That was a massive dose of neocon propaganda. You can just link the article instead of filling FR with such.
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Actually yesterday was a big day of russian advances.
Russian forces control at least 80% of Rubizhne,maybe all.
Russian forces claimed control of the village of Tavrijske
About 1000 Ukes are surrounded near Izyum.huge loss for uke.
Rus are close to capturing Yampil and Lyman.Ukes blew up another bridge near Lyman.
Rus advance continues in Popasna.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPlNl_1OmTU
Ukraine: military situation update with maps, April 30, 2022
War in Ukraine
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP2QApi8G2TKc8NZmeDWSUg/videos
**Shortages of fuel, most significant. Russian attacks on bridge at Bilhorod were fuel from Rumania enters, halting supplies to Ukraine. In country refineries are destroyed as will agriculture. Plentiful supplies grinding to halt. Fuel is now imported
**Ukraine Government Finance bureaucracy is extremely inept, even dangerous for the country. Natural gas production in Ukraine was essentially destroyed by government regulation. Economic tsar sets fuel prices by regulation, not by market.
Fuel companies must, therefore, sell below the wholesale purchase price. So those companies are shutting down, while the government propaganda portrays them as evil. This is helping to create problems for the military.
Economic tsar says, “deal with it.” He is alleged to be working for Russian Special Services (FSB) and, therefore, a spy. (With his policies, he may as well be.) Apparently is good supporting evidence.
The Economic tsar was an aide to a Russian General who came to Ukraine and got elected to Parliament. Some how the Russians got a list of all the people who served or were serving in the UA.
When these people were found by the Russians, they executed them. These are the sorts of internal problems that are badly hurting Ukraine and could cause the war to last long and have a bad outcome.
Summary:
Key areas:
- Izyum bridgehead - no expansion today.
- Russian troops are slowly mopping up corner between Oskil and Siverskiy Donets rivers controlled by Ukrainian side before.
- Zaporizhya frontline - no major attacks.
1. Kharkiv: Russian counter-attack to recapture village of Ruska Lozova.
**Irish and Finnish Volunteers to the area
**UA also captured a small village to the south of Ruska Lozova.
**Russians on strategic defense
2. Izyum bridgehead: No major Russian progress today. It is extremely dangerous penetration by Russian troops that potentially could lead to large pocket for Ukrainian troops west of Donetsk.
**Russian forces hearing that the UA is preparing late offensive to cut the Izyum bridgehead
**UA building pontoon bridges to the west of Izyum
**Russian forces are preparing stronghold to prevent UA from cutting them off.
**Russian force concentrated on roads and villages.
**Area has ridges, some forest patches and forested strips which are creating opportunities for many UA mobile groups on bikes and in buggies (always have ATMs mounted). Hide about 1-2 km from roads and hit Russians as they appear, then move away. Lines are like Swiss cheese.
**Russian counter: use 24 sfB & 3 sfB to hunt mobile groups in woods. When found, pin UA units with arty, encircle and exterminate them.
**This is one reason RGF is so slow to move forward - they are always under threat in their bivouac areas; the more the RGF expands its bridgehead, the more it has to defend from mobile unit threats. Big drain on resources now, but expansion will drain more faster - almost self-destructive.
**UA 46th airborne is holding in reserve, making another big difficulty for RGF to cut the Donbas salient. Russian does not have enough troops in the area to do that.
3. Lyman bridgehead. Russian side claims progress in mopping up this bridgehead held by Ukrainian troops. Specifically, village of Yampil, Krymky, Oleksandrivka are claimed as captured. It’s totally possible scenario, however, we don’t have any other supporting evidence of this claim so far. No major Russian advances since yesterday.
**Lyman small town - no strategic value. Just helps drain RGF. The UA 3rd company, 1st battalion, 79th brigade has been 70% destroyed with some 30% surrendering.
**Bridgehead will be lost, and the question is: will they have inflicted enough damage to make it worth the cost?
**Russians claiming that a UA group of 1000 was captured around a lake before they could launch a counter offensive. Implausible claim as is many miles through RGF held territory for supplies and reinforcements.
4. Popasna, Rubizhne and Severodonetsk. Russian troops captured majority of Rubizhne. Popasna is about 70-80% captured by Russian troops. Russian mercenaries - Wagner Group operates in Popasna, also Russian 57 brigade operates there as well.
**No changes.
5. West of Donetsk: Avidyivka and Maryinka. Avdiyivaka - never ending attempts of the Russian side to break-through there.
**No changes.
6. Vugledar is in Ukrainian hands.
**No changes.
7. Velyka Novosilka - Gulyapole stretch of frontline. Ukrainian strongholds are towns of Gulyaypole and village of Velyka Novosilka. Russian 19D is operating there. Russian troops are consolidating their gains. Also, 42D has been spotted in the area.
**No changes.
8. No new attacks on Orikhiv.
**No changes.
9. Mariupol: opportunity to do a breakout attempt by the Ukrainian forces might have been lost as density of Russian troops increased due to smaller perimeter. Based on other sources, opportunity to break out is still viable.
10. Mykolayiv: No major changes.