April 3, the Russian TG channel "Military Chronicles" reported that this morning, the Russian army reoccupied Lisyivka in the southeast of Red Army Village.
In the Komar direction of the south of the Donbas region, the 5th Independent Tank Brigade of the 36th Army of the Eastern Military District of Russia has completely occupied the village of Veseloye, defeated a Ukrainian battalion, wiped out a company, and destroyed multiple armored vehicles.
The Ukrainian official source DEEPSTATE reported that on the southern Donetsk front, the Russian forces have occupied the settlement of Veseloye to the north of Bolshaya Novosilka.
This Russian military tactic is mainly focused on internal lines of advance, but it is clearly different from previous practices in this area. That is, after advancing along the inner line, the troops pull back toward the outer line to the west, forming an expanded front battlefield to reduce pressure on the flanks.
The tactical summary is: first-line advance, second-line leveling, third-line follow-up. However, it must also be seen that the defense of the outer line is certainly a priority for the Ukrainian forces, which has been proven in multiple tactical directions. Therefore, seeing the Russian forces' three-line direction to the north of Bolshaya Novosilka, i.e., the offensive on the outer line, is similarly lagging behind compared to the previous tactical directions of attack.
Therefore, from this perspective and in combination with combat cases on various tactical fronts previously, the Russian advance has been relatively slow, as the outer line cannot quickly break through Ukrainian defenses.
The tactical goal of the Russian forces on the southern Donetsk front is to gain control and use of N15 highway, which is beyond doubt. Because only by opening up this corridor can the war supplies for the Azov Sea corridor smoothly reach areas south of Red Army Village, even extending to Zaporizhzhia and possibly providing support for entry into Dnipro later.
Once the N15 corridor reaches the border, a tactical model will be formed where the territory within Donetsk south of N15 highway can be cleared, thereby creating a tactical encirclement posture for the Red Army Village front, as this area has already crossed the geographical location of Red Army Village and entered its western part.
The battle on the southern Donetsk front is the key operation at the Red Army Village front.
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