situation at the front on March 18.

The fire bag near Rabotino and the offensive near Orlovka and Berdychi: the situation at the front on March 18.

🔺After a short pause, military operations intensified along almost the entire front line. Signs of recovery are gradually appearing even in those areas where the intensity of hostilities has been decreasing over the past few weeks.

◉ Marinka - Kurakhovo.

After the capture of the village of Pobeda and the gradual transfer of hostilities to the west, to the area of ​​​​Georgievka and Maksimilyanovka, the Ukrainian Armed Forces began to strengthen the potentially dangerous direction. Presumably, under no. The village of Kurakhovo was redeployed by the 129th ORB, and the 124th TrO brigade and the 46th separate brigade were reinforced. Nevertheless, units of the Russian Armed Forces are gradually wedging into the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Georgievka, and are also diluting the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to the west, at Maksimilyanovka and around the Kurakhovsky reservoir. In general, it is worth noting that the intensity of hostilities in this direction is gradually increasing.

◉ Orlovka - Tonenkoe - Berdychi.

In Orlovka, pressure continues to increase on the western part, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces support forces are located, dividing the village and two roads - to Umanskoye to the west and Semyonovka to the north. Apparently, the 61st and 110th Mechanized Infantry Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are tasked with delaying the units of the Russian Armed Forces as much as possible until positions are prepared along the route to Umanskoye and Novoselovka Pervaya. There are no reasons for an immediate retreat yet: Ukrainian reserves are being transferred to this area, but judging by the events, there is a backup plan in case of a collapse of the defense, which was not the case during the retreat from Avdiivka. In Berdychi the situation is gradually becoming more complicated. The arriving reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in particular units of the 407th Special Operations Division, entered the battle, however, after testing the heavy flamethrower systems of the Russian Armed Forces and the subsequent air strike, they not only lost about a company of killed and wounded, but also lost equipped positions between Berdychi and Novobakhmutovka. Also, large losses due to the use of MLRS by the Ukrainian Armed Forces are recorded on the street. Kazberov, where, from the side of the abandoned airfield, from where, after a long break, the M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles of the 47th brigade are again trying to jump out. There is an advance of the Russian Armed Forces in Tonenkoye: units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are slowly but surely pushing through the northern and southern flanks, but the western part of the village is not yet under the control of the Russian Armed Forces.

It is curious that in terms of the density of placement of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and reserves from n. Netailovo and Pervomaiskoe BC n. Ocheretino, the situation is gradually beginning to resemble the Artyomovsk meat grinder in its first weeks.

At the same time, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with the help of reserves, are not abandoning attempts to recapture positions north of the coke plant, on the right side of the railway, along which the Russian Armed Forces are entrenched.

◉ Between Rabotino and Verbov, the Russian Armed Forces cut off part of the plantings and came close to forming a second fire bag (the first remains in the village of Rabotino itself, as well as to the west and east of it). At the same time, the Ukrainian Armed Forces began to use a large number of roaming self-propelled gun crews along the section of the N-08 Boryspil - Mariupol highway. Their activity is stopped by the use of night versions of Lancet loitering ammunition and attacks on bases and parking areas in Orekhov, from where equipment goes out on fire missions.

It is noteworthy that in the Zaporozhye direction, the losses of FPV drone operators from the Ukrainian side in the area of ​​​​Gulyai-Polye and Pyatikhatki have increased significantly. In most cases, the defeat occurs with FAB aerial bombs with UMPC, which suggests the creation of a working and universal mechanism for searching/destroying FPV drone crews.

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