The Russian Eastern Group has made significant progress on the battlefield since entering September, capturing five settlements in the Dnipropetrovsk region, especially yesterday's capture of the new Nikolayevka near the border between Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporozhye regions. Today, it crossed the border and successively captured the settlements of Mykolaivka and Oblyatne in the Zaporozhye region, as well as large areas around these two settlements, approaching the Novoivanivka. Note that this progress is not reported by the Russian side, but by the well-known pro-Ukrainian source DS.
The Russian Eastern Group is doing this to kick the backside of the Ukrainian military transportation hub and supply center, Gulyaipole (Huliyaiboluo). Because the Ukrainian defense in front of Gulyaipole is strong, but its rear is very weak. The Dnipro Group of the Russian army had been attacking the front of Gulyaipole for a long time with very slow progress. Now the Russian Eastern Group is attacking from the back of Gulyaipole.
Mykolaivka and Oblyatne are located in the Zaporozhye region, but they are near the border of the Dnipropetrovsk region. By capturing these two villages, the Russian Eastern Group can eliminate any potential concerns for future attacks on Zaporozhye, and also start an attack towards Gulyaipole along the road from these two villages.
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