
Russian paratroopers together with forces of PMC Wagner dismantle the fortifications of Ukrainian forces in the area of Bakhmut.
“ Battles are taking place on the outskirts and along the M-03 highway.
The PMC “Wagner” forces, supported by the artillery of the Armed Forces of Russia, broke through the Ukrainian defense arrangement and were able to enter Artemovsk. Now the battles are being fought on Patrice Lumumba Street,”
The 14th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which is in the defense of the city, is suffering heavy losses,” Russian military sources say.
Meanwhile, footage from the damaged Ukrainian checkpoint near Artemovsk is released: the video shows the result of shelling by Russian and Allied Forces artillery at the Ukrainian Armed Forces checkpoint at the exit from Artemovsk to Seversk.
In recent weeks, the Ukrainian administration has been amassing reserves and military equipment in Bakhmut. Experts predict that the fighting for this city will be fierce, as the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been preparing for urban battles for several weeks.
The Ukrainian army is collapsing, 3 brigades were disbanded
Three Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Soledar, Artemovsk and Avdiivka regions were disbanded as a result of the aggressive actions of the Russian troops and the people’s militias of Donetsk and Luhansk.
In the areas of Soledar, Artemovsk and Avdeevka settlements of the Donetsk People’s Republic, units of the 54th mechanized, 56th and 58th mechanized infantry brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, having lost their combat capability due to heavy losses, abandoned their positions,” the Russian said. Ministry of Defense.
This information is also indirectly confirmed by the Ukrainians as Oleksiy Gromov, Deputy Chief of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, admitted that the Armed Forces of Ukraine had retreated from their fortified positions in the Avdiivka region.
According to Gromov, Ukrainian troops are retreating in the direction, including Bakhmut (Artemovsk
In addition, the Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine admitted that the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost control of the fortified area near the Butovka mine.
Avdiivka was defended by the men of the 58th Infantry Brigade who abandoned their positions.
It is understood what is coming to the area. The Russians are coming to town…
Peski under full Russian control
The other Ukrainian stronghold at Peski has come under full Russian control. Earlier this week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the pressure on the Ukrainian armed forces in the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine as “hell”, citing heavy fighting around the town of Avdiivka and the fortified village of Pesky. .
Over the past eight years, Ukraine has fortified Pesky, as it was the border of the buffer zone against the Russian-speaking forces that controlled the city of Donnetsk, about 10 km to the southeast.
The 100th Donetsk Brigade continues to clear Ukrainian forces and the remaining fortified areas.
Donetsk sources said that “as a result of offensive actions carried out after strong and multi-day artillery preparation, Peski was liberated. Our troops had taken control of about half of Peski’s territory. The Ukrainians left. Today, the village to the west of Donetsk has come fully under the control of the troops of the Russian Federation and Donetsk.”
The Russians have also captured the settlement of Sands, an important link in the fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Peski’s control allows the offensive to develop towards the lands adjacent to Avdiivka.
See on the map where Kodema and Travneve are located
Multiplying fronts: Russians bombed US forces in Syria – Iranian Shia sympathizers seize Azeri embassy: Tanks on the border
Pogrom against Iranian clerics by Aliyev
Fronts are multiplying on the planet as there has been a significant deterioration in Iran-Azerbaijan relations. Azerbaijani embassy in London attacked / invaded by pro-Iranian Shiites.
The reason is the ongoing repression/pogrom against Iranian clerics in Azerbaijan. At the same time, there are demonstrations against the Aliyev regime in Lankaran, in southern Azerbaijan, which is mainly inhabited by Talish.
According to local residents, religious terror has begun in Azerbaijan. Across the country, supporters of the Aliyev regime are removing the flags of Imams from Mosques and hanging the flags of Azerbaijan and Turkey.
The deterioration of relations between Azerbaijan and Iran is noted not only against the background of the Iranian attack on the Azerbaijani embassy in London, but also because of the attack of the Azerbaijani army on Karabakh.
To date, Iran actively supports Armenia and the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and is likely to provide assistance to both states in the event of a real threat from Baku.
It is very possible that Moscow itself, for reasons you will read below, has given the “green light” to Iran to proceed with the Azeris…
Shiite sympathizers occupied the Embassy of Azerbaijan in London
The Azerbaijani Embassy in London became the target of an attack by an extremist religious group.
In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan said that a group of people broke into the Embassy building in London, carried out vandalism, hung flags of religious symbolism on the balcony and shouted extremist slogans.
With the intervention of the police, the members of the group were brought in, while no one was injured by the embassy workers.
Azerbaijan’s foreign ministry issued an urgent statement condemning the seizure of the diplomatic mission.
“The seizure of the embassy and the threat to the diplomats of Azerbaijan are a flagrant violation of the Vienna Convention,” the statement said.
The same statement also states that a notification regarding the security of diplomats and diplomatic buildings, in accordance with the Vienna Convention, has been brought to the attention of the UK authorities through the diplomatic channel.
Meanwhile Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu called his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bairamov to express his sympathy for the attack on the Azerbaijani Embassy in London.
A written statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that Minister Cavusoglu emphasized that Turkey is ready to provide all necessary support to the authorities of Azerbaijan.
According to reports, the Iran-backed Shia militia “Huseynyun” has claimed responsibility for the attack on the Azerbaijani embassy in London.
Members of the group refer to the Azerbaijani government’s persecution of Shia Muslims in the country.
The group said in a statement that its leader had instructed it to “take urgent action” against Azerbaijan’s president, Ilham Aliyev.
Azerbaijan’s pro-government media, citing diplomatic sources in the country, reported that “the group carried out the action “under the influence of the special services of one of the Shiite states”. photographing Iran…
At the extremes Iran and Azerbaijan with the blessings of Moscow
So far Azerbaijan has given Ukraine:
-MiG-29
fighter jets -20N5 82mm mortars
-QFAB-250 LG guided bombs
-Free gas in all emergency vehicles in Ukraine.
Azerbaijan reportedly delivered 32 LG QFAB-250 guided bombs to Ukraine.
It is a joint production of Azerbaijan and Turkey with a maximum strike range of up to 12 kilometers.
Currently, it is known that QFAB-250 LG bombs will be installed on Ukrainian Su-25 aircraft.
At the same time, the Russians discovered that Azerbaijan sent hundreds of tons of weapons and ammunition to Ukraine through a country allied with Moscow.
As part of the investigation, the Russians managed to discover that Azerbaijan was actively arming Ukraine with various types of weapons and ammunition. As it became known, since the end of March, Azerbaijan sent 15 aircraft with weapons and ammunition to Ukraine. In addition, there is a very high probability that missiles, bombs as well as unmanned aerial vehicles, including Bayraktar TB2, were delivered to Ukraine in this way.
As it turned out, Azerbaijan sent the cargoes to Ukraine via Sudan, where Russia intended to build a naval base. Since the end of March, Azerbaijan has sent at least 15 transports to Sudan. In addition, a similar number of flights were made from the Polish base Rzeszow to Khartoum and vice versa. Rzeszow Air Base is the main transit point for the supply of arms to Ukraine
Azerbaijan delivered three MiG-29s to the Ukrainian Air Force
At the same time, three Azerbaijani MiG-29 fighters are now in service with the Ukrainian Air Force as shown by the photos you can see at the end of the text.
As it became known, these are fighters that were previously transferred from Azerbaijan to Ukraine for comprehensive maintenance. However, as it turned out, the planes were painted in the colors of the Ukrainian Air Force and began to operate.
“At least 3 Azerbaijani MiG-29 fighters were delivered to Ukraine, repaired and painted in the colors of the Ukrainian Air Force at the state aircraft repair plant in Lviv before the start of the Russian special military operation. The hangar was attacked in February, but the planes were already operating,” authoritative sources said.
Iranian tanks on the border with Azerbaijan
Earlier, Iran deployed more than a hundred tanks on the border with Azerbaijan.
This happened in the context of Azerbaijan’s attack on the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. Iran has not yet commented on the current situation however, apparently, Tehran is ready to intervene in whatever is happening.
In the presented videos, you can see how Iran moves military equipment to the border area of Azerbaijan. Iran has reportedly transferred tanks, self-propelled artillery, MLRS systems as well as air defense systems.
According to unconfirmed information, drones are also circling the sky in the area of the Azerbaijan-Iran border. This shows that Iran is ready to strike Azerbaijan at any time in case of a threat to its territories or in case of provocations from Baku.
Russian helicopters bombed forces training at the US base in Al-Tanf
Helicopters of the Russian Aerospace Forces managed to locate and successfully destroy the base of the Liwa Shuhada El-Karyatein group, whose members were trained at American facilities in the Al-Tanf zone, in eastern Syria.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation showed on video the operation of Russian pilots in Syria. It all happened yesterday when the pilots of the Russian Aerospace Forces, during air patrols, discovered the armed fortifications of the fighters of the Liwa Shuhada El-Karyatein group in the desert.
The crew hit the positions of the fighters and killed all the soldiers hiding in the caves.
“The militants of Liwa Shuhada El-Karyatein had established hidden fortifications in the desert of the Syrian Arab Republic, from where they carried out raids and sabotage against the civilian population and infrastructure of the Syrian Arab Republic.
“This terrorist group is based in the al-Tanf zone, supplied with weapons and trained by US Army Special Operations Forces.”
The pilots of the Russian Aerospace Forces successfully destroyed all the fighters,” the statement of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reads.
Now if there was an American with them, we will probably never know. But there will be an American backlash at some point…
In the video, you can see how Russian helicopters launch missiles at the base of pro-American forces. The actions of the Russian pilots are fully coordinated with the command of the Khmeimim air base, as evidenced by the relevant discussions.
How many soldiers could be in the “Liva Shuhada El-Karyatein” military base is unknown. The creation of this group became known in 2017
