Russian forces are trying to surround the Bakhmut, Prigozhin calls Zelensky to a duel. What happens on the front line

The situation is at the front

Ukrainian forces report the “complete absence of coordination” between the forces of the Wagner PMC and the Russian military in the Bakhmut direction . Ukrainian troops came into contact with the enemy from the south side of the H32 highway in the area of ​​the village of Ivanovo.

“M03 and H32 - two main roads to the city [Bakhmut] for Ukrainian defenders - now, allegedly, are at risk of direct fire after Russia. <...> The paramilitary formations of Wagner most likely captured a secondary road connecting Bakhmut with the city of Seversk. While numerous alternative supply routes through country roads remain accessible to Ukrainian forces, Bakhmut is becoming more and more isolated, ”the British intelligence summary of February 5 says .

The situation in Bakhmut remains complicated. Deepstate analysts note that Russian forces put pressure on the city from three sides:

“The Bakhmut segment - the enemy pulls up reserves in Nikolaevka for further advance for a breakdown and Vasyukovka. A difficult situation in Red Mountain. The west of the Blessed Katsapam managed to advance, but the exact situation there is now unknown. Ivanovo holds, the enemy cannot cut the track. In Bakhmut, the situation is very difficult. Pressure on the city goes from almost three sides. In recent days, our military had to leave certain quarters in the private sector. ”

According to the General Staff of Ukraine, during the night of February 5 to 6, Ukrainian forces reflected assaults in the areas of Verkhnekamenskoye settlements, Vasyukovka, Paraskovyka, Bakhmut, Ivanovo, Kamenka, North, Pervomaisky, Veseloye, Nevelskoye, Krasnogorovka, Maryinka, Victory and Novomikhailovka.

The Ukrainian military observer Konstantin Mashovets believes that the issue of the success of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this direction rests on two borders: berry-Berkhovka-Zheleznanskoye-Vasyukovka, as well as Ivanovo-stuples, along the T-0504 road. According to Mashov, the retention of these lines means holding Bakhmut. “Moreover, the hypothetical environment of the Ukrainian forces in the area of ​​Red Mountain will very weakly affect the situation directly in Bakhmut itself. But if the enemy directly crosses the T-0504 road and ties the battles for the Yar’s hours, and also break through to the Berkhovsky reservoir, then Bachmut will definitely have to leave, ”he writes.

Mashovets also writes that Russian troops continue to strengthen the combat composition of their groups “West” and “Center”. In particular, this is noticeable in Kupyansky and Liman directions .

Ukrainian telegram channels publish a video from the Ugro direction with three broken Russian tanks, one of which, presumably, T-90M, and burning an alive tanker running around the field:

In the Zaporizhzhya direction, Russian artillery has been actively working in the last day, Wargonzo writes . Under the fire were scherbaks, nuts, Novodanilovka, a small Tokmachka, Egorovka, Charovny and Gulyipol.

In the Donetsk direction of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the shelling of Novomikhailovka, Victory, the western part of Maryinka, Georgievka, Nevelsky, Pervomaisky, Avdeevka and New York led. The Armed Forces of the Armed Forces were struck by Donetsk and Yasinovataya. Russian troops attacked from Vodyanoy and they managed to advance a little. Their goal is to enter the northern and coverage of the Ukrainian fortified area in Avdeevka from the West.

In the Lugansk direction south of the Kremenny Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the APU units from the forest to the Seversky Donets are displaced. “If Ukrainian troops reject the river, they will not be able to attack the city on Earth in this direction. And from the southwest, these prospects look more and more ghostly. Russian divisions from Dibrova step towards Yampol, ”says Wargonzo.

The Ukrainian military published a photo with a flag from Belogovka in the Luhansk region , confirming that it is under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The day before, the head of the Lugansk ova, Sergei Gaidai, stated on the eve of the telemarathon. “The situation is intense, but controlled by our military. All those stuffing about the fact that “about 15 minutes in 15 minutes will begin a full-scale offensive” do not correspond to reality. Everyone clearly understands how many reserves are transferred and what is happening on the front line. Everyone is ready to rebuff, ”Gaidai said. Earlier, the LPR claimed that Ukrainian troops retreated from Belogovka.

