Thread by @georgewbarros

May 11, 2022. Russian forces continued efforts to encircle Ukrainian positions in the Severodonetsk-Rubizhne-Lysychansk area but did not make any confirmed advances.

A thread on today's map changes for @TheStudyofWar.

1. We still have not observed open-source evidence to support reports that Ukrainian forces recaptured Borshchova (Борщова), Slobozhanske (Слобожанське), Lyptsi (Липці), or Ternova (Тернова) in Kharkiv Oblast. To this end, Russian source Readkova claimed that Ukrainian forces...

are preparing a full-scale offensive for Kozacha Lopan and Tsupivka and that Russian forces are holding the line in Liptsy on May 11. (Source: t.me/readovkanews/3…)

2. We expanded assessed Russian advances to Velyka Komyshuvakha given Russian forces captured it on May 9. This approach likely came from the northeast from Izyum. (Sources: ; ; )

3. We recessed Russian assessed advances across the Seversky Donetsk River from Pryvillia to Bilohorivka after Ukrainian forces destroyed a Russian pontoon bridge to Bilohorivka on May 9. Sources: ; )

4. We expanded Russian control to cover Polohy, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, based off reports of Russian occupation activities in the city. (Source: gur.gov.ua/content/vykrad…)

5. We mapped Hannivka, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, as Ukrainian counteroffensives given Dnipropetrovsk Oblast officials stated on May 11 that Russian forces fired on Hannivka, indicating that RU forces no longer are in it. (Sources: t.me/dnipropetrovsk…; t.me/mykola_lukashu…)

We previously had not observed direct evidence that the known and immediately adjacent Ukrainian counteroffensives in northern Kherson liberated Hannivka and didn't want to make assumptions about the status of the village without evidence.

6. We are unable to verify Ramzan Kadyrov’s claims that Russian forces captured Voievodivka, the Zarya Chemical Plant, and other villages in Luhansk Oblast on May 11 at this time. (Unconfirmed claims: t.me/RKadyrov_95/20…; t.me/istorijaoruzij…; t.me/istorijaoruzij…)

7. The Ukrainian General Staff Report of 1800 May 11 confirmed that Ukrainian forces recaptured Pitomnik, as ISW mapped on May 10. (Source: facebook.com/GeneralStaff.u…)

8. Finally, the Kherson Oblast State Administration stated that Russian forces still occupy Petropavlivka, Chervone, Bilyaivka, and Ukrainika as of May 11, verifying ISW’s maps in this area. (Source: facebook.com/khoda.gov.ua/p…)