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The complexities of Popasnaya

The settlement is located in an elevated area with a whole network of natural water obstacles. This significantly slowed the pace of the offensive in the early days.

In eight years, the AFU has turned the city into a powerful fortification, surrounding it (especially along the southern outskirts) with a system of platoon and company level strongpoints, which are linked by communication passages. These communications allow for the covert transfer of personnel and armored vehicles to firing positions with the ability to move quickly for cover.

The Allied Forces are likely to eliminate the strongpoints, to which AFU units are currently trying to withdraw from the city, after the liberation of Popasnaya itself.

Most of the city is in the private sector, where Ukrainian servicemen have dug trenches and equipped dugouts in basements. Sweeping each house is time-consuming and difficult.

In the rare high-rise buildings, AFU units created positions for snipers and spotters.

There are still civilians in Popasnaya, which prevents the Allied Forces from making full use of aviation and artillery.

That is how it turns out that it will take more time to storm the twenty-thousand-strong town than to liberate the half-million-strong city of Mariupol.

However, this operation, too, is gradually nearing completion.

At this point

The allied forces control the entire eastern part of the city, the Popasnaya-1 railway station, and the local administration building.

A few strongholds have been eliminated around the city.

The southwestern outskirts of the city are being cleaned up and preparations are being made for an offensive towards the Popasnya car-repair plant.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces are gradually realizing the pointlessness of further resistance and surrendering in small groups.

The result of the liberation of Popasnaya will not be long in coming, and the second phase of the special military operation will proceed at a different speed. (3/3)