attention: the armed forces of ukraine deprived the russian military of full control over the village of stepove near avdiyivka. we understand that steppe is one of the strategic points of application of russian military efforts. that is, we understand that if the russian interventionists were to gain a foothold in the steppe, they would... create extremely big problems for our fighters, so now i will quote a part of the message of the ministry of defense of great britain, in the steppe russia is trying to seize avdiivka and its well-protected industrial zone, but ukrainian armed forces, presumably after conducting successful local counterattacks, deprived the russian interventionists of full control over the village of stepove near avdiivka in donetsk region. this is extremely important. more news is already in anna's presentation. we pass the word to our journalists, who have already prepared an up-to-date selection of fresh information, so we pass the word. congratulations, colleagues, thank you for your work, i will not work alone, together with the news team, we will tell you about the most

the occupiers are mostly concentrated near the village of stepove, where they intend to break throughnough to cut the logistics routes, but during this time they managed to occupy as much as 700 m in the eastern part of the village, as well as break through from the southern outskirts. at the same time, north of stepovoy, the armed forces of ukraine carried out counterattacks and pushed the enemy back to the railway. in all other directions, in particular in krasnogohorivka, novokalynovy, opitny, northern, pervomaisky and in the industrial zone of the the avdiivkas of the zsu are holding fast. defense and did not allow the occupiers to realize their intentions to surround the city. a slight advance of the enemy can be noted only to the east of the water one, where they moved a hundred meters into the gray zone. in avdiivka itself, the garrison holding the coke-chemical plant launched a counterattack and repelled several positions in the direction of the village of kamianka. marienko, a city that has long since been erased from the face of the earth, is still being fought hard . this w

rosy the occupiers are not stopping their attempts to capture the village of stepove, the head of the avdiiv city military administration , vitaliy barabash, said on radio svoboda, quoting barabash. it is clear why they do it, why the steppe is very important for them, they want to cut logistics. this is the closest direction in order to cut off our only road. very fierce battles continue on the steppe. however, according to the head of the avdiyiv military-civilian administration, despite the enemy's efforts, stepov still remains under control. our military, i quote, literally yesterday or the day before yesterday there were very serious stabilization actions on our part: now there is no enemy in the steppe, now the steppe is completely controlled by the armed forces of ukraine. well, oleksandr shtopun also talked about this, why are they trying to seize the steppe, because they want to interrupt logistics, but serhiy bratchuk, spokesperson of the ukrainian volunteer army south, is already in touch with us, we welcome you to espresso, glory to ukraine. glory to the heroes, glory to t

armed forces of ukraine simultaneously in several directions, attacks are being conducted from the stepov worth mentioning that during the last week there were tactical successes of the armed forces of ukraine in the stepove area, moreover, we managed to significantly improve the positions, eh... instead, the occupiers are currently attacking both the eastern outskirts of the settlement and at the same time blows are delivered from three directions. the main task of the occupying forces is to break through directly to the settlement of berdachi and reach the locations of the armed forces of ukraine in the area of ​​the settlement of lastochkino. the situation is complicated. in the district , respectively, industrial zones. the occupiers have established control over the industrial zone, currently the tactics of mobile groups are being used, when they try to penetrate directly into the residential sector from the industrial zone, in devky it is the private sector, and again the tactics of the wagner pmc are being used, that is, the actions mobile groups with the number of 8-15 people, whi

vipstate wrote that it happened near the village of stepove in donetsk region.ters of the 45th separate rifle battalion, who are holding there is defense, they claim in a post on the portal. there were not two ukrainian defenders, but a group - wrote oleksandr kolin, a military officer of the ukrainian armed forces, on the x network. he says the dead were from his unit and fought to the last battle. kolym did not tell more details of the tragedy, but the deepstate portal added a few more details. according to their data, the shooting took place during the clearing of the territory by the russians, and the ukrainians were forced to make a decision to surrender, because the ammunition had already run out. former battalion commander serhiy zhuykov also wrote about the shooting. in in it, he does not directly say that these are exactly the fighters of the battalion, but he writes and quotes. this is another reminder of the price paid for another quiet day in many cities of ukraine. just know it and remember it. the 45th separate rifle battalion was created mainly fr

