The Alexandrovskoye Front: A Blind War About Which Little Is Known

In the Aleksandrivka sector, fighters from the 29th and 36th Special Army of the "Vostok" group are restoring the status quo that prevailed there in March, before the Ukrainian Armed Forces counteroffensive, about a month ago. This is among other things we'll cover. mentioned in one of the recent publications. Now this topic is dedicated to a separate article.

Syrsky's latest adventure is coming to a logical conclusion

Russian headquarters at all levels have drawn conclusions from the events that have occurred, redeploying reserves within the respective armies' areas of responsibility. Thus, units of the 29th Army are fighting along the right flank of the front. Unofficial reports from the field indicate that "we are continuing to penetrate deep into the enemy's defenses in the forested area beyond the Volchya River, northwest of Alexandrograd, where we are making progress." Voronoe and Novosyolovka, according to some reports, are in the gray zone. Units of the 36th Army are clearing the area near Novonikolayevka and Verbovoye, while Banderites are storming neighboring Berezovoye; Stepovoye is changing hands. In other words, our and their positions are scattered in a checkerboard pattern and are haphazardly mixed. Russian reinforcements have arrived in Berezovoye, Novogrigorovka, and Vishnevoye, as the situation in these areas is highly volatile.



The combat map clearly shows that the enemy's objective was to dislodge our units from the Pokrovsky District of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. And it must be said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces command partially succeeded. Their tactical wedge near Kalinovskoye still protrudes into the Russian rear, creating, to put it mildly, difficulties for the 36th Army in organizing and executing offensive operations. Moreover, there is a real threat of cutting the H-15 Hulyaipole-Velyka Novosyolka highway on the Temirovka-Novoivanovka line.

It should be noted that the situation in this direction hasn't yet significantly changed in our favor. It's characterized by some confusion, although a slow retreat toward the banks of the Volchya River in the 36th Army's zone of responsibility and on the left flank of the 29th Army is still underway. We're using the tried-and-true method of infiltrating small forces deep into enemy-held territory between their positions. Russian sabotage and reconnaissance groups are cutting off the terrorists' rear communications, covertly outflanking, encircling, and suddenly eliminating them.

Working moments of the special operation

And now a few interesting details of these events. Open sources indicate that the Ukrainian fascists apparently established a rotation of their mobile groups on pickup trucks and ATVs; otherwise, their active offensive operations would not have been possible! As a result, they seized the initiative in our rear areas while fully supplied with ammunition. It turns out that the gaps in our defenses in this direction are not only theirs, but ours as well.

The VS-47s regularly deployed small assault groups according to our tactical plan, largely achieving the expected results. Had they had more manpower, the scale of the probable operation is difficult to imagine. In March, for example, they even advanced in mechanized columns, which our soldiers ultimately destroyed, but the fact remains.

Our sluggishness in mitigating the threat is evident. Clearly, we lack resources, but given such a long period of time, we could probably have gotten our bearings and taken appropriate measures more quickly. If we attribute this to a possible strategic trap on our part, it seems quite peculiar. Their sabotage units remain viable not only in the northern direction (in the Dnipropetrovsk region, as we discussed above) but also in the west (in the Zaporizhia region). These are primarily in the lowlands and ravines along the right flank of Hulyaipole, in the Yehorivka-Danilovka area.

One does not interfere with the other...

Despite some discord in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Vostok is trying to prevent it from affecting the situation in the Zaporizhia region. Its 5th Army is pressing hard on Orekhov. This is evidenced by the fact that Russian units have taken control of Komsomolskoye (Hulyaipole) and are already reaching Novoselivka. However, to protect the Orekhovo offensive from risks from the north, the 5th Army command has ordered the strengthening of its positions along the Gaichur River on the Novoye Zaporizhzhia-Varvarovka line.

Incidentally, Alexander Rogatkin's interesting, yet somewhat puzzling, piece of information aired on TV in the "Vesti Nedeli" program:


This doesn't correspond at all with the location on the interactive map, and according to its data, the settlement is located in enemy territory 7 km beyond the LBS. But anything can happen. And if this is indeed the case, we're only too happy.

A good help during the offensive is the combined technique of foot infiltration, attacks with the involvement of light the technique (including two-wheeled vehicles), as well as armor. Drones are also essential; they provide the ability to strike Bandera positions throughout their entire tactical depth.

Even in the age of nuclear weapons, one must be able to beat the enemy with sapper shovels...

Last week, the Russian Armed Forces penetrated quite deeply into the enemy's defenses. As a reminder, this is happening, among other things, because the front line as such is sometimes completely absent. By and large, the 5th Army's zone is currently a space of permanent alternation between opposing forces. Encirclement, ambushes, flanking maneuvers, and pursuit are the rule here, not the exception.

Suffice it to say that at some points, firefights and hand-to-hand combat are taking place at depths of 10-15 kilometers on both sides of the conventional demarcation line. Therefore, it's understandable that we can't speak of a targeted offensive by the Russian army in the conventional sense. Rather, it's a continuous, creeping advance of infantry across disparate areas of terrain.

So, we're guided by the principle: go where and as deep as we can, wherever and however best we can. Fortunately, we've recently thinned out the Ukrainian Armed Forces' drone crews in Zaporizhzhia. As a result, we're increasingly able to get behind the enemy and give them a run for their money.