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12 May: Ukrainians CRUSHED RUSSIAN FLANKS | War in Ukraine Explained
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May 12, 2023 10:00 p.m. EDT
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I am Ukrainian. My country has been invaded by Russia. In this video I will tell you what happened on the four hundred and forty third day of the war.
Day 443: May 12
Today there is a lot of good news from the Bakhmut direction. Here, Ukrainians leveraged their newly gained territories on Bakhmut’s northern flank and increased the scale of the operation even more.
After Ukrainians saw how Russian troops from the 9th Motorized Rifle Brigade started to abandon their positions, it was decided to maintain the momentum and push along the lake. Due to the problems with communication, some Russian detachments did not understand what was going on and still defended their trenches in front of the Khromove road, even though they were already virtually surrounded.
Ukrainians reinforced this region with mortar crews and unleashed devastating fire on the remaining Russian troops. Due to the density of the coverage of these isolated strong points, Russian soldiers were quickly eliminated, and the Khromove road was completely unblocked.
After a quick regrouping, Ukrainians opened two lines of attack: north of the lake and south of the lake. When it comes to the northern attack, Ukrainians rolled out their tank and undermined Russian defense with rapid fire, while an armored fighting vehicle brought the Ukrainian assault unit closer to the enemy positions. As a result, Russian troops were eliminated, and the positions became under Ukrainian control.
When it comes to the southern attack, Ukrainians almost reach the settlement of Berkhivka with little resistance. Several hours later, Russian forces attempted to make a counterattack and used 2 trucks to deliver several assault units to the tree line. However, Ukrainians immediately responded with artillery fire, and Russian soldiers ran away before the Ukrainians even managed to correct their fire, so they didn’t incur any losses.
Later, the Russian Ministry of Defense published a situational report and claimed that during the previous day, Ukrainians conducted 25 attacks in the Bakhmut direction, engaging up to 3 battalions. They claimed that all attacks were repelled, however, Russian forces still conducted a tactical retreat to better positions.
In the evening, the Head of the Wagner Group, Prigozhin, said that the Russian Ministry of Defense lied, and in reality, Ukrainians penetrated Russian defenses by multiple kilometers because their troops abandoned their positions, and that Ukrainians not only completely unblocked the main supply line, but also established control over the tactical heights. If we look at the topographic map, we can see that this is true, and now Ukrainians control positions that are more than 50 meters higher than Russian positions in Berkhivka and Bakhmut. And since attacking the lowlands is much easier, Ukrainians threaten to cut Bakhmut from the north in the near future. Prigozhin also reported that his forces advanced by around 100 meters in their area of responsibility.
Ukrainian Spokesman for the Eastern Group of Forces reported that over the last 3 days of active counterattacks, Ukrainians had freed 17.3 square kilometers of the ground, excluding today’s significant advances.
Several hours ago, a fighter from the famous 93rd Mechanized Brigade reported that one of their Rifle Battalions had reinforced the Khromove region, which clearly indicates further development of the counter-encirclement operation. The ability to quickly maneuver between the flanks and change the location of the next big counterattack once again paid off and allowed Ukrainians to regain the initiative and improve their tactical position significantly.
Ukrainian soldiers can liberate Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk regions. We know what it takes - Zaluzhny
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Valery, Zaluzhny
12.05.23 23:38
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According to the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny, this must be done for Ukrainian children from the occupied territories.
Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny in an interview with Dmitry Komarov, which was broadcast on May 12 by 1+1, assured that Ukrainian soldiers can liberate the occupied territories of Ukraine and know what is needed for this, the censor reports.
When asked how to force the enemy to leave, Zaluzhny replied::
“To do this, there are commanders who must think and make the right decisions. For this purpose, conditions must be created, ammunition, equipment, and weapons must be provided. There must be many other circumstances to do this, but all this can be done. All this is described in many textbooks. Of course, each case has its own variation of certain actions. And I can assure you that it is the Ukrainian soldiers who are the people who can do this. They can. The only question is what they need to do it in order to do it faster. We know what it takes. We know what is needed to liberate Crimea, what is needed to liberate the Donetsk region, the Luhansk region, but this is a very, very large amount of work that will not be done quickly.”
In response to a clarifying question about whether the Ukrainian military really knows what to do and is doing their job, thanks to which the Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk regions will return to Ukraine’s control, the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said: “of course, absolutely.”
He added that this must be done for Ukrainian children from the occupied territories.