the village of stepove. invaders have been storming for almost 80 days and have only reached the middle of it. their advance on the foothills near novokalynovy novobakhmutivka, which is north of the city and near severnoy and pervomaisky poudniy, is even more modest, although to cut the logistics to the semi-surrounding avdiivka to the invaders. there is less than 10 km left to break through, but the armed forces of ukraine are building the second and third lines of defense here, and at such rates the rashists may break through and lose their offensive potential in 1-2 months. the year 2023 began with the battle for bakhmut and ends with the battle for avdiivka. both will go down in history as the bloodiest, but during this time the armed forces managed to increase their firepower, if in january-february they killed an average of 740 russians during the day, then in november-december 900. 50, on the other hand, russia which at the beginning of the war could advance along the entire front, now has the potenti

most important thing now, as if such fierce battles are going on for the walls of the village of stepove, that is, if we are talking about the whole... this area around avdiyivka, but it seems that the russians have not fixed it there on one side, on the other, which is also there such that it is possible to knock out the russians from some positions as well, but that's for now yesterday there was such information, what can you tell us today, well, of course, from what is possible, well, the khutiv steppes, it remains one of such points of collision. but there are such points near khutyer keramik, and again on the southern part of this front, near the northern one, there are also constant attempts by muscovites to seize these settlements, attacks are daily, massive, in terms of the number of muscovites thrown into the attacks and killed there, the numbers are really impressive, it's their choice, they storm the audience. a huge amount of infantry, it turns into such a lava-like death of these muscovites , but this is again why they are doing it, this is a question for them, again, they h

operating there, right next to it novobakhmutivka, or the one in that direction, this is krasnohorivka, stepove, and the direction of novobakhmutivka, there they have revived in the north, somehow, well, if you believe the deep state map, well, they are not there, let’s say, of course they are killed there, but they are pulling others, well, the enemy does not move, let’s say in large numbers, a large number of infantry, that is, up to 30 people with the support of armored vehicles , they are trying, let’s say, to break the fact that the column goes there 20, 30 units at a time, that is, they attack from different directions , are trying, let's say, to break this column, that is, they go with different directions, well... this does not prevent our soldiers from destroying them, that is, the enemy in the attack loses about 60-70% of its armored vehicles. mr. oleksandr, i would also like to get information from you about the situation around maryinka. we also know that in the north of the city, our armed forces continue to be there, but what is the general situation at this dose, commander maryan

control over the village of stepove near avdiivka in donetsk region, this is extremely important. more news is already in the presentation of anna yevymelnyk, we pass the floor to our journalists, who have already prepared an up-to-date selection of fresh information, so we pass the floor. congratulations, colleagues, thank you for your work, i will not work alone, together with the news team, we will tell you about the most important things, stay with us. i'll start with urgent news: espresso correspondents report on the explosion in kryvyi rih. earlier, the air force wrote that the russians fired a missile towards the city. the russian invaders are making every effort to block the approaches to kupyansk in kharkiv oblast. for this they stormed. to the village of senkivka, the commander of the ground forces of the ukrainian armed forces oleksandr syrskyi reported about it. on this part of the front , they suffered significant losses and already began to transfer their reserves to kupyansk. in addition, the occupiers are conducting active offensive actions in the vicinity of novos

the russian military pays special attention to the village of stepove, located northwest of avdiivka. they want to capture it in order to cut off the logistics of the armed forces. the chairman of avdiivska reported this this morning in a commentary on radio liberty vitaliy barabash of the city military administration. why do they do it, why is it very important for them, why do they want to. they cut logistics, this is the closest, let's say, direction to cutting us one single road. very fierce fighting is going on in the steppe, to say that they control it would be a complete lie, literally yesterday, the day before yesterday, there were such very serious stabilizing actions on our part, now there is no enemy in the steppe, now the steppe is completely controlled by the armed forces of ukraine. and also, according to the chairman of the city military administration of the russians. the military continues to storm the avdiiv coke plant, but so far they have not managed to enter the enterprise and occupy it. in the morning summary of the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine, i

