The situation in the Starobelsky direction as of 21.00 October 8, 2022

The situation in the Starobelsky direction
as of 21.00 October 8, 2022

🔻In the Kupyansky sector, units of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd battalions of the 14th separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are advancing with several assault groups on the positions of the RF Armed Forces from the west of Tavolzhanka and from the south of Olshana.

▪️Russian cannon and rocket artillery, supported by reconnaissance UAVs, are conducting massive fire on the advancing forces of the 14th brigade. Ukrainian formations cannot gain a foothold on the outskirts of settlements under fire from the RF Armed Forces.

▪️An electronic warfare station has been deployed in the Dvurechnaya area to counter Russian drones.

▪️Sabotage groups of 92 brigades are trying to break through the Orlyanka-Yagodnoye line. They are supported by crews of M777 howitzers, and target designation is provided by UAVs of the quadrocopter type.

🔻On the Svatovsky sector, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to accumulate personnel for an offensive on Svatovo and Kremennaya. According to some reports, more than ten thousand people are concentrated in the direction.

▪️In the vicinity of Novoplatonovka, Kirovsk and Liman, several battalions of foreign mercenaries were stationed, including American, British, Polish, Arab and French.