returns to the battlefield.
In the Luhansk area, there is news that the Ukrainian army has made progress northwest of Svatov and entered Kolomyichykha and Pidkuichansk.
If the situation is true, this will be a major breakthrough. After two months of hard fighting, the Ukrainian army finally opened a gap in the defense line northwest of Svatov, and is likely to take advantage of the trend to attack the city of Svatov.
In the direction of Crimena, the Ukrainian army repelled the Russian attack in Ploschanka, Chervonopopivka and Spirne. At present, the Russian army has given up its attempt to counterattack and is fully shrinking its defense.
The two Ukrainian armies on the south road continue to advance steadily and are approaching the city of Crimena. The Russian military command has withdrawn from the city of Crimena a few days ago. It is obvious that it lacks confidence in holding the city.
The Ukrainian army’s artillery fire in this direction is already stronger than its opponent. I still have high hopes that they will take Crimena within 2 or 3 days. I personally guess that the Russian army is more likely to withdraw in good faith in the near future.
The vanguard of the Ukrainian army and guerrillas have reached the rear of Crimena and captured the downed Russian military aircraft pilot near Lubirune.
There is not much time left for the Russian troops in Crimena to escape.
The Chief of Defense Intelligence of Ukraine visited Bakhmut today and went to a place 500-1000 meters away from the front line where the fighting is taking place.
Since President Zelenskiy , there is really no shortage of warriors in the Ukrainian government.
At present, the fighting in the eastern and southern suburbs of Bahmut, as well as in the southern area, is still very fierce. The Russian army recently deployed new artillery to bombard the urban area of Bahmut. shows that their desire to win the place is still very strong, but it seems that the attack is not going well. The Ukrainian drones are very active here, which may be one of the factors that inhibits the Russian offensive.
Foreign military bloggers judged that in order to avoid suffering more casualties, the Ukrainian army will abandon Bakhmut and establish a new Chasiv Yar (purple circle) - Suledar (pink circle) - Seversk (green circle) defense line in Chasiv Yar behind it.
However, ISW's analysis is the opposite. They believe that Wagner's attack on Bachmut is nearing completion because they lack ammunition and air superiority.
In any case, the Ukrainian army successfully held back and consumed a large number of Wagner and Russian troops in Bakhmut for more than half a year. It has overfulfilled the task. Even if it retreats, it is acceptable. Of course, I personally do not believe that they will really withdraw.
in Kherson , The Ukrainian army shelled a gathering point of Russian troops yesterday, killing and wounding more than 100 Russian troops.
At present, there is no possibility that the Ukrainian army will launch a large-scale attack in the short term.
The Ukrainian security department said that the Russian army has assembled 12,000 troops in Belarus. The Ukrainian army had to mobilize mobile troops to defend the capital, although the opponent may just be bluffing to contain the Ukrainian army's strength.
But it doesn’t actually matter. The Ukrainian army can continue to follow the numbers and carry out precise attacks on the Russian army’s logistics bases, headquarters, and transportation thoroughfares in an orderly manner, and continue to weaken the opponent before the major counterattack arrives. By then, it will be easier to reap victory.
Let’s take a look at international aid:
The United States announced that it will provide Ukraine with a new Haimas fire control system;
Italy will provide Ukraine with an additional military assistance worth a total of 10 million euros, which may include S AMP/T air defense system;
Finland is discussing independently assisting Ukraine with two Leopard 2 tanks ;
The French Defense Minister said in Kiev that he would consider Ukraine's next need for military assistance.
NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg recently publicly stated that since the end of the Cold War , the West has been trying to build bridges with Russia, but any trust built in recent years has been hampered by Russian invasion. Ukraine was devastated, he said:
"After the end of the Cold War, we established institutions such as the NATO-Russia Council, and when I was Prime Minister of Norway, I remember President Putin President Putin attended the NATO summit... That was a period when we were working hard to improve relations. Now, Russia has distanced itself from all that. ".
Stoltenberg believes that Russia’s actions in Ukraine have destroyed the level of trust established between Western countries and Russia in recent decades.
Prior to this, in November, Stoltenberg spoke at the plenary session on the third day of the 68th annual parliamentary session in Madrid, Spain, saying:
"Even if the fighting is over, we will not resume some normal, friendly relations with Russia. Trust has been destroyed." ";
"They (Russia) can do what many other European countries have done since the end of World War II, choose peace, choose cooperation, and choose to trust their neighbors, instead of being aggressive and threatening their neighbors like Russia has done time and time again, like Georgia, , and Ukraine. "
Stoltenberg's words not only illustrate the long-term consequences of this war - Russia will be isolated for a long time, but also explain why the United States and Europe will support Ukraine to the end. They have already made full preparations for this .
For a long time, experts in Jianzhong.com have been worried about Europe's energy issues. They believe that without Russian natural gas, Europeans will freeze to death, so they will definitely make the Czar bow his head and abandon the poor Ukrainians.
But the fact is that natural gas prices in Europe have fallen below pre-war levels.
In addition, according to the latest news, Russian Ural oil is about to fall below 50 US dollars, which is a full 10 US dollars per barrel lower than the oil price limit order, while Germany announced that it will cut off the Russian oil pipeline from January next year.
So, if you really think that the United States and the West will be helpless once Russia uses its "energy weapons", you are underestimating these old capitalist countries. . .
Let’s take the last picture, everything is self-explanatory.