analysts note that ukrainian units could deprive russian troops of full control over the village of stepover all, it is here that the russian army is trying to carry out one of their pincer attacks, so to speak, to surround avdiivka and its well-protected industrial zone, they write. viewers , well, they add that avdiyivka currently remains the scene of the most intense battles on the front, where on some days about 40% of all combat clashes take place, offensive actions in the future will consist mainly of infantry attacks with the participation of storm z penalty units. at the same time , the russian invaders are drawing additional reserves in the kupyan direction and are trying to capture the settlement of senkivka in order to create conditions for blocking it kupyanska. about this in... wrote the commander of the ground forces of the ukrainian armed forces oleksandr syrskyi. according to him, active offensive actions of the russian military are also carried out in the directions of novoselivske, stelmakhivka, lyman-pershiy and in the direction of siversk. and the goal of these attacks i

the flanks of the ukrainian group, in particular there are certain tactical successes, both in the stepovn the avdiyiv coke plant area, the main task of the occupiers is to cut off the locations of the armed forces of ukraine. let me remind you that the distance between the flanks of the russian invaders is approximately 6.5-6 km, depending on, say. that is , currently the main task of the occupiers is to establish direct control over the locations of the armed forces of ukraine and create the prerequisites for pushing adiev out of the sssu. it is worth noting, mr. vitaly, dear society, that this week the statement of the president of ukraine about the need to build additional lines of fortifications. but here the question arises, why we counted exclusively on the first line of defense in avdiivka and others. settlements that were built since 2014 and during these almost two years of war , second and third lines of defense like the russian lines of suravikin were not created, the question is rhetorical, but less so, the main combat force used by the occupiers during the assault on ukraini

at the same time, the enemies are making their way hundreds of meters a week to the village of stepovers have been storming for almost 80 days and have only reached the middle of it. their advance on the approaches near. novokalynovy, novobakhmutivka, to the north of the city and near severny and pervomaisky in the south, are even more modest, although for cutting logistics to the semi-surrounding avdiyivka , the invaders had less than 10 km, but the armed forces of ukraine are building the second and third lines of defense here, and at such a pace , the rashists can break away and lose their offensive potential in 1-2 months. the year 2023 began with the battle for bakhmut, and ends with the battle for audiivka. both will go down in history as the bloodiest, but during this time the zso managed to increase their firepower, if in january-february they destroyed an average of 740 russians per day, then in november-december 950. instead russia... which at the beginning of the war could advance along the entire front, now has the potential only in certain sections of a few kilometers. the

in the northern direction columns of storm surges daily. the village of stepove, where in recent days they managed to advance 100 m deep. in addition, to the north of the village , the russians expanded the zone behind the railway track to the south of the village and in the koksohimo area, the situation remained stable. however , the russians achieved the biggest breakthrough in the southern direction, where additional reserves were introduced. here they took up positions to the north, from the experimental area they moved through the plantation to the north, and also expanded the zone of their influence to the west and north in the direction of the pervo. maisk and thin, the ends of the ticks in which the occupiers want to take avdiivka, they have narrowed to 8 km from 700 m of the airspace, instead , the second and third lines of defense are being built in this area, so the battle for avdiivka may continue for many more months, if the russians do not finish here. the loss of maryinka and the threat to the coal miner, before the start of this large-scale offensive on the entire fron

in the northern direction , columns of rashists daily storm the village of stepove, where in recent daysd to advance 100 m deep. in addition, to the north of the village, the russians expanded the zone behind the railway track, to the south of the village and in the area of ​​koksokhimu, the situation remained stable. however, the russians achieved the biggest breakthrough in... the southern direction, where additional reserves were introduced, here they took up positions north of the test site, moved through the forest to the north, and also expanded the zone of influence to the west and north in the direction of pervomaisk and tonka. the ends of the pincers in which the occupiers want to take avdiivka. narrowed to 8 km and 700 m. zsu. instead, the second and third lines of defense are being built in this area. therefore , the battle for avdiivka may continue for many more months, if it does not end here. russians the loss of maryinka and the threat to the coal miner. before the start of this large-scale offensive on the entire front of the donetsk region, the armed forces controlled al