How to fight a war in plain sight of the press

AFU Key Point Volnovakha Fallen. Russians Develop Offensive - South Front March 11:

The Russian Defense Ministry has officially announced that the city of Volnovakha (between Donetsk and Mariupol), one of the key defense points of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the east of the country, is now completely under the control of Russian and DPR [Donetsk People's Republics army] units. 

This key event of the last days of the war means a collapse of the Ukrainian forces in the region and seizure of Mariupol in the coming days.

One of the key defense points? Key event? Now they tell us. For days, focus has been on the gigantic convoy parked outside Kiev, which, by the way, broke up yesterday or today, I guess now that it's no longer needed to entertain the press. 

So it's this city, Volnovakha, that was actually the most important to the Russians; the SouthFront report goes on to explain why:

Four days ago, Ukrainian President Zelensky awarded the town the title of a Hero-City of Ukraine for “worthy resistance to armed aggression. The city was used to house the Kiev regime’s most odious nationalist units, which were repeatedly accused of mass torture and murder of the [Donbass] region’s Russian-speaking residents.

Here's the rest of the report:

 The DPR also took control of Olginka, Velyka-Anadol and Zelenyi Gai settlements. Advancement in depth in this section of the front was up to 6 kilometers.

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On the morning of March 11, Russian long-range precision-guided weapons struck Ukrainian military infrastructure, including military airfields in Lutsk and Ivano-Frankivsk in the west of the country.

Russian Armed Forces units continued their offensive, advancing 17 kilometers.

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There is a map accompanying the report. SouthFront must have heard me complaining again about their maps because this is a beautiful map, very clear.  It's even clearer enlarged; here's the link to the enlargement: oho00890.jpg (934×583) (southfront.org)  Volnovakha is in the bull's eye -- the center of the concentric rings.  

See also:

Russian MoD: DPR Forces Take Control of City of Volnovakha (sputniknews.com) - March 11

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