by Voenkor Marat Khairullin at A Son of the New American Revolution
At the end of last week, it seemed that there was a certain calm at the front – the Ukrainians, at the cost of huge losses, managed, if not to stop, then to significantly slow down the advance of our troops at the line from Kupyansk to Kremennaya. And that’s not all. At these very hours the Russian 47th Tank Division, with the support of units of the 74th Guards Brigade and attack aircraft of the 23rd Airborne Regiment, are seriously shaking the Ukrainian defense near Makeyevka.
Located on the border of the Lugansk region, a small village was turned by Ukrainians into a serious fortified area, controlling an important crossroads. First, one of the two roads to the Oskol reservoir and the crossing goes through Makeyevka.
Let me remind you that the second important road for this section of the front goes through Raigorodok to Pervomaiskoye. Russian forces took up their starting positions there a few weeks ago.
The second road at the crossroads near Makeevka is a small but important road (the road that runs along the front line) going to Yampolovka, where Russian troops entrenched themselves a few weeks ago.
Russian paratroopers and infantrymen now are taking up positions on the outskirts of Makeyevka, advancing from two sides at once – from the north and south.
The Ukrainians, according to various sources, have already begun a hasty retreat beyond the Zherebets River, which flows through this village.
But the main event of the week is not this movement of Russian troops.
Forcing the retreat of Ukrainian soldiers beyond the river…
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