Thread by @AndrewPerpetua

My daily update! #ukrdailyupdate

One half of a year has passed since the beginning of this war, 182 days, and today is Ukraine’s 31st Independence Day.

If you would like to view the map, here is the link: google.com/maps/d/u/0/edi…

I do not have news about the Kharkiv area, only the standard shelling, and air strikes.

In the Izyum area, Russia tried to advance south towards Nova Dmytrivka, but Ukrainian defenders halted and repelled their advance (1). Ukrainians pounded Russian recon with artillery, driving them away from Bohorodychne (2).

Russia continuously attacks Soledar (3), Bakhmutske (4), and Kodema. I do not have an update on the status of any of these towns. I assume little has changed.

There is heavy shelling around Mayorsk, but I did not find information about Russian assaults on this position.

South of Avdiivka, Russia tried to capture Pisky (6) but took heavy casualties and was driven back to their original positions. Ukraine still has a foothold in this town and controls the northern part. Nobody controls the middle of the settlement, and Russia controls of the south

Russia is pushing towards Nevelske (7), but after their initial success noted on the map, I have not heard of any successful movements west.

Russia attacked the small town of Pobjeda, but Ukrainian defenders repelled the assault (8).

Russian attacks on Novomykhailivka and Pavlivka had similar results (9,10). Russia despises the Ukrainian bridgehead in Pavlivka but is powerless to drive them back across the river.

Russia attacked Velyka Novosilka without success (11).

There is heavy shelling in the Hulyaipole, Orikhiv, and Shcherbaky areas, including rocket strikes on Zaporizhzhia city.

A Russian collaborator, Ivan Sushka, was assassinated by a car bomb in Mykhailivka.

North of Kherson, toward Kryvyi Rih, Russians attacked in the direction of Mykolaivka (12). Ukrainian defenders drove the Russians back to their starting positions.

Russia is heavily bombarding that area around the Inhulets river with artillery and aviation.

Russia is attacking north in the direction of Partyzanske (13).

The Kherson/Mykolaiv area.

Russians reported a hit by HARM in Donetsk oblast near Yenakjeve, an anti-radiation missile (attacks radar), and a strike by a Tochka-U in the Luhansk oblast near Rovenky. The Tochka-U destroyed a logistics building. Presumably, Russia was using it for logistics.

I created this map to show the Russian advance from June 24th to August 24th. June 24th is in black, and August 24th is in yellow. Russia has captured around 1284 square kilometers in this period, an average of 21 square kilometers per day.

I created this second map depicting July 24th in black and August 24th in yellow. During this period, Russia advanced 650 square kilometers, an average of 21 square kilometers per day.

Ya know what, I think I may not have correctly counted the land Russia lost. I am going to look at this again tomorrow.