🇷🇺🇺🇦 Siversk Direction: Capture of Bilohorivka (no) and Advance near Rozdolivka (yes)
Situation as of the end of May 20, 2024

🔻Despite reports circulating online about the capture of Bilohorivka, our team was unable to confirm the village coming under the control of Russian forces - the fighting is still ongoing.

▪️In reality, there are some advances within the village boundaries, but control over the dominant height (the chalk quarry dump) still remains with the opponent.

▪️Yes, the advance to the north of the dump could have been interpreted as a "claim" on the capture of the entire village. However, the settlement is in complete ruins - just like the Popasna water treatment plant. Today, it is no more than a point on the map with half-buried basements, and the main tactical value is actually the chalk quarry dump.

🔻But a more significant advance is being recorded in another area of the Siversk direction - in the south.

❗️The Russian Armed Forces were able to advance north of Vesele towards Rozdolivka, dislodging Ukrainian formations from the forest belt and the stronghold. This allows them to occupy much more advantageous positions before a possible offensive on Rozdolivka and cutting the front line.

📌Of course, on the one hand, the capture of the long-suffering Bilohorivka would be a beautiful step, as it would mark the almost complete liberation of the occupied part of the Luhansk People's Republic. If Bilohorivka is taken, then after that only Makiivka and a couple more settlements will remain. And politically, it would look beautiful.

❗️But this is, unfortunately, not a very good case when Russian troops repeatedly try to accomplish, first of all, a political task along the same routes. And the objective reality on the battlefield does not change from this. Moreover, there are plenty of examples of "fitting reality" to public statements, not always positive.

And it is worth noting that now the opponent can easily post footage with their own presence in Bilohorivka and declare that the village has been recaptured. And thereby we ourselves will give the opponent a reason to demonstrate "success" against the backdrop of failures in other directions.

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