Situationen i Ukraina just nu, del 3

Instead of showing up in Minsk, the signatories of the Minsk Sept. 5 agreements, Zakharchenko and Plotnytsky, stayed in Donbas, sending their subordinates, Pushylin and Deineho, Kuchma said.
The latter started their work in Minsk by giving an ultimatum to Ukraine to unilaterally stop the shelling and withdraw heavy artillery from the touchline.

а) The neck of the protrusion north of Svetlodarsk is mostly held by the enemy, because after capturing Troitskoye and fighting near the area of Krasnyi Pakhar the junta is blocking the attempts to approach the M-103 road in the area of Mironovka. The fighting on this location makes it more difficult for the artillery to strike the road, because it is mostly engaged against the counter-attacking junta military.
b) On the north-east segment of the Debalcevo protrusion the front line remained unchanged overall: our forces engage in military action in the suburbs of Debalcevo (which is also confirmed by the junta), but Debalcevo itself remains under the AFU control.
At the same time there are persistent attempts to clear the enemy out of Chernukhino, which will lead to a substantial reduction in the size of the protrusion.
c) There have been no substantial changes on the front line Nikishino – Novoorlovka, our forces apply pressure, the enemy is fighting back and is holding the front line.
d) And finally, Uglegorsk. The town is mostly controlled by the NAF. AFU positions still exist on the outskirts. The yesterday's counter-strike announced by Grishin only allowed to pull "Svityaz" out of the encirclement and to start skirmishes on the outskirts of Uglegorsk. Here the enemy is trying to mitigate the consequences of the sudden loss of Uglegorsk by using attacks on convergent directions. Fierce fighting continues where both sides suffer big personnel and materiel losses, there is substantial damage in the town. Civilian losses are also likely to be serious, because military action is occurring also on the territory of the town itself.
e) Yesterday there was also information that north of Uglegorsk our forces performed a strike and approached Kalinovka, which is right next to the M-103 roadway. The junta sources confirm that the key road is already being subjected to periodic artillery shelling, albeit fairly imprecise. The road itself is still mostly drivable, so it is still too early to speak about the encirclement. The protrusion noticeably narrowed over the last week and gradually turned into an intestine of sorts that stretches from Svetlodarsk to the south-east. In its current form this intestine is obviously useless as a foothold for a junta offensive.
Overall, fighting continues here and the operational results of the January NAF offensive will depend, in essence, on the tactical results of this fighting.