⚔ Yesterday, we decided not to draw attention to the video of 92nd Separate Mechanized Brigade in Khromove, but the western OSINT experts and military command have already reported of that brigades activity in the fighting for Bakhmut.
The video shows trench warfare in the fields near Khromove.

🦾92nd Separate Mechanized Brigade is one of the best, reinforcing the fighting units with this brigade will prove resultative. The brigade has shown great results during the "Fredericus" operation and fighting on the eastern shore of the Oskil River.

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🗡️ 79th Separate Assault Brigade hit a bastard tank north of Mariinka. The Terminators continue to hold the city remains

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♠ The 14th Mechanized Brigade destroys enemy military equipment in and around Hryanykivka

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✈️ Katsap Sushka, hit by fighters of the 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade "Kholodnyi Yar", fell on the outskirts of Zaitseve

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Situation on the frontlines as of March 15, 2023

▶️ On the Belarusian and Siverskyi direction — no changes.

▶️ On the Svatove direction — localized fighting is taking place in the area from Ploschanka to the south of Dibrova. The enemy continues to lose personnel and military equipment in Hryanikivka.

▶️ On the Bakhmut direction — globally, nothing has changed over the day, the places of pressure from the katsaps are the same. There is contradictory information about the fighting and the loss of Khromove, the situation is being clarified. The enemy is trying to gain a foothold in the windbreak in the north of the city, but is having no success. In the city itself, the situation is so complicated that it is almost impossible to map the exact line of contact.

▶️ On the Avdiivka direction — near Nevelske, the enemy suffered serious losses and withdrew from the previously occupied lines. Fighting continues in Maryinka and near Avdiivka.

▶️ On the Zaporizhzhia direction — clashes resumed in the Nesterianka-Novopokrovka area. Judging by the publicly available videos, there are clashes and losses of military equipment on both sides.

▶️ On the Tavria direction — no changes.

🗂 Analytical note. The situation in Bakhmut remains difficult, but no significant changes have been recorded over the day. Fierce fighting is taking place both in and around the city. The russian federation has intensified covert mobilization, which is certainly not good news.

🎙 Today, on the radio in the car, one could hear some idiot broadcaster rejoicing at the mobilization in russia and that her relatives could end up in the war there. Unfortunately, such idiotic attitudes are present in some "members" of society who are far from the war. Mobilization in russia only prolongs the war and increases our losses. An unmotivated person does not lose motivation to live, but motivation to live comes at the cost of our defenders: someone's son, father or husband.

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💣2S7 "Pion" SPG's of the 43rd Separate Artillery Brigade have struck an enemy base in Krasna Hora with the help of aerial reconnaissance

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🗡 Mariinka, the enemy continues to strike the buildings that have already been destroyed at the city center

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🔥 Strikes on the enemy positions at the western shore of Bakhmut. The video indicates the enemy advancement in the area

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🌲Efforts to stop the russians advancing towards Bakhmut through the forests

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🏎 Frames of the fighting south of Novodanylivka. The video was shot by an enemy drone, the damaged technique is claimed to be of our forces. We can neither confirm nor deny those claims, nor can we determine whose infantry is on the video

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🇷🇺 "Wagner" PMC fighters, as seen on the yesterday's video from Zaliznianske

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🚀Artillery strikes on russian positions near Nesteryanka

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⛰ Warriors of the 10th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade "Edelweiss" have struck a russian tank near Yakovlivka

While some unwise people spout nonsense, repeating russian propaganda points, these boys bring us closer to victory.

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🇺🇦 And here are the boys from the 14th National Guard brigade "Chervona Kalyna", sharing an archive videos of them working with an American Mk 19 grenade launched at the eastern outskirts of Spirne

Situation on the frontlines as of March 16, 2023

▶️ On the Belarusian and Siverskyi direction — no changes.

▶️ On the Svatove direction — localized fighting continues in the area from Ploschanka to the south of Dibrova. East of Chervonopopivka, the line of combat contact line has been adjusted. This change took place a week ago, the enemy managed to push our forces out of the windbreaks.

▶️ On the Bakhmut direction — in Bakhmut, the enemy is attacking from three sides, fighting continues. Fighting is going on near Ivanivske, the outcome is unknown. The enemy is attacking Khromove and Bohdanivka, with no success. North of Bohdanivka, the katsaps managed to break through to the height of 199.5.

▶️ On the Avdiivka direction — enemy attempts to advance in the area of Novoselivka Druha, Kamianka, Vodiane, Nevelske and Maryinka continue. In the area of Nevelske, the enemy abandoned its positions under pressure.

▶️ On the Zaporizhzhia direction — unchanged, our artillery is working as usual.

▶️ On the Tavria direction — no changes.

🗂 Analytical note. Traditionally, the situation is the most difficult in Bakhmut. The katsaps have brought in fresh forces in the area and continue their old tactic of attacking everywhere and pushing where the defense is weakest. A good example is Bohdanivka: the katsaps spent so much time attacking it that they decided to go around it. Or the same Zaliznyanske, which might not have been broken through if it hadn't been for the advance along the highway.

"Defense is a negative activity because it forces you to resist the enemy's intentions instead of developing your own", - von Clausewitz.

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🇨🇳Xi Jinping will visit muscovy on March 20-22

📃A message about this appeared on the kremlin's website on March 17.

