On February 19, 2024, Russian armed forces launched a series of massive strikes on Ukrainian rear targets, as occurred in the Poltava and Kirovograd regions**.
The attack was carried out at the Kanatovo military airfield in Kirovograd, the missile fell between the parking stands of one MiG-29 and one Su-27 fighter, in which the ADM-160 Mald launch system was damaged, the aircraft engine was damaged due to the impact of the ** shock wave, and the fuselage of the aircraft did not suffer serious damage.
On the 19th, the Russian army simultaneously launched attacks in 5 directions: Avdeyevka, Maryinka, Rabertino, Kremina and **Muth.
According to the New York Times, the Russian army has increased its troops by as many as 40,000 troops in the Mariupol region and about 110,000 troops in the Kupyansk and Liman regions.
Rabotino
Zaporozhye's Rabotino has become the global focus since last year's Ukrainian army's summer**, and was promoted by the Ukrainian army as a classic victory to break through the Surovikin line, although it is only a small village of 100 people, but it has become a graveyard for Western tanks and armored vehicles.
Now that the battlefield has been reactivated, the Russian army has launched a fierce offensive to recapture the positions lost in the summer.
As of 14:00 on February 19, 2024, the Russian army broke through the defenses of the Ukrainian army in Labotino and continued to achieve success!
The regiments and landing troops of the Southern Military District of Russia broke through more than 2 kilometers in one and a half days.
The Fab once again played a decisive role, with the Ukrainian army saying that in the past two days, the Russian army dropped 50 aerial bombs.
Under the cover of artillery fire, last Saturday, the Russian vanguard successfully entered the outskirts of Labotino, and fierce fighting began.
The Ukrainian army used cluster munitions to try to stop the advance of the Russian army, and the Russian army reported that there were not enough Lancets to eliminate the Ukrainian army's artillery.
By yesterday and in the early hours of the morning, the fighting continued, and the Russian army was already able to consolidate the vanguard near Labotino.
The Ukrainian army** deepstate also confirmed the progress of the Russian army, saying:
Russian troops launched a large-scale offensive from Lobotino to Verbovoy. Having successfully broken through the defenses of the southeastern part of Verbovoy, the Ukrainian army is trying to solve this problem. Some Russian troops managed to break through to Lobotino. ”
"Russian forces have advanced west of Verbovoy with a range up to 142 km with a depth of 115 km", although they underestimated the scale of the push.
According to Rybar's report, Russian motorized infantry and paratroopers arrived on the southern outskirts of the village and gained a foothold in the area. Now the battle has advanced to the center of the village.
In addition, another line of Russian troops spread along the western part of the T-04-08 highway, and the Ukrainian army destroyed several sets of equipment of the Russian attack armored group, and the results of the battle are still unclear.
Direction of Maryinka
By the end of February 19, 2024, Russian troops broke through to the east of the village of Pobeda.
A breakthrough in the Yuzhnodonetsk direction will ease the pressure on the Russian army's advance towards Georgievka and Kurakhovo, and even cut off the Ukrainian army's communications northeast of Ugledar.
On the northern flank, not far southeast of Maryinka, the 20th Motorized Rifle Division managed to break through to the east of the village of Pobeda after several days of fierce fighting. The village, located in parts of the southeastern part of the O0532 highway, has been taken over by Russian forces.
The Russian commandos advanced with the support of tanks and heavy rocket artillery, and it was still the tactics of infantry walking in front of tanks.
The Ukrainian army did not dare to slack off, and actively counterattacked based on the main defensive hub Konstantinovka, trying to squeeze the Russian army out of the occupied farms, and even dispatched tanks and tanks to participate**, at least one German Leopard tank was destroyed.
Fighting continues in the central area of Novomikhailovka, where Russian troops have captured the fourth block of the village and are trying to advance towards the center of the village, attacking the administrative building where the Ukrainian army is hiding.
In addition, the Russian army on the southern front, starting from Slavkoye, is constantly trying to advance towards the crossroads in the direction of Vodianoye and the Ugdar-Konstantinovka highway. If the Russian army enters the crossroads, an important line of communication for the Ukrainian army in the direction of Yuzhnodonetsk will be cut off.
Other battlefields
Russian troops in Avdeyevka continue to search and clear the remnants of Ukrainian troops in the city and its environs. According to reports, several units of the 3rd separate assault brigade of "Azov" are still besieged on the territory of the Avdeyevka coking plant.
At the same time, the Russian army continued to break westward, the Ukrainian army in the village of Rastochino and Petrivsky retreated, and the Russian army was still cleaning up the remnants of the enemy.
In the **Mutter direction, the Russian army continues to attack Ivanovskoye, fighting is taking place in the west of the village. In the Bogdanovka area, the Russian army continues to advance, and the positions have improved.
In the Kherson direction, the clashes in Klinki continue, and the Ukrainian army still holds the bridgehead in the center of the village. However, a ** was posted on the Internet, showing that the special forces unit of the 81st special forces of Russia "Xiong" were operating by the Klinki River.