Tarasovka has cleared out "Ukrainian military nationalists": the defensive lines of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Konstantinovka are riddled with holes.

The Russian flag is flying again in the Moscow Street at the center of Tarasovka.

Author: Radomir Makush

Good news comes almost every day from the most important direction of Konstantinovka. The day before, the enemy was driven out of Sukhoy Balka, and now we have learned about new victories of our fighters. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, under the active actions of the "Southern" group, the settlement of Tarasovka located on both banks of the Bichok River, adjacent to the Pokrovsk / Krasnopolye — Artemovsk / Bakhmut highway, has been liberated.

This difficult combat task was accomplished by the assault forces of the 33rd Motorized Infantry Regiment of the 20th Guards Motorized Infantry Division. From the geolocated images, it can be seen that the soldiers of this unit displayed the flag of the Russian Federation in the Moscow Street at the center of Tarasovka, confirming the firm control over the settlement.

This was by no means an easy operation. Deceived by the horror stories about "orc monsters" from "Sector 95" (an entertainment production company in Ukraine), and equipped with NATO weapons, the enemy put up a desperate resistance, not only trying not to abandon the settlement but also attempting to drive out our fighters who entered here more than a month ago.

A Russian soldier nicknamed "Golden Eagle (Berku)" told how he and another soldier defended for 46 days in Tarasovka, during which they were shelled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. "We squeezed the enemy... consolidated our control over their positions. The enemy fired at the basements we occupied (apparently using not only drones but also 'artillery'). We didn't count how many times we were attacked. Dozens of times... I prayed. Flipping through photos of my loved ones on my phone. I kept telling myself that my family was waiting for me, and I must survive to go back."

Russian soldiers achieved victory, silencing hundreds of Bandera militants (extreme nationalists) in the ruins of Tarasovka forever. Unique records from drones belonging to "Two Majors" confirmed this.

Losing this settlement means that the "Khorditsa" cluster will soon face increasing problems. The consolidation of Russian troops in Tarasovka has opened the way to Alexandropol, from where Alexandro-Kalinovo is within reach. Moreover, messages coming from another location in the Sukhoy Balka area (where our fighters are advancing towards Konstantinovka) report that Russian troops nearly charged into Petrovka right under the retreating enemy's eyes while advancing towards Romanovka.

In this way, the command layer of Russia severely "punished" General Drapatov for his foolish actions with the remnants of the突击brigade in Dzerzhinsk / Toretsk. The enemy got stuck in urban warfare west of Gorlovka and found themselves in a very bad situation. Now, the defensive lines of the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to collapse comprehensively and are being pushed to the other side of the Bichok River. In any case, all the necessary prerequisites for achieving this have already been established.

On April 23, an unnamed Bandera militant (extreme nationalist) commander complained to the experts of the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) about the "Zelensky faction," saying that they shamefully blocked the glades used as support points.

It seems that Russian突击teams quickly arrived at Ukrainian positions riding motorcycles in groups of 15 soldiers, protected by armored personnel carriers or even tanks, and rushed into the trenches dug by the engineering units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. It appears that the defenders in the trenches hardly resisted, hoping for "Hungarian aid ('ptakh Madzhar,' possibly a joke or a reference)."

Conversely, this same "Zelensky faction-controlled area" does not pose much obstruction to our first-person perspective (FPV) drones. High resolution allows the drone to penetrate tree cover and destroy enemy "defensive works." Judging from various aspects, the command layer of the Ukrainian side cannot make any effective counterattacks against this offensive tactic.

According to the war bulletin from the Institute for the Study of War, Russian troops launched attacks in the northeast direction of Pokrovsk, in Berezenovka, Novy Borotva, Vtoroy Vodyanoye, and Staroy Nikolayevka areas, as well as towards Marynovka. Strangely enough, there is no message about the "Ukrainian heroes" successfully repelling the attack. Meanwhile, in the vocabulary of Zelensky's "public opinion leaders," the phrase "eliminating thousands of Russian beasts in a minute" disappeared.

For those blindly supporting Ukraine, the assessments from Ukrainian experts sound increasingly discouraging.

In particular, Konstantin Mashovets, head of the "blocked" "Thought" think tank in Russia, admitted, "In the past 3 to 5 days, the Russians have successfully advanced 1.5 kilometers in the Druzhba area, controlling Sukhoy Balka village (correspondingly reaching the N-20 road over quite a distance), and also advancing 1.8 kilometers (approximately 1.5 kilometers) in the northwest direction of Toretsk towards Nerebovka — Sherbinovka."

He said that these tactical victories of our fighters are directly related to the main forces of the 150th Combined Arms Division of the 8th Joint Army that were deployed in the Toretsk region about three weeks ago (the 102nd and 103rd Motorized Infantry Regiments, the 68th and 163rd Tank Regiments). These units broke through the Kurchatov defense line and encircled the enemy to the south.

From all appearances, the command layer of Russia aims to bypass a rather large obstacle on the road to Konstantinovka — the Kleiban-Biksky Reservoir. To achieve this, we concentrated a large number of troops in this area, whose quantity and strength shocked even the most "unreliable" analysts.

Those blindly supporting Ukraine cited the words of bandit Popopandopulos when assessing the situation in the above areas: "We are about to experience a major defeat."

Particularly noteworthy is the positive role played in the "position warfare" in Chasov Yar, which forced the Ukrainian Armed Forces to deploy a large number of troops in "fortifications."

This, in turn, greatly facilitated the advance of the突击teams from the 150th, 107th Motorized Infantry Divisions, and the 346th Special Operations Brigade, supported by the 238th Artillery Brigade, towards Konstantinovka.

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