Thread by @DefMon3

🇺🇦 Situation🧵December 22th

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It would be helpful if you like and retweet this tweet, I'm testing something.

I'm trying a different "format" today, it seems Twitter wont find my updates when searching for the word "Update" after November 16th.

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If you want to be sure not to miss updates from me or someone else I would recommend using lists to make sure you don't miss things. Turning on notifications could also be useful.

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Yesterdays thread:

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Shelling locations reported by UA general staff today

Weather by @davidhelms570
No cold front in sight.

https://twitter.com/davidhelms570/status/1605910792553078787

Overview of the Svatove front.S

Svatove
The AFU repulsed attacks in the area of Kuzemivka -> Novoselivs'ke and Kolomyichykha -> Stelmakhivka. No major change in this area since yesterday. I have done a large update of RU unit locations in this area, available on interactive map.

Kreminna
The AFU repulsed attacks around Ploshanka and Chervonopivka. I believe both of those town are controlled by RU units.

I did a test using satellite images to draw the frontline purely based on visible scarring from shellings and track marks from vehicles.

This was the result. The purple line represent where the heavy scarring from shellings start. Blue dashed is where I roughly where I believe UA units have reached based on OSINT.

RU forces are sending a lot of reinforcements to the Kreminna/Svatove area. This video show 10 T-90M in Severodonetsk heading north.

Overview Bakhmut front
No reports in the Siversk area today.

Bakhmut north
The AFU repulsed attacks around Berestove, Yakovlivka, Soledar and Bakhmut. As I mentioned yesterday, it seems like the AFU counter attack has calmed down the Russians a bit (They also reset weeks of RU progress in a few days)

A Pro UA telegram reports the AFU is counter attacking in the area of Yakovlivka, Bilohorivka and Berestove. I would not trust this too much. Time will tell.
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Bakhmut south
The AFF repulsed attacks around Bakhmut, Opytne, Kurdyumivka, Ozaryanivka and Mayorsk. It's possible the AFU have cleared most of Optyne, but it's hard to tell from the videos. RU capture of Andriivka confirmed.

https://twitter.com/J_JHelin/status/1605941174287536128

I do not believe RU forces have managed to cross the canal since they were last deleted west of it.

Monkey town
The AFU repulsed attacks around New York, Krasnohorivka Nevelske and Maryinka. I'm sure geniuses in Donetsk thought it was funny to attack New York just because Zelensky went to Washington. I've heard they like to shell it heavily on September 11th etc just because...

Marinka
RU forces claimed to have almost captured it a few months ago. Now they say they fight for every house half way in to town. To be honest, I'm not going to do a house by house report for it. It will be contested and that is about it.

The rest of the frontline remains unchanged.

RU MoD reported they destroyed 57 "artillery units". I suspect this number is completely made up.

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I have figured out the problem. Thank you all who retweeted and liked my post today.

https://twitter.com/DefMon3/status/1606035450451279872