Isn't it interesting how 99% of the people who advocate for the continuation of the war until Ukraine recaptures all of it's lost territory live in their comfy homes in safe, peaceful countries?
Isn't it curious how almost everyone who shouts "no negotiations with Russia!" don't have their sons or husbands being kidnapped off the streets, sent to the frontlines, and dying or being injured by the tens of thousands per month?
It sure is interesting how the vast majority of people advocate for fighting "until the last Ukrainian" don't have their country being destroyed every single day - both demographically and physically.
Ask yourself this: Do you support Ukraine and Ukrainians? Or do you just hate Russia and Russians.
Do you hate Russia more than you support Ukraine?
Russian mapper Radov confirmed my earlier information that Russian forces withdrew from northeastern Dobropillya and Hannivka, stating "Unfortunately, our troops have temporarily withdrawn from Annovka, but attacks on the village are ongoing. The enemy is using drones to counter our advances."
It's also reported that the Ukrainian 1st Heavy Mechanised Brigade has been redeployed from Sumy Oblast to hold the area south of Dobropillya. Prior to this, Ukraine redeployed the reformed remnants of the 425th Assault Regiment "Skala" and 225th Assault Regiment, with the 225th also responsible for holding the area south of Dobropillya.
The 425th is probably operating north and northeast of Dobropillya, alongside the 12th Azov Brigade, 25th Assault Brigade, elements of the 1st Assault Regiment "Da Vinci", 4th Rubizh Brigade, 20th Lyubart Brigade, 14th Chervona Kalyna Brigade, 15th Kara-Dag Brigade, and 38th Marine Brigade, among several other units, which are all concentrated to hold the areas east, southeast, and northeast of the city.
Ukraine has concentrated a large number of units, including elite ones, to hold Dobropillya as long as possible, and prevent another August 2025-style breakthrough.
🔥🛢️One of the most incredible sequences from today’s attack on Moscow: a Ukrainian MICH-2000 long-range strike drone pushes through a wall of Russian air-defense fire and successfully reaches the Moscow Oil Refinery grounds.
For a long time, the MICH-2000 was one of Ukraine’s most secretive long-range strike drones, kept under strict OPSEC and operated exclusively by the SSU.
Ukraine has carried out a large-scale, combined missile and drone attack on Moscow Oblast, using long-range drones and FP-5 "Flamingo" cruise missiles.
The main targets were the Moscow Oil Refinery and a warehouse complex belonging to the Modern Warehouse Technologies" company, where several impacts occurred. It is not known if any of the Flamingo cruise missiles impacted; so far there is only one visually confirmed interception south of Moscow. Additionally, one of the drone impacts to the refinery was caused by a drone being shot down by a Pantsir interceptor missile as it flew over the refinery.
Notably, this attack took place at the same time as the Russian State Duma elections.
Situation on the Stepnohirsk and Orikhiv directions:
Over the last few weeks, Russian forces have continued their intensified assault operations, making substantial progress in several different areas, while significantly expanding their zone of infiltration.
In the west, Russian forces repelled earlier Ukrainian infiltrations to the northwestern outskirts of Kamyanske and recaptured the southern part of Plavni. They also cleared a number of positions along the highway north of Kamyanske and have begun expanding their zone of infiltration in Prymorske. Some Russian DRGs were even detected in the northern part of Prymorske. Some of these assault operations are taking place along the dried-up river bed of the Kakhovka Reservoir.
To the northeast, the Russians re-established control over the southern bank of the Sukhyy River and established a foothold just south of the town centre. Heavy fighting is now ongoing in the southwestern and eastern parts of the town as they attempt to reverse the earlier advances made by Ukraine and cut off the Ukrainian positions in the Plavni area. Additionally, they were able to improve their positions along the tactical heights southeast of Stepnohirsk, which has allowed Russia to intensify their infiltrations into the area of the solar panel farm and the treelines to the north. From here, DRGs have begun infiltrating the fields north of Stepnohirsk and the highway to the north, as well as the southwestern approaches to Mahdalynivka.
To the southeast, the Russians cleared the salient west of Stepove and recaptured positions along the southern bank of the gulley northwest of Stepove. From there, they are trying to assault Ukrainian strongpoints along the treelines northeast of Kamyanske from the south and west, while simultaneously trying to bypass them from the north in the direction of Lukyanivske and the solar panel farm.
To the northeast, Russian forces continued gradually expanding their zone of control north of Mali Shcherbaky and Shcherbaky, where they were able to entrench in the treelines south of Pavlivka and infiltrate through the village and the surrounding areas. Other assault groups cleared the remaining treelines north of Shcherbaky and began advancing further north towards the fields east of Pavlivka. These advances have allowed Russian small infiltration groups and DRGs to significantly expand their zone of operations, following heavy KAB glide-bomb bombardment of Ukrainian positions. Russian infiltrators are now actively advancing northwest of Pavlivka towards Novoboikivske and north towards Novoyakovlivka. DRGs are infiltrating even further north towards Zapasne and the fields northeast of Mahdalynivka.
