“It is noted that a significant part of Gulyaipol continues to be held by the Defense Forces of Ukraine”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
According to the report, the enemy, which has significant advantages in manpower and weapons, is actively conducting assault operations and trying to establish entrenchment groups.
The Southern Defense Forces note that the Russian army actively uses kamikaze drones and artillery, carries out airstrikes with anti-aircraft missiles and anti-aircraft missiles, trying to destroy Ukrainian positions and dislodge Ukrainian units from the settlement.
The Armed Forces add that during the current day, the enemy has stormed Ukrainian positions in the city almost two dozen times, and fierce battles are taking place in the streets.
As for Stepnohirsk, according to the Southern Defense Forces, the Ukrainian military is conducting defensive operations there, part of the village is under the control of Ukrainian defenders.
“Putin’s statements and Gerasimov’s reports regarding Gulyaipol and Stepnohirsk are reminiscent of the situation with Kupyansk, which they have already “captured” several times. The urgency of such “blitzkriegs” is due to the upcoming meeting of the presidents of Ukraine and the United States, which should take place in the near future,” the military stated.
The other day, the Russian military announced the capture of the command and observation post of the 1st battalion of the 106th territorial defense brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The relevant video appeared online on December 25. In the video, the Russian military shows computers, means of communication, maps and unlocked phones.
At the same time, the spokesman of the Defense Forces of the South, Vladyslav Voloshyn, said that the representatives of the relevant authorities will conduct a detailed investigation into the possible fact of the capture of the headquarters.
The DeepState project wrote that Ukraine was “one step away from losing Gulyaipol”, and the situation began to deteriorate after the loss of Poltavka, Uspenivka and several other neighboring villages in early November.