On the night of January 25, the Armed Forces of Ukraine resumed the counteroffensive in the Kremennaya area against the positions of the 144th motorized rifle division. This is stated by analysts of the US Institute for the Study of War, however, referring to Russian sources..

According to them, propagandists note that the occupiers allegedly repelled the offensive. However, the defenders still continue to attack from Torsky, which is located 14 km from Kremennaya.

As for the Zaporozhye direction, the Russians show success there only in the statements of propagandists. Experts assess the speed and effectiveness of the actions of the Russian Federation in this sector of the front as very low.

" - Rogov (collaborator and representative of the so-called " ) continued to state that Ukrainian forces were preparing for a decisive offensive against Melitopol and Berdyansk in the coming months, but that Russian successes on the battlefield would reduce the ability of Ukrainian forces to carry out these efforts..

A Russian blogger said Ukrainian forces were on full alert for the resumption of the Russian offensive in the Kamenskoe-Stepovo area near Orekhovo, indicating continued concern about Ukraine's actions on this front..

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Recall that British intelligence explained that the peculiarity of the battles for Kremennaya is that the coniferous forest provides some cover from air surveillance even in winter. As a consequence, both sides are likely trying to fine-tune their artillery fire..

The de-occupation of Kremennaya will allow Ukrainian soldiers to control the main roads to Severodonetsk and Lysichansk and hit the invaders attacking Bakhmut. The Russians are aware of this threat.

Also on January 21, the head of the joint press center of the Defense Forces of the Tauride direction, Yevgeny Yerin, confirmed that the Russian military had stepped up in the Zaporozhye direction.. But he added that calling it a large-scale offensive is "