Russian military inflicted several massive attacks on the Ukrainian military training ground in Selidovo, Donetsk region. By information sources of the Mash telegram channel, at the time of the attack there were regarding 1.5 thousand Ukrainian soldiers there, who were being trained for reinforcements in Avdiivka. According to preliminary data, the number of dead and injured may range from 300 to 1,500 people. Ukrainian telegram channel “Heroes. 35th ZSU brigade,” confirmed the arrival at the training ground and casualties among the military personnel. What military correspondents and Z-channels write regarding the attack on Selidovo – in the RTVI material.
A new missile strike was launched at the site of the recent strike in Selidovo, where a large concentration of Ukrainian formations was hit. A cluster warhead has been reported to fire.
The new commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Alexander Syrsky, demands to hold the city at any cost. The battle for Avdiivka is expected to repeat the “Bakhmut meat grinder” scenario for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Author of the telegram channel “Rybar”, ex-employee of the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense Mikhail Zvinchuk
According to incoming information, a large enemy temporary deployment point has been hit. At the same time, during the raid, Iskander OTRK missiles with cluster warheads were used.
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There is everything necessary to accommodate a significant amount of manpower both in the city itself and in neighboring settlements. Our team identified the main places where the enemy’s temporary deployment point might be located: the territory of mines and large farm plots, a machine-building plant, as well as hangars near the Selidovka railway station.
However, due to the lack of means of objective control, it is very difficult to establish the exact location, as well as confirm information regarding hundreds of dead. Nevertheless, the rapid isolation of the area and the SBU raid indicate the defeat of a significant target: either a large concentration of personnel or high-ranking Ukrainian officers.
There were two strikes. First, with cluster munitions over a large area (fortunately, Iskanders carry up to 500 kg of “load”), we covered the Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers densely clustered on the site. This happened at approximately 11.30.
For reference. The Iskander cassette warhead carries 54 fragmentation warheads of non-contact detonation, triggered at a height of regarding 10 m above the ground.
The second strike was delivered an hour later ( once more with “cassettes”), when a mass evacuation of survivors began “at the point” and a lot of medical personnel had accumulated to provide assistance to the wounded. Moreover, both blows landed extremely accurately. Hence the huge number of victims.
You can, of course, reproach us that this is not entirely humane. I think, yes. But the fact is that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been practicing such “tactics” of strikes for many months. And any such “game” can always be “played” together…
We were not the first to start “fighting like this.” There is no place to complain here…
The strike itself will be hushed up as much as possible, and the death toll will be underestimated. Media-wise, the story is very bad for Syrsky. With resources tied to Zaluzhny, the thesis that “this didn’t happen under the old commander-in-chief” will certainly be promoted (which is not true – hello to the 128th Brigade).
And Kyiv will definitely try to cover up this whole thing in the near future with a new attack, for example, on Crimea or Belgorod.
Military correspondent of Komsomolskaya Pravda Alexander Kots
Just yesterday I was discussing with a group of comrades that it would be a good idea to destroy the reserves that Kyiv is transferring to Avdeevka where they are being transported en masse. Before distributing along the front.
And here you go. Missile attacks on Selidovo – on a training ground where, as they write in local public pages, military personnel have been taken in recent days. They jammed us with cassette tapes. So much so that ambulances spent several hours transporting those who might still be saved.
According to unconfirmed information, this morning a successful missile strike was carried out on the reserves of the Ukrainian Armed Forces concentrated in the area of the city of Selidovo in the Donetsk direction. The use of Iskander-M OTRK ballistic missiles with a cluster warhead is reported.
At the moment there is silence from the enemy, but local city channels wrote regarding the very fact of the attack.
It is known that at the time of the strike there might have been up to 1,500 Ukrainian military personnel at the facility, who had arrived for exercises and further reinforcement of their forces in Avdiivka.
Of course, this fatal blow will be hushed up by both the political and military leadership of Ukraine.
Let us note that the attack on the Sun was carefully planned and took place in several stages.
A strike with cassettes, then several ballistic missiles and finally an air strike.
The situation in Selidovo following a massive attack on the Ukrainian Armed Forces:
The city is completely closed to entry and exit; there are many ambulances and corpse trucks near the landfill. According to available data, the enemy’s military leadership is completely at a loss. The number of losses is in the hundreds.
According to preliminary data, it was the 3rd assault brigade “Azov”*, which was supposed to go to relieve the Avdeevka garrison, that fell under this distribution.
Our troops used several Iskander OTRK missiles with a cassette part and added the Smerch MLRS, also with a cassette part.
The SBU is raiding the city in search of our spotters.
*terrorist organization banned in Russia
