Video Fact: AFU Fighters Entering Outskirts Of Kreminna Through Woods
- 21.12.2022, 15:37
There are only a few kilometres to the town.
A video confirmation of the information provided by Serhiy Gaidai, head of the Luhansk Regional Administration, about the advance of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Kreminna has been released online. The advance units of the Ukrainian army are probably already just a few kilometres away from the town.
The relevant footage from Luhansk region, filmed "from the first person" and captioned as "climbing into hell again," was made public by Igor Mitrov, a serviceman of the 95th Separate Assault Brigade, a well-known blogger and archaeologist, on his YouTube channel.
The video is accompanied by the hashtag "Donbass", but OSINT analysts geolocated the shooting point as an area in a forest near Kreminna in Luhansk region - about 5 km from the town occupied by "LPR" terrorists and Russian troops (exact coordinates are not given for security reasons).
Based on this footage, independent military analyst Def Mon suggests that the first phase of preparations for the battle for Kreminna has already begun.
"This likely marks the beginning of the battle for Kreminna. The map shows the approximate (coordinates are NOT accurate and do not reflect the specific location of actual Ukrainian positions - ed.) progress of the Ukrainian army in the day. As the AFU soldiers continue to move, let's assume that all of this is the buffer ("grey") zone," the observer notes.
We remind you that on December 20, the head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration, Serhiy Gaidai, made an optimistic statement that the Ukrainian Armed Forces were advancing through the territory of Luhansk Region - allegedly several kilometres remained to the town of Kreminna.
However, there has been no official confirmation from the military. It is likely that Ukrainian troops had not yet gained a foothold in the area, or that so far they were only the units moving forward for the purpose of reconnaissance and certain special operations.