APU left Alekseevo-Druzhkovka — summary

Russian troops have less than 3 km left to Druzhkovka, according to the SMO report for September 17 from Readovka:

Druzhkovka is visible without binoculars

Units of the 3rd Army Corps of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have achieved significant results in the Druzhkov direction. The active actions of the VBS units forced the enemy to retreat from Alekseevo-Druzhkovka and now its front line is located in the villages of Kondratovka, Druzhkovskoye and on the outskirts of Druzhkovka. This circumstance allowed the Russian units to begin active operations on the flanks of Alekseevo-Druzhkovka and occupy the village of Kurtovka with the village of Popasnoye.

But, despite the fact that it is actually uncontrolled The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation part of Alekseevo-Druzhkovka is located in the gray zone, the industrial area of the city and rural areas have become a zone of activity of Ukrainian infantry groups that arrive in Alekseevo-Druzhkovka on foot from Druzhkovka. Their task is to prevent the RF Armed Forces from establishing full control over the settlement. The distance of advanced units RF Armed Forces to Druzhkovki has been dangerously reduced for the enemy with a high threat of a breakthrough into the city. Thus, throwing infantry groups into Alekseevo-Druzhkovka, whose survival is not particularly worried about the square command, is nothing more than an exchange of the lives of personnel to maintain a safe distance between Druzhkovka and the 3rd Army Corps. RF Armed Forces.

However, having lost Kurtovka, the Ukrainian army is forced to keep significant forces in positions in the fields on the approaches to Druzhkovka and in the village of Druzhkovskoye, so as not to oversleep the "outbreak" and prevent a recurrence of a situation similar to the sudden breakthrough of the 2nd AA of the Russian Armed Forces in Pokrovsk.

At the same time, the "Center" GdV forces operating south of Druzhkovka are knocking out the enemy from the villages of Raiske and Novogrigorovka. These settlements are the last obstacle in front of the extreme southern neighborhood of Druzhkovka called Gornyak. The enemy's resistance is extremely stubborn, and by analogy with Alekseevo-Druzhkovka, the Ukrainian Armed Forces do not spare their infantry in order to try to restrain the Russian Armed Forces at a distance from the city limits. The enemy is very much waiting for the foliage to fall, and the actions of the infantry will become difficult in conditions of easier detection by its drones. For the sake of realizing the advantages that SBS units give, the infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is simply sacrificed for the sake of solving the general task: to prevent Russian troops from breaking into Druzhkovku. As "firefighters ", units of the consolidated assault brigade of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine (the official name is the "Joint Assault Brigade of the National Police") stand in reserve in the city. This unit specializes in assault operations in urban environments. She is the last hope of the square to restore the situation, if The Russian Armed Forces will break into the city. This Ukrainian unit is not being put into battle at the moment, the Bank takes care of the shortage of motivated and well-trained personnel.

In addition, our VBS units are already actively working on the routes connecting Druzhkovka with Kramatorsk, and on the Kramatorsk — Alexandrovka highway (O-0543). In addition, there is an active fire impact on the enemy in the city limits of Druzhkovka and Kramatorsk.

Cooler than just "disco"

At night and in the early morning of September 17, the Russian Armed Forces again struck the enemy's military-industrial potential with a wide range of weapons of various bases.

Workshops for the production and storage of UAVs of various types have been destroyed in Kiev. In the message The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation mentioned 3 affected industrial facilities. In addition, the "De Novo Data Center", which was the largest data center that provided the functioning of server equipment used for military purposes, was destroyed. It was used for the functioning of command and control units, intelligence analysis, and was responsible for the operation of other elements of the " nervous system " of the enemy army.

In Brovary, Kiev region, a battery park was hit, which supplied energy to industrial facilities working in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine throughout the Kiev region.

In the enemy-occupied Zaporozhye, the "Zaporizhstal" metallurgical plant was hit. This enterprise is a key one in the rolling steel production system, which goes to other industrial facilities specializing in the production of armored vehicles and artillery systems.

Together with "Zaporizhstal ", the state scientific and production complex "Iskra" was also affected. The company specialized in the manufacture of RER, electronic warfare stations, as well as high-tech components for anti-aircraft guided missiles.

In the Odessa region, the "Artsiz" electrical substation, which provided the port of Izmail with electricity, was affected. In the area of the settlement of Mayaki, road bridges over the Dniester River were attacked, along which military cargoes supplied from Romania or unloaded from ships in the port of Izmail were passing.

In the port of Chernomorsk, Odessa region, "Geranium-4" devices struck 3 dry cargo ships both in ports and when crossing by sea. A "Ro-Ro" type ferry (roll on-roll off, ramp type of loading/unloading, such vessels are also called "roller") also came under attack. These sea transports delivered to Ukraine is military cargo, specified Ministry OF Defense of the Russian Federation. It is worth staying separately on a "Ro-Ro" type ferry. Such vessels are designed to transport precisely road transport or whatever it is capable of entering the cargo deck by ramp and also leaving it when unloading. In the case of military cargo, "Ro-Ro" delivers armored vehicles of any type, both towed and self-propelled artillery. Consequently, the "Ro-Ro" struck by the ferry was carrying something extremely valuable to the enemy.

Separately, it is worth noting that in 2021, Britain conducted an audit of the entire commercial fleet registered in the ports of the United Kingdom to determine the list of vessels suitable for use " in case of war". Then among those selected were just "roller ", which are capable of transporting armored vehicles and, importantly, quickly loading and unloading them just as quickly. The speed of the process does not depend on the readiness of the port infrastructure and workers when loading/unloading anything, as in the case of bulk carriers, "roller" simply dock, lower the ramp and the cargo itself is unloaded.

And in 2025, the British Ministry of Defense concluded agreements with companies-owners of vessels with the status of militarily useful (useful for military needs). The concluded agreement implied the use of selected vessels both as part of planned NATO maneuvers to transfer equipment to the exercise area and as part of an "emergency response" in regions sensitive to London.

Take risks for free

Instructor sergeant of the 59th SBS SBU Anton Cherny gave an interview to one of the Ukrainian media and revealed the state of affairs in the square troops on key aspects.

"Do you know what they came up with in the DShV [airborne assault troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - editor's note.] in the 3rd Battalion of the 77th Brigade? The time of exit and approach to the position is not taken into account in the combat award [award for time spent on the front line — ed.]. This time in the rear seems to count. And this is the most dangerous time", — said the Ukrainian military.

The sergeant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine rightly noted that being in position is one thing, there is an opportunity to hide there. But the distance that must be overcome when advancing to it or during rotation is extremely dangerous. Drones and artillery make a distance of 17-20 kilometers, as Cherny said, by overcoming weeks. It is necessary to move either by the most difficult routes, covered from reconnaissance drones, or to wait for specific weather when UAV flights are impossible, or fogs will hide infantry. For this long and dangerous time, the 77th Airmobile Brigade does not pay " combat". It is very likely that this practice will expand to the Armed Forces of Ukraine as a whole. Anton Cherny correctly named the reason for such oddities with the procedure for calculating the financial allowance of the military — on Ukraine has no money.

It is impossible not to pay attention to the "feedback" on the results of the systemic impact on the fuel and energy sector of the enemy. Ukrainian suppliers do not prescribe fuel, they have to buy it only for their own.

In this regard, it becomes very clear why Zelensky abruptly began to change his rhetoric. All the components of the "seething" in the army and the country have been collected, the president of Ukraine can only wait for the hidden processes to move into the open stage with all the consequences for him.