The shelling of Russia

A 70-year-old woman died as a result of shelling of the village of Kazinka, Belgorod region. “As a result of the projectile hit, the housekeeping of a private residential building caught fire, a woman of 70 years old died , ” said Governor Gladkov.

Not far from Kaluga, about 150 km from Moscow, an drone exploded early on the morning of February 6. The Governor of the Kaluga Region Vladislav Shapsha said that the drone exploded in the forest. And the Mash Telegram channel claims that it exploded not at all in the forest, but over one of the city’s microdistricts. According to Shot, at the site of the fall, a fragmentation-flood bomb was found.

We are talking about an UAV type “School”, writes the Telegram channel Venoencor Kitten Z Z. Presumably, the drone flew at low altitude and caught on the trees, as a result of which he crashed. The “military informant” claims that the drone was in the direction of Moscow, and notes that, in addition to the air bombs, at the site of the fall, arrow -shaped striking elements (flashetta) were found. This is confirmed by photos:

Supply of weapons

The US transport command showed how 60 BRADLYY BMP is loaded to be sent to Ukraine:

Ukrainian troops arrived in the UK to pass the training of self-propelled artillery installations AS90, the press service of the British Ministry of Defense reports .

First Canadian Leopard 2A4+ for the Ukrainian army was delivered by an airplane to Poland. The Minister of National Defense of Canada Anita Anand said that in the near future the Ukrainian military will begin to study the use of this tank.

Battle Tanks are on Their Way to Help Ukraine.

The First Canadian Leopard 2 Is En Route.

Canada's Support for Ukraine is unwaveing. pic.twitter.com/gnkoc50ykk

- Anita Anand (@anitaanandmp) February 4, 2023

Mobilized from Tuva complained of beating from the military "DPR"

Mobilized from Tuva recorded a video message in which they complained about beating and threats from military personnel from the DPR and the military police. The video was recorded in Tuvan, and its translation into Russian was published by the Telegram channel "Asians of Russia".

In the video, people in masks and camulage clothes stand against the background of the forest. They say that they were mobilized on September 29, after which they were prepared for three months in Novosibirsk. In the educational part, according to them, they were “not trained or prepared for fighting at the front line” and promised that they would be sent to the “commandant battalion”.

“On February 4, 2023, the military from the DPR arrived, they shot us from machine guns, forced to push up, said that we would not get out of here alive. They said that we were treating them, to the DPR, ”they say mobilized. They also claim that they were beaten by military police.

Taiga.info reports that they sent a short video of the alleged beating to the editorial office, where several people with machine guns are lying on the snow of a soldier and swearing on others. The publication does not publish a video.

The Governor of Tuva Vladislav Khovalyg called it "by a flagrant case discrediting the position of the mobilized." He stated that he was sending his representatives to the occupied part of the Donetsk region for "direct proceedings on the spot." The Vice Speaker of the State Duma of Russia Sholban Kara-ool also reacted to the appeal, saying that he "interrupts a business trip to Siberia and flies out to clarify the circumstances."

Prigozhin offered Zelensky duel in the sky

The Wagner PMC channel claims that at night, “Evgeny Prigozhin made a combat flight as a navigator of the Su-24 PMC“ Wagner ”for bombing of Ukrainian positions in Bakhmut.” At the same time, in the video, Prigozhin calls Zelensky to an air duel. “Tomorrow I sit on the MiG-29. If yours takes, take Artemovsk, if not, we go to the Dnieper, ”he says in the video.

The USA is preparing a response to Putin's nuclear threats

The US Ministry of Defense conducts military exercises in case the President of Russia Putin decides to put forward tactical nuclear weapons to positions, reports The New York Times with reference to high -ranking officials of the Joe Biden administration. At the same time, the interlocutors of the publication note that the US military is not yet observed that Putin is seriously preparing to use nuclear weapons, and the threats of the deputy head of the Council of People's Commissars Dmitry Medvedev are considered empty.