I am by character, education and trade a rather cautious person, but today I am cautiously optimistic, at least for Novorussia. The Saker Post Scriptum: this just in from a good friend: DPR - Volnovakha taken by Novorossiya Armed Forces (NAF); South-Western Cauldron closed off. - Yalta (near Mariupol) taken, NAF is now 12 km away from Mariupol. - Mariupol - Zaporozhye (Berdyansk) road closed off by NAF. Virtually all settlements around Mariupol appear to be taken by NAF. Mariupol Cauldron closed off. - Fighting has crossed the border into Zaporozhye. Saboteur-Reconnaissance Groups (SRG) and guerrillas active inside Zaporozhye’s borders. - Ukrainian punitive forces surrendering in the many cauldrons, the rate of surrenders is picking up pace. - NAF is pushing outward toward Yasinovataya, Maryinka, Karlovka, Krasnogorovka (west of Donetsk) AND, the BIGGEST (albeit not fully confirmed) NEWS: Donetsk Airport taken by NAF today. LPR - Lutugino partially controlled by the Militia, very heavy urban combat there, although Rodakovo was lost (plans to retake it shortly). - Lyashko appears to be still trapped in Severodonetsk, which is besieged by Mozgovoi’s Brigade (I have no further information since a couple of days ago). - LPR has encircled Shchastye and Metallist and is advancing on the Ukrainian positions there, as well as in the north-eastern direction (Stanitsa Luganskaya, which still remains contested). - NAF continues to advance on Deblatsevo, taking checkpoints on the outskirts of the city. - LPR is planning some major advances in the next few days, hopefully to clean up most of the remaining cauldrons. vineyardsaker.blogspot.fr/2014/08/august-29th-1535-utczulu-ukrainian.html
Posted on: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 19:20:45 +0000
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