1. There is no encirclement as such yet, so I would wait with exercises on the topic of "come up with the best joke about the cauldron," for now it is only possible to speak of irregularly shelling the crucial road. It is very important to not confuse this with a completed encirclement.
2. By the evening there were confirmation that the majority of Uglegorsk is under our control, the enemy hooked onto the outskirts of the town, but there's no speaking of returning control over Uglegorsk. There is major damage in the town.
3. Also the fact of sweeping Nikishino from the enemy was confirmed, which is a minor tactical success on the one side, but on the other side this village was contested for several months, so February 1st became the day of completing the battered epic of fighting for Nikishino, in the end our forces managed to finish off the junta here.
4. Under Chernukhino it is not so bright today: the enemy repelled our attacks and has maintained control over this important settlement.
5. Debalcevo itself is under the junta control, our forces stand in its forward defense zone and apparently wait for the development of the situation under Uglegorsk, because the head-on assault on Debalcevo isn't promising any quick results.
6. Fighting continued in the area of Krasnyi Pakhar. Troitskoye is still under the junta. Here the chances of overwhelming the enemy activity and renewing the strikes on Svetlodarsk and Mironovka are minimal.
7. Dryomov and his security detail fell under an artillery strike today in the recently captured Sanzharovka. As it was announced, Dryomov himself was unaffected, but there were KIAs among his companions.
8. About the losses: they very between different locations, but overall they are significant. After the intensity of military action will reduce, quite a bit of time will be required for reinforcing and bringing the battered units into order.
9. At this moment our forces mostly make progress due to artillery fire, which is accompanied by the actions of infantry that is reinforced with armor when the enemy cannot withstand it and retreats. As before, the cooperation of different types of military leaves much to be desired. One can always proudly announce that the militia became an army, but when it gets to action, then various screw-ups emerge, which are corrected at the price of blood.