The latest reports from the front line confirm the concentration of strong Ukrainian forces on the right bank of the Dnieper near the settlement of Korsunka.
According to military sources, Ukrainian troops are actively gathering in the indicated direction, engaging additional forces.
According to the data, the Ukrainians are actively using FPV drones, electronic warfare (EW) systems and regular artillery fire.
The Ukrainians are looking for the place where they will attempt a landing, the implementation of which will not be difficult due to the lowering of the water level in the river.
The Russian artillery does not stop for a minute
Russian "Grad" systems destroyed the concentration of Ukrainians in the Belogorovka region, reports the correspondent of the RIA Novosti news agency.
"We are on active defense, holding back the troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who periodically try to cross the river.
Our task is to destroy the equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, manpower, and also prevent the rotation and supply of ammunition," a soldier of the Russian force group "South" with this call sign told "Galych" journalists.
According to the assistant to the commander of the Chechen special forces Akhmat, Aptu Alaudinov, Chechens and units of the southern group of troops entered the Belogorovka industrial zone in the direction of Kremenaya in the Donbass, pushing back the Ukrainian troops one and a half miles.
According to Alaudiv, Kiev is suffering heavy losses in this direction as the fighting in Belogkorovka continues.
The commander of the "Ahmat" battalion said that Russia controls the situation near Mariinka
Alaudinov said that the situation in the direction of Mariinka is under the control of Russia.
"The situation in the direction of Mariinka is under the control of the Armed Forces of Russia, and the units are advancing without haste," he said.
Speaking himself about the counterattack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as a whole, he noted that Kiev suffered heavy losses in both equipment and human resources.
"The Ukrainian 'major counteroffensive' was preceded by months of stories about how terrible it would be.
It turned out that the Ukrainians collected a huge amount of equipment, prepared a huge number of units and dropped them on our positions across the contact line. This is where the whole incident arose, which consists in the fact that they suffered very heavy losses in both equipment and manpower," said the Chechen officer.
Kiev threw into battle brigades trained by NATO experts and equipped with Western equipment. The idea of the attack, according to the commander of the 58th Army of the Russian Armed Forces, Major General Ivan Popov, is to break the Russian defense as quickly as possible, and for the Ukrainian troops to reach the Sea of Azov.
Austrian adviser admits a major defeat of the Ukrainians and many losses in animate and inanimate material
Retired Colonel Makus Reisner, a strategic analyst at the Austrian Ministry of Defense, has investigated the situation in the Ukrainian military in detail. He noted that despite the active counterattack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Russian side has practically not lost its positions.
Reisner attributed this defensive success to the high professionalism of the Russian Armed Forces, which surprised many observers.
"In particular, the high effectiveness of the actions of the Russian Air Force, especially attack helicopters, as well as the successful use of electromagnetic interference systems is noted.
In addition, Russian troops, following a mobile defense strategy, have fielded a number of small combat units in recent months, including anti-tank missile systems and artillery. "Something that was done very cleverly", he reports to the German news website T-Online.
Colonel Reisner emphasized that before the counterattack began, there was "an illusion in the West that the Russian positions could be broken quickly and easily."
"However, according to him, "let's not underestimate the Russians". "From my point of view, it is pointless to constantly portray the Russians as clowns. I think this hurts the Ukrainians much more than it helps, as it creates a false picture of the situation. If we want to really help Ukraine, it must have a clear understanding of its needs," said the retired officer.
Nothing of all that was expected in Kiev happened, and the Ukrainians seem to be constantly engaging forces everywhere on the front, looking for a breakthrough point without success so far.