To the east, the Russians marginally advanced in the treelines northeast of Shcherbaky, and significantly intensified their infiltrations on the western flank of Orikhiv, entering the village of Novopavlivka in small numbers and beginning infiltrations north towards Zarichne and Yurkivka, along with the adjacent forests, following heavy KAB glide-bomb bombardment of Ukrainian positions.
+ ~33.57 km² in favour of Russia.
Situation on the Novopavlivka direction, Donetsk/Dnipropetrovsk Oblast:
Over the last few weeks, Ukrainian forces continued their coordinated series of counterattacks in the Novopavlivka direction, further pushing Russia backed to the border with Donetsk Oblast.
In the southwest, Ukrainian forces continued advancing east along the southern bank of the Vovcha River, recapturing the village of Zaporizhzhya and beginning assault operations on the treelines to the east, which have so far been unsuccessful.
To the north, the Ukrainians completed the capture of Filiya and began assault operations southeast of the village towards the Dachne forest. They also cleared part of the gulley south of Novopavlivka and are infiltrating further south towards the Dachne Forest.
To the southeast, Ukrainian forces continued to gradually advance through the fields south of Novopavlivka, capturing new treeline positions near the highway and establishing control over a small forest south of the tributary of the Solena River. From here, they are infiltrating further south, reaching the fortifications on the northern outskirts of Dachne.
To the northeast, the Ukrainians completed clearing operations in a large number of treeline positions east of Novopavlivka, establishing control over this area and pushing the frontline further away from the town. From there, they captured a number of fortifications along the Donetsk-Dnipropetrovsk regional border and re-entered Donetsk Oblast in multiple areas north of Horikhove.
+ ~21.77 km² in favour of Ukraine.
Polish prime minister Donald Tusk today publicly disclosed that the Ukrainian armed forces are suffering 27,000 battlefield casualties a month.
This number is expected as Budanov had recently stated that the Ukrainian armed forces need 30,000 mobilized men a month to maintain their current position.
Situation on the Lyman direction, Donetsk Oblast:
Over the last two weeks, Ukrainian forces continued their counteroffensive north of Lyman, and have made additional tactically important advances, crossing into Luhansk Oblast and coming close to eliminating the Russian Zherebets River bridgehead.
In the north, after recapturing the village of Hrekivka, Ukrainian forces continued to advance deeper into Luhansk Oblast, pushing southeast down a tributary of the Zherebets River and each into the forests west of Makiivka, working to push the remaining Russian forces out of their strongpoints between Hrekivka and Makiivka. Simultaneously, other assault groups were able to break through Russian lines east of Novomykhailivka, entering a number of forested areas along the Donetsk-Luhansk regional border, prompting Russia to retreat from the newly formed salient southwest of Hrekivka. The loss of these forward positions has allowed Ukraine to begin supporting their push east of Hrekivka by attacking in an easterly direction from the Novomykhailivka area, entering advancing towards the village of Balka Zhuravka (formerly called Nevske).
The advance on Balka Zhuravka is taking place from both the northwest and west. From the west, Ukrainian assault groups consolidated in the forests east of Katerynivka and broke through to the larger forests northwest of Novolyubivka, which they are now storming from multiple directions. This has allowed some Ukrainian DRG groups to cross the Zherebets River via Novolyubivka and begin operating in the area of Balka Zhuravka and Terny, east of the river.
To the south, Ukrainian forces continued advancing down the gulley stretching southeast from Katerynivka to Novosadove, reaching the Zherebets River at a new point, and beginning fighting for the forested areas north of Ivanivka. Other assault groups managed to capture a series of strongpoints in the forests west of Ivanivka and are now working to isolate the remaining Russian formations entrenched along the western bank of the Zherebets River.
Further south, the Ukrainians entrenched in the western part of Kolodyazi and have almost cleared the rest of the village. Other assault groups broke through Russian defences east of Stavky, penetrating northeast for over 5 kilometres, recapturing the village of Myrne. Clearing operations against the remaining scattered Russian positions outside Kolodyazi are ongoing in order to begin the final assault south of Ivanivka. Additionally, following weeks of attacks, Ukrainian forces managed to establish a foothold in northwestern Zarichne, which they are now using to try infiltrate across the Zherebets River into the Torske Fish Farm, and south towards the centre of Zarichne, where they are facing fierce resistance from Russian defenders.
To the southwest, Ukrainian forces launched a new series of counterattacks closer to Lyman itself, where they managed to clear the fields south of Stavky and gain a foothold in the western part of the large Pynkov Gulley. From here, they are infiltrating east along the forests in the gulley, attempting to reach the western part of Zarichne. This is being supported by additional attacks into the forests north of the gulley. Additionally, the Russian infiltrators in the northern part of Lyman were finally cleared, allowing Ukraine to re-establish control over the remaining fields north of the city as well, further pushing the Russians away from the city limits.
Further south, Ukrainian assault groups cleared the earlier Russian infiltrations into the area of the highway south of Lyman and initiated new counterattacks towards the Lyman-Siversk Highway, which they were able to reach from the direction of Brusivka and Dibrova. Heavy fighting continues for the Ozerne area and the strongpoints along the highway southwest of Yampil, without any major changes in the frontline.
+ ~83.16 km² in favour of Ukraine.