Ukraine bombed, possibly with HIMARS, a Russian detention center where there were Ukrainian POWs, many from Azov, overnight. The center is in Yelenovka, about 53 prisoners were killed. Three hours after the Russians released footage of the attack, the Ukrainian MoD made a note accusing the Russians of bombing the center itself, as if it were new news.
Result of this, in addition to the dead? Even pro-Ukraine is bombing the twitter of the MoD and other Ukrainian entities on social media and telegram. Looks like the Ukrainian administration is trying hard to screw themselves!
In the middle of the week, the Ukrainians use 9M27K3 rockets against residential areas of Donetsk. These rockets disperse 312 PFM-1 anti-personnel mines, dropped into civilian areas.
According to Spiegel, the Ukrainians have requested more tubes for the Pzh2000, as they have apparently done a little maintenance on them - they say they are even managing to do it - and are overloading the tubes with more than the recommended shots, more than 100 a day.
DPR keeps pushing forward and pushing the AFU away from Adveenvka. Furthermore, the Russians launched a major offensive after the fall of the Vuhlehirsk power plant, which secures their lines of communication:
Now, the Russians are fighting in the southern suburbs of Soledar and are approaching direct engagement in Bakhmut after the fall of the main stronghold in the region, which was Pokrovske:
What I see is that the Russians are using the forceps to bypass the city and go directly to the hills that are on the southwest side of the city, which practically prevent the Russians from taking direct control of the city, at the risk of taking indirect and direct fire from these positions, more like what it was with Lysychansk and the domination of high points near the city before entering it. Hills have great military value.
According to some reports, Russia heavily reinforced the Kherson region. If confirmed, Spetsnaz have been reinforced and now number 32 Reconnaissance and Sabotage Detachments; up to 9 BTGs were transferred to the region; the VDV Brigades would have received reinforcements and would have totaled over 11,000 troops; The 19th Motorized Infantry Division would have been reinforced with T-90 tanks, the model is not known, in addition to more artillery pieces and the Tochka-U already mentioned (these last two confirmed); Malka pieces were sent to Kherson, totaling something equivalent to 16 pieces along with 18 of the 240 mm heavy mortar; and more Ka-52 and Mi-28N helicopters, based near Chaplinka.
If indeed the Russians sent this and the AFU knows but will try the offensive, it will be all the Russians want to start their own offensive against Mykolaiv. In fact, such an Offensive began, as the AFU managed to build two bridges at Adriivka and Lozove, but the Russians retreated, managed to destroy both bridges and crushed the troops that had retreated. It is not yet known if the Russians returned to these cities, but what is known is that the AFU had to swim back across Rio. Another attempt was near the village of Blahodativka, but they failed to cross the river straight under fire. Considering how quickly the Russians acted, they already knew where and when the AFU would cross the Rivers, as the response was almost immediate:
I imagine if the T-90 was sent to Kherson, maybe it's a move against the PT-91s. The PT-91s, some of them, received a 3rd generation thermal vision fire system, but it is not known if they are all. Therefore, they are well ahead of the T-62M and T-72B3 that could be in the region, in addition to the cannon being able to fire modern ammunition. In addition to the T-90's own armor, superior to any of the Ts in operation, especially the passive.
However, what makes me think most about sending T-90s to the region is considering it an offensive, as the AFU is not in a position to prevent Russian aviation and artillery from destroying these PT-91s before they can engage any armored vehicle, however considering a defensive factor, it is more likely that there will be a clash against the PT-91.
