Ukraine

Update from the Bakhmut Front: Russian forces made progress in the south as the Wagner fighters are now fighting along the Mariupolska Street. From this position, the Wagner PMC forces are merely within 500meters from the city admin building. Russian forces also progressed in the SW of the city as they come close to the…

Update from the Zaporizhzhia Front: Ukrainian forces launch major ground offensive towards Robotyne, from Novodanylivka, in the Orikhiv node of the Zaporizhzhia Line. In the latest update from Rybar (19/3), a pro-Russian source, the Ukrainian forces launch a pincer attack on Robotyne in 2 directions, with smoke screen covering their movements from the Russian defenders.…

2 more bridges were blown up by the Ukrainian forces, as limited withdrawal from Khromove and eastern part of Bakhmut had been reported. However, Ukrainian forces are not retreating from Bakhmut, not yet. Reinforcement of Special Operation Forces of the Ukrainian side had reportedly arrived in Bakhmut to continue to hold the lines, to replace…

Ukrainian forces crossed the Ukraine-Russian border into Russian territory itself and conducted a daring raid on 2 border villages/towns in the Bryansk region. Fighting was reported at Liubechane and Sushany between the raiding forces with “Russian Volunteer Corp” elements and the Russian security forces. Some local infrastructure were reportedly damaged. As of the latest information,…

Wagner forces continue to make progress in the Area of Operation around Bakhmut, as they captured the meat processing plant region, progressing in the NE and SE of Bakhmut; as well as coming less than 200m from the Korsunskogo street. On the western part of Ivanivske, Russian forces also progressed in the forest and now…

Wagner forces after an operational pause for the logistics to catch up, resumes their offensive to complete the operational encirclement of the Ukrainian forces in Bakhmut. Fighting is now reported at Khromove and the Russian forces in the SW of Bakhmut is merely 200m from Korsunskogo street. Russian forces are also pushing to retake control…

Russian forces in yet another “surprise advance”, is merely 1km from Khromove road. And in the south Bakhmut, Russian forces are just 300-400meters away from the Bakhmut-Konstyantynivka highway. With the northern route under Russian fire control, and the southern route under severe threat, there is only one small road left that leads from west Bakhmut…

Russian forces in a “surprised move”, progressed quickly south of the Berkhivske Reservoir towards the village/town of Bohdanivka. While Russian forces continue their counter-counter offensive towards Ivanivske and the highway west of Ivanivske. Rybar corroborated the Russian capture of Dubovo-Vasylivka, but is disputed by DeepStateUA. Thus the status of the town remains in dispute. Ukrainian…

Russian forces continue their push in East Bakhmut and had managed to push the Ukrainian forces backwards to the river. The current distance between the Russian positions and the Bakhmutovka River is merely 300meters. Russian forces also restarted their attack on SW Bakhmut, Ivanivske as well as towards the highway to Konstyanytnivka west of Ivanivske.…

Russian forces had captured Dubovo-Vasylivka. The capture of Yahidne is also corroborated by both SuriyakMaps and Rybar 2 days after it was first reported by DeepStateUA. Ukraine launched a counterattack against the Russian forces on the 24th Feb on the highway near Zaliznyanske from Minkivka – but failed to repel the progress of the Russian…

Russian forces had captured both Berkhivka and Yahidne, as per reports from multiple sources (Yahidne from DeepStateUA, pro-Ukrainian source). Watch the entire video for the full Situation Report (SITREP).

Russian forces launched a massive assault towards Pobjeda in a surprise operation and managed to penetrate into Pobjeda itself and drive out the Ukrainian defenders from the settlement. However in the latest report, Russian forces had withdrawn from Pobjeda due to heavy artillery bombardment by the Ukrainian forces. Fighting is reported all around Marinka, with…

Wagner PMC forces broke through another Ukrainian line, north of Yahidne, and advanced quickly in the north of Yahidne, towards the western part of Yahidne. This also means encircling Berkhivka from the south. Russian forces had also reportedly captured the train station in North Bakhmut, NE of Yahidne. Russian forces continue their advances towards Berkhivka…

Russian Mod announces the capture of Hryanykivka, corroborating the reports from OSINTs of the Russian advance. Fighting currently is still ongoing in the area, with fighting reported near Hryanykivka, Masyutivka and at the crossing to Dvorichna. Watch the entire video for the full Situation Report (SITREP).

