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🇺🇦 Update🧵December 13th

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Shelling locations reported by the UA general staff today.

Weather
Mostly above freezing and wet for the next week.
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Svatove
It appears the RU activity has increased in this area. I think the UA forces still have the upper hand here, but the weather prevents any serious attempts. There was a short cold streak last week and I think it resulted in UA progress around Chervonopopivka.

The AFU repulsed attacks around Novoselivske, Stelmakhivka, Novoehorivka, Makiivka and Chervonpopivka.

Siversk
The AFU repulsed attacks around Bilohorivka and Verkhn'okam'yans'ke. This are is important for Ukraine to hold because of their offensive on Kreminna, which would get a lot harder if they lost ground along the SD river.

Bakhmut north
Increased intensity in attacks by the RU forces in this area. they attacked Yakovlivka (which they claimed they captured) Soledar, Bakhmut and Bakhmutske (which they claimed they captured). These attacks were repulsed by the AFU.

Looking at this map by Wargonzo posted this morning, it does not seem like they claim control of Yakovlivka. The map it self does not seem to line up with RU claims, so it might just be a shitty map maker.

Bakhmut south
RU attacks around Kurdyumivka (which they claimed they captured), Klishchiivka and Mayorsk. In my opinion, if there is fighting on the outskirts of a small settlement, it's contested.

Donetsk
Continued attacks around Avdiivka and Mar'inka (which RU claimed they were very close to capturing about a month ago).

Zaporizhzhia direction
(if you can spell Zaporizhzhia without cheating, you are a god)

Continued higher intensity in the shelling pattern here, the reason is currently unknown, but it's worth watching.

The UA general staff reported a strike on the RU 58th Combined Arms Armys command in Melitopol. Result unknown. The 58th has been in charge of the Zaporizhzhia front since the beginning of this invasion.

As an interesting fact, the first reported HIMARS strike I can remember in this war was on the command of the 20th Combined Arms Army which I believe was in charge of the Izium front.