Day 255: November 05The Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that Russian forces had tripled the intensity of hostilities. Most of their attacks are taking place in eastern Ukraine, and from yesterday until today, the loudest part of the front line became the segment between Siversk and Bakhmut.The main goal of Russian troops here is to seize Bakhmut and Soledar. Unfortunately for the Russians, it did not work out very well, and they ended up losing even more ground. For the last two days, intense fights have been breaking out in the Siversk direction. In the first wave of assaults, the Russians attacked Bilohorivka and Verkhnokamianske. Here, the Russians seem to have regained control over Zolotarivka, which they lost several weeks ago. This way, they secured the northern part of the oil refinery and improved their tactical position. Nonetheless, their area of control over the region only expanded a little because the Ukrainians had been establishing more and more defensive positions around Bilohorivka.In the second wave of assaults, the Russians also assaulted Spirne and southern Bilohorivka. This is where Russian tactical positions significantly deteriorated. Those who have been watching my reports since August might remember that previously the fights were taking place in Ivano-Darivka and even Vyimka and Vesele. The fact that the fights shifted to Spirne indicated that the Ukrainians successfully pushed the Russians at least 8 km back. Moreover, after repelling the Russian attack on southern Bilohorivka, the Ukrainians launched a counterattack on Berestove, from where the Russians launched their attack. The Russians were unprepared and, according to some sources, entirely abandoned the village, while according to others, they partially withdrew, and now the fights are taking place inside the village. In any case, the Russians here lost control over 50 square kilometers of the ground.When it comes to the southern part of the region, yesterday I told you that the Russians had conducted a massive artillery preparation. The goal of it was to damage Ukrainian defense infrastructure, undermine the defense overall, to open a window for an on-the-ground attack. And today, they launched this attack. The first two attacks were directed toward Kurdiumivka and Klischivka. The goal here is to fix Ukrainian troops because, as I told you in one of my previous reports, the Ukrainians have recently reinforced the southern part of Bakhmut with several mechanized brigades. Leaving this area undisturbed would simply invite the Ukrainians to conduct a flank attack once the Russians launch their main attacks. And their main attacks were directed toward Opytne and Ivanhrad. So far, there is no information regarding the progress, however, the spokesperson of the Ukrainian Eastern Group already noted that a significant number of Russian casualties and captives are newly mobilized men. Heavy engagement of forces that are not fully prepared for the fight once again explains a spike in Russian losses.The Russians have also attacked Bakhmut from the north using the same strategy. Firstly, they launched an attack on the village Bakhmutske to keep Ukrainian troops busy and then launched a second attack towards the champagne factory that they lost in the aftermath of the Ukrainian counteroffensive. Ukrainian General Staff reports that so far, Russian attacks here have been repelled, but given the overall situation in the east, the Ukrainians can expect more attacks to come in this direction.If you are against the invasion of Ukraine and want to support the work that I am doing, consider making a purchase in the online store UA Supporter. Here you can find a lot of products with Ukrainian symbols, to not only show your support for this channel, but also for Ukraine.