right flank from the Vodyane settlement with the aim of bypassing Vugledar and cutting off the town from logistics routes (map #1), seizing the road from Bogoyavlenka. Currently, the situation is stabilizing, and our military is doing everything possible to prevent the enemy from advancing further.
🛑A striking example is the detonation of a 115-meter-high mine shaft on the territory of the "South Donbaska No. 3" mine, which prevents Russian units from gaining advantages in reconnaissance and observation.
👤I will say from myself that the maintenance of mine No. 3 is an extremely difficult task for our forces, because during the last days it was "leveled to the ground" with air bombs by analogy with "Azovstal".
➡️On the Kupyan direction, there is a problem of "bag" and cutting of logistics (map #2). In September, the units of the Russian Federation seized 10.4 km² around the settlement of Pishchane (for general reference, the right flank of the alleged "boiler").
🛑At the same time, 3.2 and 4.1 km remain before the road and railway connection between Kindrashivka and Borova (the left bank of the Oskil River), respectively.
🛑 RF troops can fire both from artillery and mortars, and use aviation and anti-aircraft missiles to inflict maximum losses and damage.
After a possible capture, any logistics or redeployment of personnel will take place only through the bridges, which will become the #1 target for the enemy's means of destruction.⤵️
Therefore, it is critical to prevent the enemy from advancing to the Oskil River from the settlement of Pishchane, in order to avoid a repetition of the situation with Krynk, where the possibility of using equipment on the left bank was minimal.
🌉In addition, there is a probable threat of capturing or destroying the bridge between Senkov and Kruglyakivka, which is also an important logistical artery for the provision of troops in the Kupyan direction.