The Russians have made 7 (not 5) attempts to force a crossing of the Donetsk River, all within a 5 mile long stretch of river bank. The last 2 were stopped before they reached the river bank by accurate Ukr artillery fire and UAV strikes. All of these attacks were attempts to surround the city of Severodonetsk from the north.
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At least 2 of those attempts actually managed to get troops across the river before their pontoon bridges were destroyed behind them. 1 BTG is confirmed as being entirely wiped out (as mentioned previously), at least 4 more BTG's from 2 different brigades are badly damaged and withdrawing northeast. Those units are being replaced in the Russian line by rebuilt elements of the Russian 90th Guards Tank Division.
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All Russian forward movement in the area southwest of Izium has halted and elements of 1st Guards Tank Army are repositioning to the north in an attempt to stop the repeated Ukr attacks on their flank and supply lines as far north as Kharkiv. While the Ukr did not close the Pinch at Izium it is now a choke point under almost constant Ukr artillery fire from 2 directions. There are still at least 7 BTG's below the Pinch.
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All of the Russian units operating on the Eastern front are composite units made up of the survivors of previously damaged BTG's. In some places, notably around Popsana, they include Russian Naval Infantry, ABN, regular army, and conscripted DNR militias all fighting in the same areas. And all use different communications networks. Naval Infantry radios can't contact ABN radios and neither can contact the DNR militias or the regular Russian army units, all operating in the same area.
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There is no Russian movement on the Southern Front at all. But there are a lot Ukr partisans operating behind the Russian line where Russian units released from the Siege of Mariupol are trying to rebuild.
The Kherson Bridgehead continues to slowly shrink, ever so slowly. The Russians dug in, but they do not seem to be replacing losses inside of the Bridgehead itself. Instead they're just shortening their line in sections when they no longer have the manpower to hold those sections.
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All along the lines from Kherson all the way to Kharkiv the Ukr is slowly replacing regular units battered from months of killing Russians with fresh National Guard battalions and Territorial Defense (TD) brigades. Meanwhile Ukr Mechanized and Tank brigades are flying around the front from one place to another, stopping Russian attacks and raiding deep into Russian held areas.
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