All language subtitles for 14-09-2023rdyrtde

There is talk now of an operation by the Ukrainian
liberation forces to liberate Opytne, a small

village south of Avdiivka and north of temporarily
occupied Donetsk.

That said, some see this as a potential operational
and tactical achievement, while others are

predicting operations in Donetsk.

Little Opytne is more than just a village,
but more on that later, and now what is happening

in this area of the fighting.

Heavy fighting continues in the vicinity of
Opytne.

Taking advantage of the element of surprise,
the AFU forced the occupants out of part of

the occupied positions.

Now the enemy has recovered a little and is
urgently looking for reserves, while simultaneously

biting into every position in the village.

The AFU struck where the enemy did not expect
it at all, the combatants conducted a cool

operation and are now trying to scale it up.

So let's be patient and wait for news.

At the moment all we can say is that the gray
zone has increased slightly.

But this does not yet mean an increase in
control in the area of the village or in the

village itself.

There is a low level of coordination between
the command of the enemy units - everyone

is trying to pull the blanket over themselves.

This is due to the fact that in addition to
the Russian armed forces, there are a lot

of units of local combat aborigines.

The Ukrainian side does not control the village
yet, but at the same time they have entrenched

themselves to the north of it, right up to
the outskirts.

The occupiers have been storming Opytne and
the fields north of it for more than a month,

and suffered huge losses, the soldiers of
the AFU hurt them very much!

And I am somehow sure that the enemy will
try to restore the "status quo" after some

time.

So, some see this as an operational-tactical
achievement, while others predict operations

in Donetsk.

I would now like to draw attention to a slightly
different aspect, much more global, covering

even more than the combat zone.

North of Opytne is Avdiivka, which even during
the "calm" period from 2015 to 2022 remained

the hottest point along the entire front line,
but which the occupiers have still not been

able to capture.

Opytne is an intermediate springboard to the
northern and northwestern sector of Donetsk.

But, the main thing is not even that.

As I've noted many times before, the Russian
occupation forces have lost the ability to

conduct large-scale, broad-front offensive
operations since the second half of 2022.

How many cities with millions of inhabitants
have they captured since August 2022?

Rhetorical question.

How many oblasts or districts in oblasts have
they captured?

Also, none.

Their only achievement since the second half
of 2022 is the small town of Bakhmut without

a single street, which was attacked along
a narrow front and which they are now progressively

losing under the pressure of the AFU.

And this is an important moment.

Now the occupants are losing their defense
in the Zaporizhzhya triangle Novoprokopivka-Verbove-Ocheretuvate.

It is also subsiding in the area of Staromlynivka,
the south of Bakhmut is cracking.

On the left bank of the Kherson region is
expanding gray zone.

Novomaiorske...

Opytne ...

Defense is cracking along the entire front
line of the occupants.

And this is happening in the second half of
2023.

Opytne is not just a sign of success in a
particular location; it is an indicator of

the depletion and loss of defensive capabilities
by Russian forces, just as it was with their

offensive capabilities last year.