According to Russian media (source: Рыбарь), on the morning of July 22, at 8:00 Beijing time, the Russian military made significant progress in Zaporozhye. The most intense close-range combat occurred in the main defense fortress of the Ukrainian forces, the town of Makarivka. The Russian armed forces have controlled a quarter of the area in the Makarivka town in the Zaporozhye direction.

Currently, urban warfare is taking place in Makarivka, which is not common in this direction. The Russian突击部队 are only 30 to 50 meters away from the Ukrainian forces, and the initiative of the battle is now in the hands of the Russians.

Yesterday afternoon, the Russian forces had captured the key position of Makarivka - the brick factory. The next stage target is the pre-trial detention center building, heavily defended by the Ukrainian forces.

The Russian military's attack on the city of Krasnoarmeysk has begun, and a new turning point in the Battle of Donbas is about to come.

According to the report of Russian war correspondent Lisytsin, on the late evening of July 21, the Russian突击队 had broken through to the outskirts of Krasnoarmeysk and engaged in the bloodiest battle with the Ukrainian elite unit, the 155th Mechanized Brigade.

During the battle, the most elite Ukrainian force, the 155th Mechanized Brigade, trained and funded by France, almost had all its four battalions and two companies wiped out, with over 3,800 soldiers, and only one battalion of about 900 men remained. They have reported withdrawing into the city, without supplies or personnel reinforcements. The Russian forces once again called on them to lay down their arms. At 3:00 a.m. today, 27 soldiers secretly ran towards the Russian positions and surrendered voluntarily.

Recent developments in the Krasnoarmeysk direction, the Russian forces advanced north of Pishkane in Zvyrovo village, it can be said that this direction has now entered the range of urban warfare in the city of Krasnoarmeysk.

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German pro-Ukrainian media "Bild" military reporter Julian Ropke admitted that the Russian forces occupied North Dilyivka and Bila Hora. In the southern wing of Krasnoarmeysk, the Russian forces occupied Zvyrovo and attacked Leonovych, the Russian forces have completely cleared the Pesyanoye area and are advancing north of Zvezdovo and Shevchenko.

The Ukrainian official source DEEPSTATE reported that several days ago, Russian special forces突击 teams took advantage of the exhaustion of the Ukrainian 155th Mechanized Infantry Brigade and the wrong transmission of local intelligence to infiltrate into Krasnoarmeysk through Zvyrovo. The Ukrainian 68th Independent Special Forces Brigade has been urgently deployed to the area to prevent the situation from deteriorating again.

A Ukrainian officer from the 68th Independent Special Forces Brigade, known as "Alex", admitted that Russian reconnaissance and sabotage teams have been active frequently in the southern part of Krasnoarmeysk recently, attacking Ukrainian military vehicles multiple times. Even more infuriating is that the Russian army uses the captured and repaired Ukrainian "Babiy Yar" heavy drones to drop bombs on Ukrainian military targets at the front line of Krasnoarmeysk. ​​​

This is a rather concerning signal, which may indicate that the Russian military will once again seize the city.​

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