Russians admit that they have totally lost the entirety of the area around Mazanivka including the entire forest. They fought very hard to capture this area, and losing it is significant. They lost this area 1-2 weeks ago, but they finally admit it in full today.
Russia captured a bit of the Knauf Gips factory today, including a bit of the road. I've marked it in this purplish color to make it stand out. This is in Soledar.
Russian forces have not captured Pisky, no matter how much misinformation might exist to trick them into thinking otherwise.
Contrary to what propagandists claim, Russia did not capture Blahodatne. In fact, they made absolutely zero progress and were completely repelled.
I have heard that Russia withdrew their heavy equipment from Kyselivka to Chornobaivka.
Oleksandrivka is confirmed to be contested by Ukrainian drone footage.
Ukraine fired HIMARS towards the bridges that cross the Dnipro and Inhulets rivers tonight. Presumably to damage the bridges, perhaps to damage something near the bridges. They also fired HIMARS into Melitopol airport, Chernobaivka airport, and Nova Kakhovka.
Russia struck the nuclear waste storage area of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant with missiles that damaged sensors used to measure radioactive leaks etc. Unless Russia allows the sensors to be repaired, remote monitoring and early warning systems are inoperable.
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Today I read rumors that Ukraine has captured Bairak in Kharkiv (1). I have not seen confirmation of this, so I have not put the town in Ukrainian control on the map, but I have marked the area as contested.
Russia has been increasingly aggressive in the Siversk area over the past few days. Today they launched small attacks on Verkhnokamyanske (2) but failed.
Around Kharkiv, Russia has not had much luck pushing south towards the city. Their offensive on this front is stalled, and they have suffered pretty serious casualties, especially to their special forces, which could take decades to recover.
As I have said before, I believe any future Russian offensive in this area will come from the east, not the north.
Russia appears to be getting ready for an attack in the Kharkiv area. Today I read that Russia is in the process of positioning artillery and distributing ammunition for an upcoming bombardment of the area. There is ongoing fighting along the entire line of contact.
The Izyum area: The situation appears to be more or less unchanged from the prior few days, although this could be due to a media blackout. Russia tried to attack Bohorodychne several times today, but were repelled in the western outskirts each time (1).
Ukrainian forces shot a russian propagandist with a stugna, so that’s one less mountain of stupid we all have to deal with now.
This is the video.
And his dumb propaganda basically says “I shot ukrainians hiding in a residential building.” The text above the propaganda posts says “They even think they hit”
I dunno if I am going to do an update today. I don’t see news worth reporting on. Everything is basically the same as yesterday. It seems the biggest stories today were things I reported on like 3 days ago.
Like, today, Russia attacked all the same towns as yesterday. Especially around Bakhmut. Yakovlivka, Soledar (cluster munitions, too), that one street in Bakhmut, Zaitseve, Vershyna, Kodema. They shot butterfly mines into Krasnohorivka. Attacked Avdiivka, Pisky, Marinka.
Ukraine is still attacking south in Zaporizhzhia with no notable gains. What is noteworthy is that Russia reinforced all of the areas Ukraine has been attacking and then counter attacked north and Ukraine stopped that attack and began moving south again.
Today Russia launched two large bombardments of Kharkiv, one in the morning, one in the evening. In the morning they targeted primarily administrative buildings and industrial areas. Tonight they appear to have targeted civilian areas.
North of the city, the situation is more or less status quo. There is fighting along the line of contact, and evidence that Tsupivka and Velyki Prokhody are now firmly contested whereas before I had them listed as weakly Russian controlled.