💬"During the talks, topical issues of further development of comprehensive partnership relations and strategic cooperation between muscovy (editor's note) and China will be discussed," the Kremlin said.

✍️It is also noted that a number of important bilateral documents will be signed.

❓It is interesting to see whether military relations will expand and what the Chinese will bring to putin.

🇸🇰🤝🇺🇦Slovak Cabinet of Ministers approves the transfer of 13 MiG-29 to Ukraine - Prime Minister of Slovakia Eduard Heger

💭"The government has approved an international agreement on the transfer of Slovak MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine. We have made a decision in a constitutionally pure form. President Zuzana Chaputova has been informed about everything", the prime minister said.

🚀 In addition, Slovakia will transfer the Kub air defense system.

✈️ Poland will hand over 4 more MiG-29s, Andrzej Duda said during a press conference with the Czech president yesterday.

💭 "In the coming days, we are handing over four fully operational aircraft to Ukraine. The rest of the aircraft are being serviced and prepared", the Polish president said.

🇨🇳🇦🇪 🇷🇺 China supplied muscovy with rifles, spare parts and body armor through the UAE and Turkey in 2022, Politico reports

🔫 In June 2022, one of the largest state defense contractors in China, China North Industries Group Corporation Limited, sent the Russian company Techkrim CQ-A rifles, modeled after the American M16 assault rifle, designated as "civilian hunting rifles".

🛡 According to the customs, russian companies also received 12 batches of spare parts for drones and more than 12 tons of Chinese-made bulletproof vests shipped through Turkey. Politico also claims that China is supplying russian companies with dual-use equipment that can be used for military purposes. (This, by the way, is very much in line with the number of drones that russia is using and receiving at the front.)

✈️ The Chinese company Da-Jiang Innovations Science & Technology Co. (DJI), which is under US sanctions, also sent components for drones to a russian distributor in November-December 2022.

🛡 Customs data also show that in December 2022, muscovy managed to import bulletproof vests manufactured by the Turkish company Ariteks worth more than $10 million. Most of them were imported from Turkey, some went through the UAE. Muscovy also imported bulletproof vests from the Chinese company Xinxing Guangzhou Import & Export Co.

📌 Politico also found that the russian state-owned company Rosoboronexport imported microchips, thermal sensors, and parts such as gas turbine engines "from countries ranging from China to Serbia to Myanmar" in 2022.

⚙️ Da-Jiang Innovations Science & Technology Co. also known as DJI, sent drone parts - such as batteries and cameras - via the United Arab Emirates to a small russian distributor in November and December 2022. DJI is a Chinese company that has been sanctioned by the US Treasury Department since 2021 for providing the Chinese state with drones to monitor the Uighur minority in the western region of Xinjiang.

✈️ It is currently unclear whether muscovy is using any of the rifles listed in the supply data, as no evidence of their use on the front line has been found. Techkrim did not respond to a request for comment on the use of these weapons. However, DJI drones are constantly spotted on the battlefield and cause a lot of trouble for our troops...

📎 In addition to drones, muscovy has for months relied on other countries, including China, for navigation equipment, satellite imagery, vehicle components, and other raw materials...

🇵🇱Poland plans to deploy its American-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems near the border with the "Kaliningrad region" Königsberg - Polish Defense Minister Blaszczak.

💭 "Our task is to strengthen the Polish Army in such a way that Putin and those who are rebuilding the evil empire today will not dare to attack Poland. We are creating new military units, equipping them with new equipment", said Mariusz Blaszczak on Friday in Olsztyn.

❗️International Court of Justice in The Hague issues arrest warrant for putin

💭"Today, on March 17, 2023, the Pre-Trial Chamber of the II International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for two people in the context of the situation in Ukraine: putin and Maria Alekseevna Lvov-Belova", the court's website says.

⚖️putin - is responsible for the war crime of unlawful deportation of population (children) and unlawful transfer of population (children) from the occupied territories of Ukraine to the Russian Federation (in accordance with Articles 8(2)(a)(vii) and 8(2)(b)(viii) of the Rome Statute). The crimes were committed in the occupied Ukrainian territory at least since February 24, 2022. There are reasonable grounds to believe that Mr. putin is individually criminally responsible for the above crimes, (i) for the acts committed directly, jointly with others and/or through others (Article 25(3)(a) of the Rome Statute), and (ii) for his failure to exercise proper control over his civilian and military subordinates who committed the acts.

⚖️Maria Alekseevna Lvova-Belova - is responsible for the war crime of unlawful deportation of the population (children) and unlawful transfer of the population (children) from the occupied territories of Ukraine to the Russian Federation (in accordance with Articles 8(2)(a)(vii) and 8(2)(b)(viii) of the Rome Statute). The crimes were committed in the occupied Ukrainian territory at least since February 24, 2022. There are reasonable grounds to believe that Lvova-Belova is individually criminally responsible for the above crimes for acts committed directly, jointly with others and/or through others (Article 25(3)(a) of the Rome Statute).


💭 "From now on, the russian president has the official status of a suspect in an international crime." <...> "This means that outside of russia, putin must be arrested and brought to trial. And world leaders will think twice before shaking his hand or sitting down with him at the negotiating table. The world has received a signal that the Russian regime is criminal and its leadership and accomplices will be brought to justice." - said Prosecutor General of Ukraine Andriy Kostin