Luhansk oblast
The AFU still have the initiative in this area, RU forces are mostly defending. The most active areas are NW of Svatove and NW and SW of Kreminna. I believe Chervonopopivka is the key for the AFU to take Kreminna.
Securing the high ground north and south of Chervonopopivka could create good conditions for establishing a bridge head and laying ground for the start of an envelopment of Kreminna
Sivers'k
The AFU repulsed attacks in the area of Bilohorivka.
Bakhmut
The AFU repulsed attacks in the area of Silj, Krasna Hora, Bakhmut and Klishchiivka. It seems Klishchiivka is the main forces now for the RU forces. I have not really seen any major movement for the last week or so.
Donetsk
The AFU repulsed attacks in the area of Vodyane, Nevelske, Maryinka and Pobjeda. The Russians were also unsuccessful in the Avdiivka direction.
According to Ukrainian general staff the Russians carried out unsuccessful offensive operations in Orikhiv and Hulyaipole direction.
🧵The situation in Vovchansk is interesting. The map shows geolocated positions the last 8 days h/t @UAControlMap. When the first rumors about an encirclement at the aggregate plant, I thought it was BS. But it appears there is some truth to it, supposedly 83rd VDV.
The extent of isolation and the amount of people is unclear. Once interesting thing is the Russians committed one of their best units, 2nd Special Purpose Brigade to fight in the town. We have mostly seen poorly trained and equipped units without mechanized support in this fight
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.