The Fronts
Avdeevka
UAV operators and old men are being sent into the city in an effort to prevent its capture by the Russians but the situation is hopeless. Rybar has more here. On the 8th February, Slavyangrad reported:
Russian troops are continuing a potent offensive operation, penetrating the city from the northeast and breaking through the enemy's defenses. They have effectively split the city in two, closing in on the main supply route of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
One Ukrainian soldier said: ‘The situation in the city of Avdeevka is deteriorating. The 'road of life' is only 700 meters away’. Some say the Russians are much closer than this to the ‘road of life’ (i.e. the main supply artery).
I’ve heard other reports suggesting that the Russians are cutting the city in half. Dima reported that the Starlink Service in the city has been jammed so that Ukrainian messages must be conveyed by old fashioned telephone wires.
Kherson - Krynki
There have been a tough battles here and the Russians have struggled with Ukraine’s drone dominance. I should say that there is no point to this encounter beyond its media image value but human beings are out there fighting and dying for nothing more than good press. The Ukrainians continue to ferry soldiers into Krynki and other villages using boats in a forlorn effort to expand the bridgehead.
Marinka - Ugledar
The Russians continue to gain ground outside of Maryinka and Novomikhaylovka where heavy fighting is taking place.
Krasny Lyman
According to Pravda, the Russians are launching an attack on Krasny Lyman which they abandoned to avoid encirclement in the Autumn of 2022. Three key villages must be taken prior to an attack on Lyman itself which will secure the railway that feeds Izyum and Slavyansk. This could be part of a move aimed at providing a ‘buffer zone’ to prevent attacks on Russian border territories.
Zaporizhye - Rabotino - Verbove
The Ukrainians have taken to the defence here, gathering forces and equipment north of Rabotino and Verbove.
Luhansk
Heavy battles are ongoing south west of Kremennaya at Belogorovka where the Russians are beginning to occupy an industrial area.