According to reports from SuriyakMaps, the Ukrainian forces had managed to counter attack over the past 2-3 days and had entirely retook all the areas around Vuhledar. Ukrainian forces continued their counteroffensive into the dachas east of Pavlivka/west of Mykilske. Furthermore, Ukrainian forces had also counter attack south of Vuhledar, and managed to push the…

Update from Bakhmut Front: Fighting reported NW outskirt of Berkhivka, signalling that the Russian forces had crossed the Slovyansk–Bakhmut highway and proceeded south of the west Blahodatne salient. With this development plus the Russian control of the road junction of the highway to Bakhmut, means the Ukrainian defenders at Paraskoviivka are now at risk of…

Update from Bakhmut Front: Russian forces penetrated deep into Paraskoviivka from the north from Blahodatne, causing an operational encirclement of Krasna Hora. Ukrainian forces foreseen this, had been tactically retreating from Krasna Hora to avoid the encirclement over the 10th and 11th of February, and by the 12th, Russian forces captured the vacated village, while…

Update from Bakhmut Front: A series of geolocation of drone footages by DeepStateUA confirmed a MASSIVE breakthrough by Russian forces after the Russian forces overrun a major entrenchment west of Blahodatne. The Russian forces advanced all the way to the Bakhmut–Slovyansk highway; and Ukrainian MoD tacitly confirmed the situation by reporting fighting near Orikhovo-Vasylivka and…

Russian forces continue their multi-front offensives. Of significant, at the Bakhmut Front, Russian forces reportedly have fire control over the Bakhmut-Konstyantynivka highway, west of Ivanivske, as Ukrainian reinforcements arrived at Ivanivske and NW of Bakhmut City. Russian forces also seemed to had broke through the stronghold west of Blahodatne at the Bakhmut Front, with Ukrainian…

Update from Bakhmut Front: Russian forces is attacking Bakhmut from 5 directions after reports of fighting in the area of the cemetery, which is located in the SW sector of Bakhmut. Fighting is also waging in the North, North-east, East and South Bakhmut. Location of the meat processing plant is updated, as contradicting reports prompted…

Russia seemed to have really started it’s Winter Offensives.. yes with a “s”. It’s not one, but multiple offensives (in order to read it correctly). The famous one, of course is the offensive that is led by the Wagner PMC in the Bakhmut Front, that is currently threatening to operationally encircle the entire of Bakhmut…

Update from Siversk Front: Russian forces had captured Bilohorivka according to pro-Russian sources, after rumors of Ukrainian withdrawal from the Luhansk town. Immediately, reports of fighting at Hryhorivka and Serebryanka is reported, the immediate towns west of Bilohorivka; signalling a possible pursue by Russian forces. With the situation north of the above mentioned frontline, where…

Update from Donetsk Front: Russian forces had been attacking Novomykhailivka (or towards it) for months, and had not yielded any success. But in the latest report from WarGonzo, Russian forces changed tact, and attacked towards Paraskoviivka instead, the town just west of Novomykhailivka (south of Pobjeda / Marinka) The successful assault on this town could…

Update from Kupyansk Front: Russia launches major assault in the northern edge of the Kupyansk Front, across the Oskil River from Dvorichna. Curious reports of Russian forces entrenching and fighting on the western side of Dvorichne had came in, despite the Russian’s original position is on the east at Tavilzhanka. Russian forces are also reportedly…

