All language subtitles for 29-12-2023-fgcdfxdfgeeee

The completely destroyed town of
Marinka has been lost and the last

groups of Ukrainian defense forces
have withdrawn to prepared lines.

Right now, the situation is becoming
critical on the outskirts of neighboring

Novomikhailovka. Abandoning this
village is a highly undesirable step,

but unfortunately it is only a matter of
time before this decision has to be made.

The main events in the future will
unfold on the Marinka-Vuhledar highway,

including the activation of the
enemy in the Vuhledar direction.

The stubborn desire of the Russian command to take
control at any cost of the Marinka ruins, which

Russian troops have been storming for more than a
year and a half, was due not only to the desire to

"report a great victory", but also to utilitarian
operational and tactical considerations.

Here's the thing: the Ukrainian bridgehead,
located east of the Marinka - Vuhledar road,

had long been a bone in the throat. In
fact, it was a convenient "launching

pad" for possible active actions of the
AFU towards Volnovakha and Mariupol.

In addition, the presence of this
bridgehead allows the AFU to exercise

fairly tight fire control over the
railroad that leads to Volnovakha

from the north and further west. This
railroad "branch line" could potentially

play an important role for the enemy's
"Zaporizhia" and "East" troop groups.

But as long as this Ukrainian bridgehead exists,

the use of the railroad in
significant amounts is complicated.

I think, based mainly on these two considerations,

the Russian command is trying to
realize a certain plan to eliminate it.

What is the essence of this plan?

Stage one is to take control of the Marinka area.

Stage two - to concentrate and deploy forces
in Marinka, to carry out assault operations in

the direction of the village of Pobeda. At the
same time, begin an offensive towards Vodiane.

Stage three - counter-offensive of two
flank attack tactical groups of the enemy,

in order to simultaneously reach the
boundary Antonivka - Kostiantynivka.

This is if briefly and maximally schematic.

In reality, the situation in this
area developed and is developing,

to put it mildly, a little "in a different way".
About a month and a half or two months ago,

the enemy tried to attack from the south for
a week. However, these attacks ended in vain.

The same happened on the northern flank
- the "liberation of Marinka was slightly

delayed." Thus, the possibility of
organizing a full-fledged offensive

towards the village of Pobeda
from that side was also delayed.

And soon the "Avdiivka operation" and a number
of other Russian winter "activities" began,

so the Russian command could
not attract significant forces.

This clearly triggered a revision of
the meaning and content of the enemy

plan to solve the "Vuhledar protrusion problem".

And the enemy command organized for
several weeks active offensive actions

on Novomykhailivka. At the moment, the enemy has
managed to break through close to the village.

As for further prospects in this area:
- Obviously, we should expect an "assault"

on Novomykhailivka in the near future.
- Also the enemy will continue its

attempts to break through from the north
to the south, towards Konstantynivka.

But the Ukrainian defense forces
are already ready to meet them.