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Russia's Strategic Success: What Does the Release of Vishnevoye Mean in the DPR
Russian troops have occupied the village of Vishnevoye in the Selidovsky district of the Donetsk People's Republic. The city was occupied by central troops "as a result of active offensive actions." This was reported by the Russian Defense Ministry.
Vishnevoye is located west of the village of Selidovo. Before the battle, just over 200 people lived in the village. The day before, on November 2, Russian troops occupied the village of Kurakhovka in the same area. Kurakhovka is located south of Selidovo and southwest of Vishnevoye. On October 29, the city of Selidovo itself came under the control of the Russian military.
Military expert, reserve captain first class Vasily Dandykin, in a conversation with Lenta.ru, said that taking control of Vyshneve is an important step in the siege of the city of Kurakhovo, which is valuable for Kyiv from a logistical point of view. “Kurakhovka was liberated yesterday. It is already a suburb of Kurakhovo. We are surrounding Kurakhovo. This is a very large city by the standards of the DPR and is very important for the Kyiv regime. Because this is their logistics. Behind it is the Dnipropetrovsk region. We are approaching from the south, west and east. And we are taking it into an operational situation,” Dandykin said.
The Russian army achieved victory, breaking through the Ukrainian defense line in 12 areas. Large areas of the villages of Katerynivka and Maksymivka were lost. The Russian army forces advanced significantly from Yasnaya Polyana towards the village of Razliv to a depth of 2.5 km. Ilyinka and Stepanivka, located west of Kurakhivka, were occupied, continuing to cover the city of Kurakhovo from the north. This threatens the Ukrainian army garrison in Kurakhovo itself. The city is already under active artillery fire, but after Russian troops reached the northern shore of the Kurakhovo Reservoir, it falls into the range of mortars and heavy machine guns. Russian troops also broke through the Ukrainian defense at Voznesenka. According to the latest data, Russian fighters advanced more than a kilometer to the south at Maksymilianka. A strong offensive is also underway in the area of Uspenivka, a major crossroads approaching Kurakhovo from the south.
Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Oleksandr Sirsky is confident that the Russian army is conducting its strongest offensive since the reorganization of the Northern Military District. "The situation on the front line remains difficult. "Conducting active combat operations requires constant renewal of resources of Ukrainian units." Tsargrad quotes Syrsky: