The general state around Kharkiv has remained unchanged for many weeks, but the past day or two has been full of exciting fake news published by Russia. They claim to have captured Udy (1), but, oddly enough, the Ukrainian soldiers in Udy claim otherwise.
I see absolutely no evidence that Russia has captured Udy. Russia sent reconnaissance towards Pytomnyk as well (2).
Beyond these two minor offensive actions, Russia is continuously shelling the entire Kharkiv area, mainly targeting private homes.
In the Izyum area, Russia attacked Mazanivka (3) and repeatedly attacked Dolyna (4). All of the attacks failed. North of Izyum, people claim to see fewer and fewer Russian soldiers.
In the Siversk area, Russia sent reconnaissance towards Serebrianka (5), but they focused their attention further south. They repeatedly attacked Ivano-Darivka (6) and the outskirts of Spirne (7). All of these attacks failed.
The Russian attack on Yakovlivka has also had limited success (11). As a result, Russia is attempting to wrap around the east of Yakovlivka to push north towards Vesele (10). This attack made little progress.
Russians also sent a reconnaissance team around the flank of Vesele (9), but they were identified and destroyed. Russian recon (Spetsnaz?) is trying to find a way around the eastern side of Soledar (12).
Meanwhile, within Soledar, Russian forces are slowly trying to push north out of the captured Knauf Gips factory towards the Belokamensk factory and the Gypsum mine (13). It might be more clear on OpenStreetMap.
I re-evaluated the Russian position in Bakhmut and moved the front line backward around 1.2km. Russia is attacking Bakhmut (14), and they made some progress this weekend. But that progress is accounted for in this lost control.
South of Bakhmut, Russia is attacking Zaitseve (15) and Kodema (17). Both are fortified towns, and the fighting is heavy, especially in Kodema. Russian forces claimed to have captured Vershyna (16). They have said this so often that I do not trust them.
In the Donetsk area, Russia focused on trying to exploit their success in Pisky, even though they did not capture the town yet. (they may have captured it tonight)
North of Avdiivka, Russia is trying to capture Krasnohorivka (18). The attack has had no notable success, but it is the northern pincer to encircle Avdiivka.
My sources told me Russian forces moved towards the airfield east of Pisky (19). If they capture this area, they could attack Vodyane to the north. The runway and Vodyane are both heavily fortified.
Russians are still trying to capture the northwestern part of Pisky (20), and now they are pushing towards Pervomaiske (21). Pervomaiske is another heavily fortified town. It is possible Russia captured Pisky tonight.
A bit south of Pisky, Russia is trying to break through the Ukrainian line north of Lozove (22) and west of Staromykhailivka (23). Neither attack has measurable success.
South of Donetsk, Russia is trying to push west out of Solodke again. They attempt to do this every few weeks, and each time they get destroyed by Ukrainian artillery.
This time they attacked Novomykhailivka (24), Vodyane (25), and Volodymyrivka (26). All three attacks got hammered by Ukrainian artillery.
Russians attacked Pavlivka, which is now a daily occurrence without measurable success (27).
Ukrainian forces identified and destroyed Russian reconnaissance near Prechystivka (28).
Russians continued their attack in the general Velyka Novosilka area with assaults on Vremivka (29). When these assaults failed, they sent recon to find a way around the Ukrainian defenses (30). Unfortunately for them, they were spotted and neutralized.
Ukrainian forces destroyed Russian equipment in Tokmak (A), and partisans (more likely special forces) destroyed a rail bridge near Melitopol (B).
I do not have anything to say about Kherson, but here are some images showing the current state of the map.
Oh, and I almost forgot, Ukraine shot HIMARS into the headquarters of the infamous mercenaries called the Wagner Group in Popasna. Their openly (and proudly) Nazi leader survived the strike.
Russia fired missiles into civilians, laid minefields to slow the Ukrainian advance, and claim to have their own HIMARS.
If you would like to view the map, here is the (brand new, it should load faster!) link: google.com/maps/d/u/0/edi…
Today began and ended with significant missile strikes on civilian infrastructure.
This morning, Russia struck a recreational center in Zatoka, a town south of Odesa, with two Kh-22 missiles fired from Tu-22M3 strategic bombers. Russia claimed to have killed over 300 soldiers.
I don’t know how they could make such an estimate, even if it were true. However, I do not know of a military presence in this town, and I certainly do not see hundreds of bodies in the rubble.
It is very short today because I am very busy with other things. But also, just not very much happened today. I am keeping only to the most important things.
Russia fired more artillery and rockets today than they have in a very long time.
North of the city, Russia claims to have captured Odnorobivka and Udy. My sources tell me Udy is in Ukrainian control, and I have heard nothing about Odnorobivka. Maybe Russia took it. I do not see evidence that they have.
I was going to post a full update today, but then the Igor thing happened and I spent a few hours laughing at it. Now it is getting late and I have other stuff I want to do tonight so I will post a very short update.
I will only talk about things that interest me as a mapper, this will not be a daily update. First, Russia shelled Velyki Prokhody and then attacked towards Pytomnyk. This is weird. I interpret it as Russia trying to establish control over the outskirts of Velyki Prokhody.
I created significantly more gray area around Dovhenke, Mazanivka, Krasnopillya, and Dolyna. I'm not really sure what is going on there, but there hasn't been much news lately.
In the Izyum area, there is a media blackout, so it is hard to confirm rumors about changes in the front line. However, Russia did fail to attack Dolyna and Bohorodychne. BTW I’m not using numbers today because I am lazy.
Russia is attacking all the same areas as usual in the Siversk area. Ever since capturing Lysychansk, Russia has had limited success in this area.
In the Kharkiv area, Russia has increased shelling. Tsyrkuny has been shelled nonstop for the past few days. Yesterday, Russia assaulted Udy (1) and Petrivka (2), but both failed.
Yesterday, southwest of Kharkiv, Russia also assaulted Husarivka (3), which similarly failed.