Ukrainian general staff reported shellings all along the active frontline and border towards Russia. The only reason to not use the much needed artillery in the combat area but instead shell villages in the north is terrorism.
Kharkiv
RuAF attacks in the Kharkiv every now and then, I don't believe they are actually trying to do anythign, I believe this is just to show generals they are doing stuff.
Svatove
There was a shelling reported in Ploshchanka again, based on satellite images, I believe this area is a grey zone.
The AFU replused attacks in the area of Yampolivka and Bilohorivk.
Bakhmut
RuAF (or rather Wagner and LDNR) keep attacking Bakhmut, a city without significant strategic value for the Russians.
Andriivka, Bakhmutske, Berestov, Mayorsk, Makiivka, Ozaryanivka, Opytne and Yakovlivka were places where Russians died for nothing.
Donetsk
This area is much more important than Bakhmut, RU need to create a buffer zone and posssibly push away the AFU from the railroad in the Volnovakha area
The AFU defended Marinka and Pavlivka against Russian attacks today.
One reason the Russians are trying so hard in the Pavlivka area might be the damage on the Kerch bridge. They might be trying to create buffer and establish a Melitopol <-> Donetsk railway connection.
The AFU repulsed an attack in the area of Shcherbaki.
Kherson
The Russian intentions are not clear, but I'm starting to lean towards them actually retreating, unclear timeframe.
If they do, this 70km range indicator shows what kind of squeeze they would be in, possibly another reason for the Pavlivka attacks.
27minute long Kraken video
Added a 1 to copied area.
Brothers morale very low.
Russians complain about their artillery with less accuracy than Russian propaganda, 300 "liberated" Russians souls, and rat disease. t.me/wargonzo/9090
A better translation.
"Brothers morale very low"
The 155th and 40th Naval Infantry Brigades took more casualties in Pavlivka than in BOTH Chechen wars.
According to RU channels UA withdrew from the Filtration Plant in the east and Zenith in the south. This is good news, since avoiding an encirclement should be a priority at this point. It seems the coke plant and Kvartal high-rises are the current UA strongholds.
RU forces continue to try to fully encircle Avdiivka pushing mainly from 3 directions.
It remains to be seen if Ukraine are planning to withdraw from the east side of the city, but I think it's a pretty good idea to do so.
UA might chose to fight for the coke plant and Kvartal for a bit, but the gap for the gloc is only 3km and consists of 2 windbreaks.
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Time.
I have less time to follow Ukraine. I usually spent about 3-4 hours a day to just make my daily threads and going through all the information channels. To be able to keep the information reliable, I have to put in 6-10h per day. I dont have that kind of time anymore.
I lost my best friend in March, so I had go get a new one. He is getting a lot of my attention now.
🧵During the last week, Ukrainian forces have advanced 32km2 in the Robotyne direction. They are expanding their penetration of the Surovikin and have reached the outskirts of Verbove and Verbove.
The AFU are slowly establishing positions on the opposite side of the "river" in Kam'yans'ke, Zaporizhzhia. It's worth mentioning the "river" is probably pretty dry at this point.
This is what it looked like on July 17th when they were first geolocated on that side of the "river".
This morning multiple RU channels reported a UA offensive around Novodonets'ke, Novomaiors'ke and yesterday there were reports about activity around Shevchenko.