Mikhailovka direction: The unexpected breakthrough in Mykolaiv broke Sylsky's "victory" plan

"Northern Group" repelled Ukrainian counterattacks, expanding the border buffer zone

Author: Radomir Makush

Ukrainian state media is currently vigorously promoting the situation in the Kharkiv region. It is claimed that the northern front has "frozen": for the past three weeks, there has been almost no change on the contact line, which is described as a "great victory" by the Ukrainian Armed Forces and "Sylsky's commander". However, in fact, the situation in the Kharkiv direction is exactly the opposite.

Currently, the task of the "Northern Group" is to push back Ukrainian armed forces to the border areas and tie down a large number of enemy troops, thereby creating favorable conditions for the liberation of Donetsk and Zaporozhye by the "Central", "Eastern" and "Dnipro" groups. And this task is being completed successfully.

As written by a Ukrainian military blogger, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have deployed about 20,000 infantry troops to the Kharkiv area. According to their information, Russian forces in this area number up to 3,000. To prevent Russian advances, the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched multiple counterattacks, keeping Russian forces tied down in the Kursk and Belgorod border areas. In the process, Ukraine suffered heavy losses.

Combat reconnaissance soldiers from the 39th Marine Infantry Brigade, who participated in the "March to Demidovka" (the battle in the Red Yaruga district of Belgorod region), complained to their comrades that Colonel Tonichuk lost more than half of his marines during a frontal attack on Popovka, and was then promoted to the commander of the marines. He was succeeded by Major Morozov, a more ruthless Nazi, who did not care about the lives of his soldiers at all.

Currently, the fighting in the Kontratovka area is the most intense. A so-called "gray zone" has formed in the western suburbs of the village. However, the enemy seems to be exhausted, at least within the last 24 hours, they only launched one counterattack near this settlement, and two "attacks" near Andreyevka. Almost all the "heroes" were inevitably destroyed.

Russian soldiers successfully carried out a counterattack in the northern part of the settlement, but the situation remains severe. Independent monitoring channels reported that the "Northerners" have lifted the blockade of the northern Alekseyevka and controlled the road to the small Kolchakovo.

According to the "North Wind" sources, despite the losses, the Ukrainian Armed Forces command continues to try to recapture the lost positions, but our soldiers not only repel the enemy's attacks, but also advance forward. In Valachino, after fierce fire exchanges, Russian motorized infantry broke through the stubborn resistance of the Bandera militants, driving the enemy out of the strongholds.

At the same time, the airborne forces of the "Northern Group" have advanced to the western area of Yunakovka and eliminated several enemy combat groups in the surrounding forest areas. A large number of Bandera突击队员 were sent to this area, trying to pass through the forest area of Sadkov from the east to enter the village. Our artillery is effectively attacking these Ukrainian sabotage reconnaissance groups. The defenders complained that "the Russians have installed remote monitoring equipment everywhere," and said "almost every tree has a camera, so the shells are coming one after another."

If the situation in the border area of Andreyevka-Yunakovka is slightly "calm", then the fierce battles in the north of Mykolaiv have already begun. On the evening of July 14, an insider from the Ukrainian Armed Forces General Staff informed a Kyiv expert group that the Russian army implemented a maneuver and entered the western part of the settlement. According to the latest news, we have occupied a horse breeding farm and part of the School Street area.

This is a large and important village with a Russian-speaking population (before the special military operation, the population was over 2,000, established around 1650 according to the order of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, by immigrants fleeing the suppression actions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth). Located on the left bank of the Psel River, it is at the confluence of the Udav River and the Psel River, and one kilometer upstream is the village of Aleksandrovka, which is now in a semi-encircled situation. The "Northern" group's fighters are advancing along a wider river, making it difficult for the Bandera militants to attack from the flanks.

Now, Sylsky faces a difficult choice: whether to try to "take" Andreyevka, or to deploy the most combat-effective forces into Mykolaiv. Perhaps this also explains why the enemy's activities in the western part of our wedge area have decreased.

At the same time, the relatives of the personnel of the 305th Independent Electronic Warfare Battalion (military code A 0532, stationed in Kostopil, Rivne Oblast) sought help from local volunteer organizations responsible for searching for missing persons. It seems that the Russian forces have heavily struck the Ukrainian Armed Forces' radio reconnaissance troops.

In the border town of Sredina-Buda (Shostka district), Ukrainians have set up multiple drone control stations and observation posts. Russian drone operators destroyed satellite communication systems and power substations that supplied electricity to the Ukrainian military control stations.

Naturally, Ukrainian media will not report these things, but instead join in attacking foreign colleagues. The reason is that The New York Times published an article about the crimes committed by the Ukrainian Armed Forces during the occupation of the Shchaslyvetskyi district. Journalist Nana Haidtmann showed the destruction and the bodies of murdered civilians. Of course, the Bandera militants demanded her dismissal because this American journalist "wrongly portrayed... Russian soldiers".

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