Thread by @AndrewPerpetua

News for today #ukrdailyupdate

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In the Kupyansk area there is ongoing fighting in the forests. Ukraine performed heavier than usual artillery strikes in this area. I don't know of any territorial changes.

The Kreminna and Siversk areas are more or less status quo. Fighting in the forests near Kreminna, fighting near Bilohorivka south of Kreminna, and minor fighting in all of the front line towns around Siversk. No changes.

North of Bakhmut, Russia is attacking along the railways to Yahidne. There is heavy fighting in the area of the railway station in the north of Bakhmut. Some Russians claim to have captured Yahidne, but I see no evidence. Ukraine's main line of defense here is the trainstation.

There is also heavy fighting in the areas of the forested areas north of Berkhivka and Dubovo-Vasylivka.

In east and south Bakhmut, I see no significant changes.

West of Bakhmut, Russia is trying to attack Ivanivske and the Kostyantynivka highway without success.

Russia fired two missiles, perhaps Iskander-Ks, toward Kramatorsk.

They fired another missile to an old mine near Toretsk.

The Avdiivka area had no major changes today.

Russia dropped 500kg bombs on the Coke Plant in Avdiivka.

There was fighting near Oleksandropil, Novobakhmutivka, Krasnohorivka, and Vesele without changes.

Fighting near Vodyane and Nevelske without changes. The heaviest fighting is near Nevelske where Russia is intending to breakthrough, although they do not seem to have the numbers required. Russia may have had minor advances up a single treeline, perhaps 200 meters or so.

Around Marinka, the Russian offense has stalled, no changes.

Vuhledar, no known changes.

In addition to this, Russia fired incendiary rounds into Kherson (likely thermite), multiple missiles into Zaporizhzhia (likely Iskander-K). There was also a weird event in Belgorod where Russia fired several missiles, and none of them seemed to go far, perhaps malfunctions.

This event in Belgorod was tactfully described as "if you listen closely, you can hear our neighbor's farts exploding". One Russian claimed Ukraine was shooting all the missiles down with a secret Patriot battery, which was pretty funny.