Ukraine struck a oil pump station in Novozybkov, Bryansk within Russia with a Tochka U missile, one of the rare times nowadays we hear of the use of this weapon.
The Russian offensive at Vuhledar is currently onhold due to inclement weather; Ukrainian forces took the opportunity to heavily reinforce Vuhledar as well as further mine the surrounding and approaches towards Vuhledar - most likely making Vuhledar impregnable to any attacks.
Russian forces are also making progress in the battle of Bakhmut, with more streets being reported to now see fighting or captured by Russian forces.
Russian forces swing south from Blahodatne, threatening encirclement of Krasna Hora while Ukrainian fortification west of Blahodatne is bombarded. Russia also tries to expand the zone of control around Sakko i Ventsetti with fighting at Vasyukivka and Mykolaivka.
Russian forces seemed to have launch a major offensive in the Kreminna front with the entire frontline saw Russian assaults across the entire frontline from Serebryanske Forestry all the way to Nevske
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Reports of Ukrainian forces reinforcing their lines across the entire Zaporizhzhia line, suggesting that Ukraine is expecting a renewed effort by the Russians to relaunch their Zaporizhzhia Offensive.
Situation at Vuhledar had declined to positional fighting, as the Russian plans to capture the city had failed, for now.
Update from Siversk Front: Russian forces had captured Mykolaivka, the town just east of Sakko i Vantsetti, which was just captured 2 days ago.
The lost this position exposes western flank of Rozdolivka, that the Ukr had done very well keep the Russian at bay over the past mth
Russian forces can now attack Fedorivka from Mykolaivka / Sakko i Vantsetti direction and essentially cut Rozdovlivka's supply route; and on top of that, flank the defenders at Rozdolivka from the west and the rear, into an operational encirclement.
Russia's Zaporizhzhia winter super duper uber offensive seemed to have fizzled with no new assaults reported for the past few days. Vuhledar assault also seemed to have failed, with fighting reported away from Vuhledar in the Southeast and north of Mykilske.
However, geolocation and mapping confirm Russia's control over Shevchenko, SW of Pavlivka, that was disputed for 4 months.
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.