1/ Last days have seen successful RU defense of the Lyman-Yampil area, even while being attacked from various directions. Wisely, UKR is shifting its axis of attack to the north, having more success and threatening to engulf all Russian troops in that area.
2/ To add more info. part of the population Markiiva celebrates the referendum. Seems all quiet there, despite the front it is supposely close.
3/For all of you who wonder how RUaF has been able to resist in the area of Liman-Yampil just to points: surely Liman was a rail hub, so possibly w/ plenty of ammo depots and some war material being sent or coming from the front. But also a good area to defend. See map
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1/After UA liberation of Kupyansk there has been an operational pause. In the next few days UKR is about to launch a new limited offensive. New targets would be Svatove and Kreminna. For several days, there has been fog of war in this area. We only know the latest moves and fight
2/Next advances could be these (marked with black arrows). UA has about 12 Bdes of their best troops in the area (plus 6 Territorial and NG Bdes). It is a sufficient force to achieve above objectives. But there are challenges to overcome
3/Problems UKR has is the 1) weather, 2) the push towards Kreminna and 3) RU counterattack from Belgorod towards Troitske to stop/flank UKR advance. Apparently it will not rain in the Area of Operations (AO) in the next few days, so UA should be able to advance without problems
1/ It seems that a couple days ago, RU forces shelled N. of Toshkivka and attacked with tanks. Started with an area artillery barrage. But then used drones to locate and adjust fire missions. In this case, a UK section was hiding behind granite blocks. Worth watching..
2/ Then the RU shelled pretty accurately just a few meters from the UK section. It seems that no one could survive it but...
3/ But the hide was a good one and no one was killed or seriously wounded as all of them could left by foot