Thread by @AndrewPerpetua

Update for October 6th ukrdailyupdate.com/updates/update…

Update for October 6th. There is little news today, so this will be (relatively) short. #ukrdailyupdate

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In the Kupyansk area, Ukraine liberated Hlushkivka (1), and they have likely released the entire area along the Oskil river (highlighted blue). The other three towns are not confirmed, but it seems clear that Russia has abandoned them.

Russian sources claim Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (SOF) are in the town of Pershotravneve (2).

Near Kreminna, Russians have fortified the forested area northeast of Stara Krasnyanka.

In the Bakhmut area, Russian sources claim to have captured” Vesela Dolyna (3), Zaitseve (4), and Odradivka (5). I have not seen evidence to support these claims.

They have repeatedly claimed to have captured Zaitseve and Odradivka, and even some Russian sources have debunked the Zaitseve claim already.

In the Donetsk area, Russia attacked in the direction of Vodyane (6). My sources said Anthill was retaken by Ukraine several weeks ago, and I have not heard about Ukraine losing it a second time. Therefore I interpret this “attack toward Vodyane” as an attack on Anthill.

Ukrainian soldiers in the Velyka Novosilka (7) and Novosilka (8) areas are very confident in their defenses and feel Russia cannot break through.

At one point, this area was the weakest point on the Ukrainian line, and now it might be one of the strongest. Therefore, I gave them both a fortified town marker.

I have no update for Novopil since Russian sources claimed to have captured it. I believe it is likely in Ukrainian control, but I have it marked contested.

This morning Russia launched a massive missile strike on Zaporizhzhia, causing substantial damage to several apartment buildings.

https://twitter.com/AndrewPerpetua/status/1577993252761894912?s=20&t=6jqekNFeHSDDLZi8OSWu1g

There are seven confirmed deaths and five missing people. Rescuers saved more than two dozen in the ruble, which is a miracle. The death toll could have been much worse than it is. But, of course, they could find more victims during the cleanup.

In Kherson, the current front line is controversial and up in the air, partially due to a media blackout. So I have a massive unknown/contested area.

Russians claim to have entered the forested area near Davydiv Brid (9). I do not know if this is true, and even pro-Russian reports claim there are few men there.

Russians attacked Liubmyivka (10). I do not have much to say about this area north of Kherson. It seems there are a lot of gray areas.