Update from Bakhmut Front: Russian forces reportedly entered and now fighting in the northern Bakhmut district of Stupka. Partial withdrawal of Ukrainian forces in the northern outskirts of Bakhmut is rumored. Fighting continues to be reported in East and South Bakhmut. Russian forces is now 1.5km away from Ivanivske as they continue to creep towards…

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. Russian forces are reportedly just 2km away…

Update from Siversk Front: Rumors are going viral that the Ukrainian forces are now withdrawal from Bilohorivka (Luhansk). But why is this happening? Its all to do with the developments on the opposite end of the Siversk Front, over on the capture of Mykolaivka and Sakko i Vantsetti by the Russian forces. Watch the video…

Update from Siversk Front: Russian forces had captured Mykolaivka, the town just east of Sakko i Vantsetti, which was just captured 2-3 days ago. The lost of this position exposes the western flank of Rozdolivka, that the Ukrainian had done very well keep the Russian forces at bay over the past month. Russian forces can…

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…

Situation over at Vuhledar became clearer as major sources intel started to catch up with each other and 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…

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…

Update from Donetsk Front: Russian forces captured the “dachas” east of Vuhledar, and entered the city itself through the pumping station. Fighting is now reportedly in the urban neighbourhood. However, this is entirely denied by DeepStateUA, the pro-ukrainian source, who maintained in their latest update that the Russian forces has not entered the city itself…

Update from Donetsk Front: Russian forces continued their assault towards Vuhledar, and had achieve signficant progress as the Russian forces from Mykilske had arrive on the SE outskirt of the fortress city. Rumors has appeared on certain pro-Russian sources that Russian forces had taken the first “house” in Vuhledar itself, signalling the possibility that the…

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”…

Update from the Zaporizhzhia Front: The Zaporizhzhia Line has now developed into the Zaporizhzhia Front as the Russian forces pressed on, on their major offensive on the western half of the defense line. Russian forces over the past 24 hours captured Lobkove, Shcherbaky Mali, Novoandriivka, Novodanylivka, Mala Tokmachka. With fighting continuing at Stepove, Bilohirya and…

Update from the Bakhmut Front: Russian forces reportedly made huge advance towards Vasyukivka, a move that threatens to cut off the entire southern resupply route/road that feeds the entire of Siversk Front. If it cuts, the Ukrainian forces at Siversk Front can only depend on the roads in the north, via Zakitne and along the…

Update from the Bakhmut Front: Russian forces advanced quickly in Soledar, capturing the hospital and Salt Mine No.4, as such, closing the retreat route of any Ukrainian forces currently still fighting in the city center. Ukrainian forces currently only holding 15-20% of Soledar, mainly on the western side around Salt Mine No.7. Encircled Ukrainian forces…

Update from the Bakhmut Front: Rumors are flying about all across both Pro-Russian and Pro-Ukrainian sphere, of an imminent collapse of Ukrainian lines north of Bakhmut and a withdrawal from Soledar. All signs seemed to indicate the total collapse of the defensive lines, and mass evacuations of forces is currently happening at Krasna Hora and…

Update from the Siversk Front: Some of the fiercest fighting had been reported in the direction of Rozdovlivka, with the Ukrainian pouring troops into the area of prevent a Russian breakthrough. And this is for a good reason: Rozdovlivka represents one of the southern lynchpin to the entire Siversk salient. The fall of the position…

Update from the Bakhmut Front: Ukrainian Defense Ministry shockingly reported that fighting is now in the area of Ivanivske, a town South-West-West of Bakhmut City. Through Ivanivske lies the important highway to Konstyantynivka, a major forward deployment base. Losing control of the highway, would mean losing a major reinforcement and resupply route. And what’s more…

Update from the Bakhmut-NiuYork Front: Russia had been launching major offensive at the southern most end of Bakhmut Front and northern most end of the Niu-York Front. Fighting had been reported from Zalizne, Pivnichne and Druzhba around Toretsk, to Dyliivka and west of Kurdyumivka towards Bila Hora. It might seemed pretty aimless and very detached…