Situation around Vuhledar is in flux as different sources reported different things. Tentatively, it is not possible to ascertain the actual situation on the ground in the battlefield around Vuledar.
Russian forces restarted their offensive south of Klishchiivka around Kurdyumivka and Ozarianivka; while their outwards expansion of territory from Klishchiivka towards Stupochky and Ivanivske continues.
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Situation at Vuhledar became clearer as sources started to catch up w each other & corroborated one another. Ukrainian forces indeed succeeded in their offensive to push out the Russians. But the Russian forces are not giving up, giving another attempt to attack towards Vuhledar.
North of Mayorsk, fighting is reported over a stretch of forest line. Updated frontlines also suggest that the Ukrainian forces are way closer to Mayorsk than previously understood.
Update from Donetsk Front: The contradicting intel on Vuhledar is clarified as Rybar (pro-Russian source) corroborated SuriyakMap's report - which confirms DeepStateUA's assertions that Vuhledar is fully under Ukrainian control.
Rybar also confirmed that Russian forces lost control of the dachas east of Vuhledar; and corroborated the intel that Russian forces is currently attacking towards the South Donbass Mine No.1 from Mykilske direction.
Update from Bakhmut Front: Russian forces continue to put pressure on the Ukrainian forces defending Bakhmut, with fighting reported in the North, different areas in the East and in the South.
DPA suspect that the continued pressure is a trap to draw more Ukrainian forces into the Bakhmut pocket, while the main push is to entrap the bulk of the Ukrainian forces in the city while the pincer encircle them.
They are not invincible, especially for the case of the Abrams and Leopard, that is taken out by "significantly inferior adversaries"...
While it is good news for Ukraine to get these tanks, I (DPA) does not expect the tanks to be significantly different in term of battlefield impact from the over 1000 tanks Ukraine had already fielded since the start of the war.
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It will guide you through the general history of the war, as well as detailed explanation of the objectives/situations on each major frontline that is currently witnessing combat.
Update from the Bakhmut Front: Ukrainian Defense Ministry reported that Russian forces are now attack the area of Yahidne, one of the 3 settlements around Bakhmut that DPA points out as the vital settlement that will decide the fate of Bakhmut.
With Pidhorodne fallen to the Russians, Ivanivske being the 3rd of the 3 "keys" to the capture of Bakhmut, things are looking very precarious for the Ukrainian forces.