The Ukrainian army continues to advance in the Kherson and Donetsk regions - while the State Duma "accepts" them in Russia

What is happening at the front

During the war, it is impossible to quickly verify information about what is happening in the war zone.

What is happening in the Kherson region

The Armed Forces of Ukraine hold a major offensive in the occupied Kherson region. The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said on October 2 that the military released the village of Arkhangelskoye on the Ingolet River, as well as the village of Mirolyubovka. A photo appeared, presumably, from Mirrolyubovka, where the Ukrainian military hoisted the flag of Ukraine over one of the buildings. The fact that Ukrainian forces control the Mirrolyubovka and most of the Arkhangelsk is known since the beginning of September.

The Ukrainian military is also conducting an offensive along the Dnieper. According to Russian “military commissars”, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have already occupied several settlements from Novovororovtsovka on the border from the Dnepropetrovsk region to at least Mikhailovka, located 25 kilometers. Over the past day, the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces have passed about 15 kilometers.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine approached the village of Dudchans, “it didn’t work out to stabilize the front,” Roman Saponkov, who is located in the Kherson region, said in the evening of October 2. Another “military unit” Yuri Kotenok at the same time stated that the Ukrainian military occupied Dudchans. The Russian “patriotic” telegram channel “Rybar” claims that as of 11:00 on October 3, the Russian military lost their positions near the village of Golden Balka, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine were fixed along the Novovorionsovka-Novoaleksandrovka highway and advanced to Dudchans.

The Armed Forces in the area of ​​the village of Dudchans planned to break through to the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, but “they managed to break them,” said Vladimir Saldo, head of the administration of the occupied Kherson region. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation said that the Ukrainian troops “wedged into the depths” of the Russian defense in the direction of the Golden Balka - Aleksandrovka.

On October 2, certificates appeared that Ukrainian soldiers probably entered the villages of Kretshenovka and Osokorovka (near Osokorovka there is a monument to the watermelon, from there there are photos and videos ). Also, Ukrainian sources distributed a video shot, as claimed, in a gold beam . On October 3, Ukrainian media published a photograph with the flag and military of Ukraine, presumably in the village of Mikhailovka.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine officially stated that the situation in the Kherson region is "gaining momentum." “We continue the battles and are fixed in those territories that are already liberated and cleaned,” Natalya Gumenyuk, a representative of the defense forces of the south of Ukraine, said on October 3. According to her, Ukrainian forces offer to evacuate to residents of almost 45 settlements, which are located along the front line and are subjected to Russian shots.

The deputy head of the control of the Russian Federation of the Kherson region, Kirill Stremuosov at the same time, stated that in the Kherson direction “everything is under control”, despite attempts to break through the Ukrainian military. According to him, the Ukrainian forces "broke through a little deeper", and "we reflect all the attacks." Stremuosov said that the Ukrainian military suffers heavy losses.

Ukrainian forces previously cut off the bulk of the Russian troops in the Kherson region from the supply lines after successful attacks on bridges through the Dnieper.

What is happening in the Donetsk region

On October 1, the Ukrainian military during the counterattacks in the east of the country occupied the Liman of Donetsk region. Ukrainian forces approached the outskirts of Liman on Friday, September 30. At that time, there were from two to three thousand Russian soldiers in the city, Sergey Chervaty, a representative of Ukrainian troops fighting in the east of the country, told The New York Times.

Initially, according to NYT, the Ukrainian command planned to quickly recapture the estuary, since the significantly superior forces of the Ukrainian army almost completely surrounded the city, but the Russian army sent reinforcements. Fierce battles went in the forests and on the banks of the Seversky Donets river. The bodies of the murdered Russian soldiers and burned equipment remain on the sidelines of roads outside the city, writes The Wall Street Journal.

Sergei Cherevaty claims that Russian soldiers retreated randomly, often hiding in the forests in small groups. According to him, many of the Russian military died or were captured. On the evening of October 1, the Ukrainian police organized patrols in the estuary and began to look for the Russian military who could stay in the city. By noon on October 2, Vladimir Zelensky stated that the estuary was “completely cleaned”. By this time, no one was detained in the city, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kramatorsky district, which includes the estuary. It is not clear what part of the Russian troops left the encirclement. On October 2, the Ukrainian military said that many Russians are still hiding in the forests around the estuary.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation said that Russian troops were averted from the estuary “to more profitable borders” “in connection with the creation of the threat of environment”. The military correspondent of Komsomolskaya Pravda, Alexander Kotz, said that the Russian troops retreated in stages, but "the latest units were already breaking through from the blockade, with battles." According to Kotz, 23 thousand people allegedly participated in the offensive of the Ukrainian army, which was several times higher than the number of Russian forces.

Speaking about the reasons for the retreat from the estuary, Kots said that the Russian army did not have enough strength, reinforcements came up late, and the “refuseniks” left strategically important positions. The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, accused of the loss of Liman the commander of the Central Military District of Colonel General Alexander Lapin.

After the departure of Russian troops from the estuary, local residents took advantage of abandoned Russian reserves. On October 2, several dozen people came to the left Russian stores on the main square of the city and took the bags with flour with the inscription "Russian humanitarian aid", writes WSJ. According to police, in the estuary, where about 20 thousand people lived in the pre -war period, about five thousand people remained. According to local residents, during the occupation they lived without gas and electricity. The police say that Russian forces did not try to restore electricity or water supply, and people lived without regular food supply, many needed medical care.