Thread by @AndrewPerpetua

I'm doing my daily update in a totally different format today. #ukrdailyupdate

If you would like to view the map, here is the link. Remember back when posting the link to the map generated a map preview in twitter? Pepperidge Farm Remembers
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Ukraine is expanding their holdings around Lozove into establishing positions in Bilohirka (15) and Andriivka (16). Russia tried to counter attack to drive Ukraine out of these two positions (17,18), but these attacks failed. Contrary to the propaganda they pump out.

There is a lot of talk in the past two days about this area around Vysokopillya and the supposed "encirclement". First, I want to state that on July 8th Ukraine came out and said that over 90% of the structures in this town have been demolished (I have the ruins marker).

I actually created the ruins marker in response to this report. BTW. A brief aside, but I think it is related an incredibly interesting: Velyka Oleksandrivka is also said to be almost entirely destroyed, and this is a Russian controlled. Meaning Ukrainian artillery did the damage

Back to Vysokopillya, the town is almost entirely destroyed and has been for weeks. As a result, the town has almost certainly been a gray area under the control of neither Russia nor Ukraine. There is nothing to defend! Nothing to control.

Olhyne is almost certainly in a similar situation, and it has been a gray area as well. So, ask yourself, why would Russia push thousands of men into a totally destroyed town? What would they even do there? The story doesn't make any sense to me.

Rather, I think this is a convenient misinformation from Ukraine. Who started spreading the story, I do not know, but I think it is being used to cover for what is actually happening. For example, those smaller attacks into Andriivka (16) and Bilohirka (15).

Or, perhaps, it is covering for a larger attack on Arkhanhelske, which is in a precarious position on the Russian line. And rumors of encirclement mention Arkhanhelske as well. In fact, if you told me the encirclement were there, it would be more believable.

One thing, for sure, Ukraine absolutely advanced forward toward Olhyne (14), and I believe there is a strong chance they have turned this gray area blue. But that doesn't change the fact that these towns have been rubblized.

Russia decided to try out some creative attack vectors around Avdiivka today. Rather than their usual attacks on Pisky and Kamyanka, they tried out Vodyane (13) and Vesele (12). They both failed.

South of Bakhmut near the power plant: A Russian attack on Novoluhanske was repelled (11), and Russia is continuously assaulting the power plant (10). I do not know how much longer Ukraine will hold these positions, due to what is happening just a few km north from here...

The Wagner mercenary terrorist group reportedly took control over a bit of the southern part of Pokrovske today (8,9) and they are attacking the northern part (7). A Russian attack on Soledar was destroyed by Ukrainian artillery (6).

The Siversk area: Russia is still trying to capture Berestove after Ukraine abandoned it a few days ago, but they are getting absolutely mauled by artillery strikes (4). They are also attacking Bilohorivka with the same result (5).

The Russian attack into Ivano-Darivka failed (3), but that's okay they totally meant to fail and now they are building defenses just outside the town, which was their *real* plan. Everything is going to plan. They also launched an attack on Verkhnokamyanske (2), which failed.

Reportedly, after their failed attack on Verkhnokamyanske Ukraine launched a large HIMARS attack on the Verkhnokamyanka oil refinery, where many orcs gather to roll in mud together and stamp white hands on each others faces. No word on how their mud parties were impacted.

Not much happened in the Kharkiv area today, but Russia pushed a recon group towards Udy (1).

This afternoon, Russian forces in Vasylivka denazified a school of fish in the Dnipro River using a precision strike of Grad rockets.

A large portion of the Russian controlled southern portion of Ukraine is registering large numbers of fires on NASA FIRMS (which is a constellation of satellites that measure forest fires). These could be natural fires, but...

Some of these fires are in areas I suspect Russia may be building a defensive line, and perhaps these fires are related to that, somehow? Or maybe it is just because it is hot and dry. I dunno.

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