Ukrainian military succeeded at Kremennaya - battle map from ISW

The Ukrainian military continues to attack the Russian occupiers and succeeded at Kremennaya in the Lugansk region. As the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) noted, even Russian propagandists are already saying that the defenders of our country are preparing to resume the offensive in the Liman sector.

"On January 8 and 9, Russian and Ukrainian troops continued offensive operations on the Svatovo-Kremennaya line. As the General Staff of Ukraine reported, on January 8 and 9, Ukrainian troops repelled attacks by Russian troops on Stelmakhivka (15 km northwest of Svatovoe). The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that Russian troops neutralized Ukrainian sabotage groups northwest of Svatovoe in the area of Kotlyarovka, Novoselovsky and Dvuhletny," the report on the situation at the front says.

Analysts cited the statement of the Russian propagandist Rybar, who spoke about the fact that the Ukrainian command is carrying out a rotation of forces on the Kupyansk-Svatovo line. At the same time, the rashists tried to repel the attacks of our military in Kremennaya, so they wanted to restore their lost positions.

"The Ukrainian General Staff said that Russian troops attacked the areas of Makeevka (22 km northwest of Kremennaya), Belogorovka (10 km south of Kremennaya) and Krasnopopovka (6 km north of Kremennaya). The head of the Luhansk region, Sergei Gaidai, said On January 8, that fierce battles are taking place in the Kreminnaya area and that Russian troops have overturned several air assault battalions and heavy equipment into this area to hold the line of defense," experts cite.

Analysts also recalled that the propagandists had already begun to panic, talking about the resumption of the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Liman sector, west of Kremennaya. And while the Russian "military correspondents" once again cannot hide their disappointment from the events at the front, our defenders continue to make every effort to drive the Russians out of the Ukrainian territories.

“Geo-located combat footage shows a duel between Russian and Ukrainian tanks southwest of Kremennaya near Dibrov, indicating that Ukrainian troops may have made progress in the wooded area west of Kremennaya. Russian sources continued to discuss Ukrainian intelligence activities in the area northwest of Kremennaya," the analysts concluded.

In addition, Ukrainian partisans scare the Russians. Thus, the occupiers fear that they may attack Russian facilities along critical ground communications in the rear of the Luhansk region. On January 8, the so-called "Ministry of Internal Affairs" of the unrecognized "LPR" already announced sabotage and mining of the gas pipeline. And in the temporarily occupied Alchevsk, "for some reason" sirens were turned on, announcing an air raid alert.