The troops of the separatist “republics” of the Donbass and Russia are fighting for Slavyansk, the “headquarters of the territorial defense” of the DPR “in its telegram channel.
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“There are fights for Slavyansk,” the report said. Pro -Russian separatists claim that they established full control over 231 settlements. At the same time, neither the Russian nor the Ukrainian military do not report the battles for Slavyansk.
Air Force recalls that the city of Slavyansk in the north of Donetsk region with about 100,000th population became widely known in 2014, when the retired FSB Colonel Igor Strelkov (Girkin), along with fifty fighters, invaded Ukraine. Strelkov captured administrative buildings in Slavyansk, placed his headquarters in it and announced the transfer of the city under the control of the Donetsk separatists. Two and a half months later, under the onslaught of the Ukrainian army, Girkin and his detachment, who was replenished during this time by local separatists, left the city and retreated to Donetsk.
Strelkov was skeptical of the statement of separatists about the battles for Slavyansk. He writes about this in his telegram channel (spelling and punctuation are preserved)
“In order for such statements to receive some ground under them-the Russian troops and units of the DPR Armed Forces must, at least, advance to the line of Khtvishche-Rygorodok. Then we can talk about” the beginning of the battles for Slavyansk. ” – In the best case, the battles go for the approaches to Slavyansk. The city itself, together with Karachun and Kramatorsky, turned into a continuous fortification, to storm in the forehead – generally wild stupidity. But I, frankly, believe that the application was made to “raise a combat the spirit ” – nothing more. It is unlikely that the RF Armed Forces and LDNR will have strength now to advance on Slavyansk, without completing the operation through the surroundings of Lisichansk, where our offensive is with great difficulty and heavy battles, and in the last few days it is frankly” skidding “.