• 📝The beginning is set📝 In the Slavyansk direction, events continue to develop dynamically around Nikolaevka and its surroundings. Over the past day, numerous reports have come in that advance recon groups of the Russian Armed Forces are beginning to infiltrate the multi-story buildings in the eastern part of the city. ➡️At the moment, reports are contradictory. There are reports both of assault troops entering the center of the settlement and of reaching its northwestern outskirts, which at the moment sounds overly optimistic. In the vicinity of Rai-Aleksandrovka, a combat zone has persisted for over a month, so the infiltration of assault troops from the Southern Grouping to Nikolaevka was only a matter of time. Given the systematic work on bridges and equipment in the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk urban area, the enemy has lost the ability to rapidly redeploy reserves and replenish losses. ➡️Russian troops are infiltrating the city through forests located to the east. The AFU struggles to control such territory, even considering the saturation of the "small sky" with drones. The issue lies in a shortage of personnel and the inability to redeploy reserves amid regular FPV drone attacks. ➡️On the southern flank, heavy fighting continues in the vicinity of Malynivka and Pershotravneve. Control over them and adjacent hedgerows will allow establishing convenient positions for accumulation and subsequent entry into Kramatorsk from the east. 📌 The pace of advance in this sector continues to be encouraging. After a change of command in the sector just over a year ago, the "southerners" have covered considerable ground—tens of kilometers from Siversk to Nikolaevka. Given that the latter is essentially the "key to the gates" of Slavyansk, the enemy will attempt to prolong the battle as much as possible. After all, the outcome of the fighting for it will determine whether battles for the fortress cities of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk in the occupied part of Donbas will begin this year. If you have updates on the situation, or you want us to highlight the successes of your unit, you can always write to us via the feedback bot @rybar_feedback_bot #Donbas #Kramatorsk #Slavyansk #Russia #Ukraine 📍High resolution map 📍English version 📍Online maps available by subscription at map.rybar.ru ✈️